Category Archives: Social

Should I get a Facebook account?

January 23, 2009 Frank 2 Comments

Long have I resisted, long have I clinged on to the statement that I don’t need a Facebook account, that I am social enough in other ways. Also, many of my friends are also on Helgon.net, where I have been a member since 2002.

But it feels like everyone has a Facebook account these days. And apparently a lot of party invitations and just plain contact-keeping is swarming around there. More so than on Helgon, which is becoming more and more stale.

On the back side of the coin, I tend to get addicted to these kind of things. And I don’t want to feel the need to check it several times every day. Especially not at work.

Help me out here, vote in the poll and tell me what you think I should do.

Poll: Should I get a Facebook account?

Yes, and I want to be your friend there! (60%, 9 Votes)
No (33%, 5 Votes)
Yes, but I don't want to be your friend there... (7%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 15

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Edit: It seems that to be able to vote, you have to use the frankjohansson.com domain. frankjohansson.se or killersnail.com will not work. If you still cannot vote, please leave a comment so that I can fix it.

Edit2: Now it seems to work with frankjohansson.se but not with frankjohansson.com! Strange. Will have a look at it during the weekend.

Edit 3: Seems that there were conflicts with having multiple domain names using the same IP, which confused the poll code. Or something like that. I have changed the DNS settings for frankjohansson.se and killersnail.com to forward to frankjohansson.com. This should also help my google rank a bit. Anyway, poll should be working now.

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Frank’s Spicy Vegetarian Stew

January 18, 2009 Frank Leave a comment

Hi everybody – It’s Sunday cooking time!

Today I made a neat vegetarian dish that I thought I should share. Images are clickable.

This dish is enough to feed 4 grown men with good appetite, which should translate to 6-8 “ordinary” servings. The leftovers (if any) are fine to freeze and just microwave when you are in a hurry/lazy.

The ingredients: zucchini, cauliflower, mini-aubergine, onion, crushed tomatoes, baby corn, egg noodles and spices.

Start by washing and chopping the big vegetables.

Put the zucchini and aubergine in a hot wok pan (if you don’t have one, use a big pot) with cooking oil and plenty of salt.

Shortly after, add the cauliflower and baby corn.

Chop one onion and slice two pieces of garlic. Use a sharp knife to make the garlic slices as thin as possible. Add them to the pan.

Spice time! Use two parts tandoori spice, one part kebab spice and one part paprika powder. When you have added as much as you dare, add at least twice as much! None of these spices are strong, and will simply add flavor.

Now, add two cans of crushed tomatoes and stir. Slightly lower the heat (but not to much).

Put on some water for the noodles. Or rice, pasta, cous cous, potatoes or whatever you prefer.

Piri piri! For a dish this size, you need at least 5 piri piris. Be aware that they are quite strong, so make sure you have no cuts on your fingers or so when you handle them.

Start by lining them up in a row and crush them with your knife (if you use fresh piri piri, skip this step).

Then chop them up as much as you can (don’t use a jagged knife). As you can see, there are plenty of seeds – try to keep them from flying away. Put everything in the pan and stir.

While the stew bubbles and fizzes, lets make a salad! Take half a head of iceberg lettuce, cut it and rinse it well.

Pour out the water and add the noodles to the pan.

Stir until everything is mixed. All done!

Serve with the salad, some white bread and water. Bon appétit!

Things I would have added if I had any at home:

Carrots
Mushrooms
Chinese water chestnut

Trying to be Frank