Monthly Archives: July 2011

Stay Cool With Tequila

I am absolutely loving this hot summer weather, and this week I happened to make a drink that fit the conditions perfectly: a nice frozen margarita. I have consumed my fair share of margaritas, but I’ve never taken the time to make one. I found this great recipe on AllRecipes, but here it is again crafted for the Magic Bullet Blender.

Ingredients:

  1. Gold Tequila
  2. Triple Sec
  3. Thawed 355ml can of Minute Maid Limeade Concentrate
  4. Ice
  5. A lime

Directions:

  1. Fill the bullets carafe with as much ice as you can pack in.
  2. Add 110ml of the thawed limeade concentrate.
  3. Add 85ml of Tequila.
  4. Add 30ml of Triple Sec.
  5. Now blend until smooth (30 – 45 seconds).
  6. Squeeze in a lime wedge, drop in a straw, and enjoy.

Note: 1 can of the limeade concentrate makes 3 of these drinks.

We enjoyed this drink with some Tostitos and salsa. Yum, and good night.

Where The Heck Is Java Web Start?

So you have a from-the-browser Java application that requires Java Web Start to load on your beautiful Mac, and that Java application is named something crazy like:
viewer.jnlp(192.168.1.123@0@idrac-BR2XXXX1,+PowerEdge+R710,+User_joeblow@3313732211320)

What do you do? It doesn’t open automatically, and when you double click the filename it just asks you what application you want to use to open the file.

Well I will tell you what you do!

  1. On the “Launch Application” dialog that opens when you double click the filename, click “Choose…” beside “Choose an Application”.
  2. Navigate to Macintosh HD > System > Library > CoreServices.
    /System/Library/CoreServices/Java Web Start.app
  3. Choose “Java Web Start” and click Open.

There you go. A post like this would have saved me 15 minutes anyways, hope it helps someone else.