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    Noob

    in Introductions

    Posted

    That is a big mod, I'm glad Khettienna took over there :lol:

    Yeah I know you are :rofl: But I just packaged it, it really is IS's mod, he did all of the texture work. :D Welcome to the Alliance!

    The Lurker's Lair #37

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    okay, a bit childish and immature, but still a OMG moment :lmao:

    :rofl: That is faaannntastic.

    I am sick today, and muddy brains are no good for modding, so I resorted to mucking with Windows UI junk.

    I wrote a batch script to shut down all non-essential services that I can run right before I start gaming, and another batch script to restart those services when I'm done. That's kind of cool. Now I can run more stuff in the background and don't have to be neurotic about it, because I can shut it all down with a hotkey press before loading up Skyrim.

    I've always been annoyed that the Win 7 Start Menu button sticks out over the top of the taskbar when you use the smaller taskbar. I found a utility called "Start Orb Changer" by Kishan Bagaria at door2windows.com that would let me use a different image as my start button in hopes that I could find something that wouldn't stick out. The utility works beautifully, but I couldn't find any replacements that I liked that were small enough, so I mucked with a pretty one from Fiazi at deviantART to make it fit in my taskbar. Fiazi was also kind enough to send me a wallpaper I fell in love with that he used in one of his desktop screenshots.

    My new desktop:

    2012-09-28_Desktop_Sm.jpg

    Up-close, new start button:

    2012-09-28_Start_Button.jpg

    Hover Glow:

    2012-09-28_Start_Button_Hover.jpg

    door2windows.com has a few other neat Windows toys that I played with, too. I tried a few Dreamscenes out, something I'd never done, and they were pretty, but not practical. I mean, I mostly only work in maximized windows, so the resource use just wasn't justified.

    And then I made a few keyboard shortcuts for apps I use all the time, including one for Task Manager, because my brain keeps doing ctrl+alt+del to get Task Manager, which is... not efficient, let's say, in Win 7.

    I dunno why I put this stuff off.

    Community Poetry Thread

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Bit of a binge, please excuse the mess
     
    ==========
     
    farce
     
     
    So today I left the house
    strolled down the even sidewalks
    of my pleated neighborhood
    to the novel coffeehouse
    in the quaint shopping strip
    to have a wholesome cup o' joe
     
    and I smiled at the friendly strangers
    and I took a long whiff of the hot, bitter mug
    and it was just like all those grating commercials,
    and had there been a camera rolling I could have sold hundreds of thousands
    of units of feminine hygeine products or anti-depressants
    or other embarassing items you only feel OK buying
    after watching someone pretty on TV living a healthy, functional life
    jogging on the beach at sunset or serving an immaculate dinner for a dozen guests
    imply they are a happy customer
     
    that's how they bait you,
    but fyi,
    it's a farce
     
    I'm no less inclined to self-destruct to sleep tonight
    than I was before I overpaid for the sludge and ambiance
    and nerd pissing contest going on at the next table
     
    * you both,
    I've been playing since vanilla and it's always been a two-roll system
     
    * me.
     
    ==========
     
    retire
     
     
    Energy grows more precious in proportion to passing years.
     
    I want to cry on your chest and sleep till next December,
    but then I can't believably take it like a man
    when you say you don't love me.
     
    Eventually, or maybe tomorrow,
    I can retire.
     
    ==========
     
    beast + beauty
     
     
    I guess the real problem here is that I don't like you very much.
     
    Once upon a time, the sheer force of yr will was awesome
    to me, a fascinating whirl I could swirl and dissolve
    in and never again would I need to separate back into my own
    molecular structure
     
    And you were good, really * good, like Peter Parker * good,
    and I almost wished for your sake there was a God to reward
    you for your strife, and I wanted you to have happiness
    so bad I tried to steal it for you, broke into Fate's store
    and ripped that bad boy right off the shelf for you,
    and sprinted out the door for you
     
    Nothing is free, and you're so * good, you even
    signed your name on the debt, and you've paid ever since
    You write the check each month, but the balance
    never dwindles,
    You've been swindled I guess,
    and I'm sorry,
    but that's worthless, I know.
    And I'm grateful.
     
    also worthless,
    I know.
     
    since then, I haven't loved you, and you haven't liked me very much
    I have fangs, matted fur, six eyes, no ears, and you're sure
    you've seen a tail, you keep looking to be sure and
    I can feel you planning babies as I walk towards the kitchen.
    I'm a cruel, expensive pet and your last shot at pickett fences.
    I'm a thief, a steamroll, a deadbeat demon who writes
    bad poetry and can't justify depression as well as this girl up north
    you're still trying to * (fyi she wouldn't)
     
    And it's clear to me now why you'd want me,
    even though you never really liked me very much
    I was the variable in ( me + you ), you were the constant
    and the value of x didn't matter
    as long as it didn't leave
     
    and so long as I'm beholden,
    I can't leave
     
    and you make sure to remind me,
    when I start to look too human
    that it's a hard life out there for a monster like me
     
    and I really don't like that very much.
     
    ==========
     
    shallow
     
     
    There's this guy nearby, precisely my type-
    But then he shaved his head & ceased to exist.
     
    ==========
     
    &
     
     
    when the second hand slaps the six
     
    the seven, the eight
    and i can't stand the sound
    of time's self-flagellation a minute more
     
    i plan the path of my gaze
     
    the tilt of my head &
     
    what shapes my eyes will make when i finally look up
     
    & you'll see who i really am
     
    & you'll see how i really feel
     
    & you will look the same
     
    & it will be perfect
     
    & right now, you sit across this table
     
    & right now, you squirm awkwardly in that chair
     
    & your jacket you won't take off
     
    even though my face has made the air around us a million degrees
    & i'm sure when i stand,
    my chair will come with me
     
    right now, you shift & shake to keep yourself warm
     
    & right now you're planning the path of your gaze & the tilt of your head
    & the shapes your eyes will make when you finally
     
    look
     
    up
     
    & it will be perfect
     
    & this is how i pass the torturous time
    waiting for you to show up
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    Hello from StElisetheGreat

    in Introductions

    Posted

    You could learn how to mod or assist your fellow modders in the Enclave, contribute or request resources to the new TESA Skyrim Resource Kit, join in or spectate some role-playing, sign up to beta test mods with the BTA Guild, read or share creative writing in the poetry thread or fanfic forum, get or share recipes in the foodie thread, or just lose a few hours aimlessly browsing our user galleries full of amazing screenshots.

    That should keep you busy a while. :smug: Welcome! :cookie4u:

    The Black Hand: A question about lore

    in Skyrim Gaming

    Posted

    It would make logical sense for their to be a Hand in each province, however:

    In Oblivion, when you become the Listener, the Night Mother gives you assignations in all provinces and not just Cyrodiil, and you are tasked with relaying those to your Speaker. This, to me, implies that there is only one Hand for the whole of Tamriel.

    What do you look for in a quest mod?

    in Skyrim Mods

    Posted

    For me, voice acting can really add to a quest mod if it's done well, can take away if it's done poorly, and isn't explicitly necessary. But that aside, the story is what matters most to me. Whatever tasks I've been given, I want good reasons to be doing them - something in it for me (self-preservation counts), or something in it for someone or some cause that I can't help but care about. This means I need characters who are deep enough to empathize with, and to like or dislike. It means I need a genuine and relevant conflict to solve, and I need to be the one to solve it. It means the conflict can't be mundane - there has so be some tension, some suspense, some dread, something. A quest mod that just chains you through one dungeon level and boss after another for a non-humanity-related reason might is just a mis-categorized dungeon mod; a quest mod that gives you three hours of compelling gameplay without requiring you to draw your weapon could still legitimately be a quest mod.

    I guess that's my long-winded way of saying: STORY! :lol:

    Unofficial TESA Foodie thread

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Khettienna

    Pepite di Pollo Parmigiana a-la Khett

    (Chicken Parm Bites)

    Almost everybody loves chicken parm! Here is a way to cook it that is faster and healthier than the traditional method.

    Benefits over regular chicken parm:

    • Skip the oven and the extra pan
    • WAY less breading
    • WAY less oil
    • Start to finish takes ~25 minutes at most for 2 chicken breasts
    • Great for cooking in small portions

    Per boneless/skinless chicken breast, you'll need:

    • 1 egg
    • 1/3 cup breading mixture*
    • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
    • 1/4 cup finely diced onion
    • 1/2 clove minced fresh/jar garlic
    • 1/4 cup your favorite tomato sauce (already made - jar or leftover)
    • generous handful of mozzarella cheese

    All measurements are approximate, I apologize, again I forgot to measure anything while I was cooking

    *For your breading mixture, here is what I like to do:

    • 1 part bread crumbs, 1 part grated parmaesan.
    • Use coarse-ground almonds in place of some or all bread crumbs for less carbs.
    • Use Italian-style Panko crumbs instead of bread crumbs if it suits you.
    • I season it with salt, black pepper, thyme, and fine-chopped fresh rosemary. Don't overdo the salt, because the parm is already pretty salty. Go ahead and get all this stuff mixed together and put it in a ziploc baggy big enough to hold all your chicken with room to spare.

    Rinse your chicken breast, pat it dry, then dice into 1" cubes, roughly. They don't have to be exact. Just try to get them all the same volume.

    Start heating the olive oil in a non-stick skillet, and add your diced onions. Swish them around in the pan so they soak up some oil, and let them cook down over medium heat for 3-4 minutes, and maybe get just a little color. Add the garlic. After just 1-2 minutes (we don't want the garlic to get dark), spoon the onion and garlic out onto a small plate and put it to the side - tilt the spoon on the edge of the pan to drain the oil back into the pan as much as you can. Get your pan hot again - this time to med-high.

    Since you have a few minutes while the onions are going, that's a good time to beat your eggs thoroughly in a bowl large enough to also hold all your chicken. You can skip the yolks to save some fat & calories.

    Once you are done with your onion & garlic, scrape your raw chicken pieces from your cutting board into your egg bowl and swoosh them around so they get nice and evenly coated. Holding the pieces in the bowl with a spoon, spatula, or your fingers, drain the excess egg directly into the trash or garbage disposal or whatever. Then pour the egg-coated chicken pieces into your breading baggy and shake it until all pieces are evenly coated. It's Shake n' Bake. Yyyep. :lol:

    Now your pan is hot, so get your chicken into the pan! Don't pour it right from the bag, you might spatter hot oil or the chicken might just land in one giant clump and sear that way. Do it a few pieces at a time with fingers or tongs or whatever suits you - but do it fast, and make sure the pieces stay in a single layer in the pan. These pieces only need to cook 2 minutes per side, so maybe by the time you have it all in the pan, the first pieces need to be flipped. Add your onion and garlic back into the pan after you've flipped all the pieces.

    Once they hit the pan, don't touch them until they need to be flipped. You can tell diced chicken needs to be flipped because you'll see how the bottom quarter or so of the pieces are white. If you flip early or swish things around in the pan, you won't get a good browning on the meat, and it will be tougher and less flavorful. Also, because the pieces are breaded, you will ruin the breading if you shuffle them about much.

    So, 2 minutes per side. Ideally the pieces will still be slightly undercooked at this point. Now, pour in your tomato sauce around the chicken pieces. Just enough to cover the bottom of the pan; don't cover the chicken pieces, we don't want soup or stew or anything, or to lose all of our nice crispy breading. Let the sauce get steamy, then top the whole thing with as much shredded mozzerella as you want & turn the stove to low heat. When the cheese is melted (~5 mins), it's time for dinner! :)

    Alternative serving: You can also just have your tomato sauce on the side for dipping. Since we are using a non-stick skillet, the mozz won't burn as soon as it hits the pan without sauce under it as long as you don't have it too hot.

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    Pollo Parmigiana Rimanenze Ricostruita Rifatta Rinato Riduxato v2_0 a-la Khett

    (Leftover Chicken Parm Rebuilt Redone Reborn Redux v2_0, if u liek plz endorse plz!!)

    So as always, I made too much breading mixture, and I hate to waste herbs and parmaesan! But I didn't want to eat precisely the same thing again, so this time..,

    • 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast
    • 1 egg
    • 1 small block-style package frozen chopped spinach, or equivalent fresh spinach washed and chopped
    • ~½ cup prepared bechamel sauce (google for easy recipes, or use any mild cream-based sauce)
    • 1/3 cup same breading mixture as above
    • olive oil
    • salt
    • I also had a little leftover onion and garlic mixture, which I sorta rubbed onto this chicken before breading it.

    This is obviously less healthy than its predicessor because of the cream sauce, but there are healthier cream sauces out there than classic bechamel sauce, and any of them or their "reduced fat" etc. cousins will probably do fine.

    Pre-heat oven to 350 F.

    Rinse & pat dry the chicken. Don't dice - this time we'll have it whole.

    Coat in egg, then breading.

    Place in non-stick casserole dish/baking pan and sprinkle any remaining leftover breading on top of the chicken. Add rosemary on top/around the chicken just for extra flavor, if you still have any of that leftover.

    Bake for ~25 mins uncovered. If your bechamel sauce isn't made yet, now is the time!

    After 25 mins, turn the oven off, but leave the chicken in for 5-7 more minutes if it's not quite done.

    Boil or steam the spinach according to package instructions, season with salt if desired. It might be time to pull the chicken out of the oven before the spinach is done. Make sure to check that the chicken has reached 165 F inside for food safety.

    Once the spinach is done, turn the heat to low, and drain the spinach thoroughly. Return it to pan over low heat. Add a half-ladle of the bechamel sauce and stir it through the spinach. Add more if you want! Just don't let it get soupy.

    By now your chicken has been resting for several minutes and should be about ready to cut into and eat. Plate the spinach and chicken side-by-side and spoon remaining bechamel sauce over your chicken. There's probably some wayward breading crumbs in the baking pan, you can sprinkle those over the spinach.

    I wish I'd had a nice, ripe tomato. I would have loved to dice it, let it get just lukewarm, and then spoon it over my chicken under the bechamel sauce. Or some really thin orange slices to just sort of get into everything on the plate like what this Greek place near my house does. Something to balance it. donnbro, is this what they mean when they say on TV, "This dish is screaming for an acid"? :unsure: So yeah, you'll want to do something like that! A whole chicken breast and a whole package of spinach is a lot of food for one person, especially with the rich cream sauce, so the addition of a side and maybe some bread could easily stretch this into two plates. You'll need a little more sauce, in that case - maybe a lot more if you have bread. XD Enjoy!

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