19 October 2009

dosa recipe

Ingredients 
1 cup urad dhal 
2 cups rice flour



Method
Soak dhal overnight & grind the next day with rice flour.  Let it ferment in a warm place. 


After it ferments, add salt & 1/8 teaspoon methi powder.


Make dosas in a flat skillet  by using the onion to oil the skillet -- add ghee to crisp if needed

indian food camping recipes; upmav and egg masala

Upmav


Ingredients


2 cups Rava(semolina) -- roasted without oil
Oil for cooking
Mustard seeds-- 2 tspn
Onions-- 2 large chopped fine
1" piece ginger
5 green chillies-- cut up
3 sprigs curry leaves
1/2 bunch coriander leaves
Salt & lemon juice-- for later


Method

1. Roast rava in a pan till you get the aroma from it & slightly changes color-- set aside.
2. Heat 1/4 cup oil in a pan.
3. When hot -- add mustard seeds.
4. You'll hear the crackle-- & cover it as it'll splutter.
5. Add chopped onions & curry leaves. Fry onions to a deep golden brown.
6. Add ginger, chillies & coriander leaves & fry a bit.
7. Add roasted rava & continue for a bit more.
8. Turn off heat-- cool it completly before packing it for the trip.


AT THE CAMP


Boil 2 cups water. Add salt to taste & then add in the upmav mixture & simmer for a couple of minutes. Add lemon juice for flavor.


Egg Masala 

Do ahead
1 dozen eggs hard boiled with salt -- set aside


At home
Fry onions in a pan-- deep golden color.  Add a bit of cloves & cinnamon. Add ginger & green chillies & fry.  Add turmeric & chilli powder. Add tomatoes & coriander leaves. Cook dry & let it cool.


At the camp 
warm up onion masala & halve boiled eggs & cook it all together.
** Could add extra canned tomatoes if needed.

05 October 2009

SharePoint vs. File Servers

Whenever you talk to someone about the document management features of SharePoint, the question comes up; how does one differentiate and create guidance around when to use a file share versus when to use a SharePoint Document Library.  There are many levels of appreciation of SharePoint's feature set - and kind of like an onion, there are many things that are underneath the surface.  Here are some examples of features that are difficult to implement on a file share:
  • commented version history
  • file metadata / content classification
  • audit tracking
  • data retention policy implementation / enforcement
  • self-service recoverability
  • business processes / workflow
Moreover, below are some examples of when to use a file share over SharePoint:
  • audio streaming or video streaming
  • product distribution
  • server & desktop backups
  • Access database storage
  • custom tools distribution, utility executable distribution, script distribution
  • archive file storage

Table: Simplified Comparison of File Server file features and SharePoint Server file features


Windows 2003 R2 File Share 


SharePoint Server Document Center


ACL based File Security and Effective permissions (AD only)

Authorization based Item Security with user picker, supporting AD, LDAP, and .NET Pluggable providers
Opt in email based Request Access


Windows Auditing


Security and Policy based Auditing, expiration and pivot reports

Shadow Copy User Restore

(not configured by default)


User Restore with Recycle bin

2nd Stage Site Collection Recycle bin (default)


Distributed File System Replication

(not recommended with two way editing)
WAN Throttling
RDC (Remote Differential Compression) 


One Way Content Publishing paths and jobs including quick deploy
# Threads throttling and scheduling
Multi Farm Shared Services (not over WAN)

Email enabled (requires configuration)


Check in Check out w/ Forced Checkout

Snapshotted versions (not change based versions)

Version History/ Major/Minor Versions


File level Rights Management


File and Doc Library Rights Management Integration Policies

Sorting, (Grouping in Vista), Workflow Engine (requires customization)

Filtering, Grouping, Workflow (out of box), Content Types

File Service Resource Manager for Quotas or 3rd party


Site Collection Quotas, Built in Usage Reporting, Storage Manager

NTFS Compression, EFS and My Documents Redirection (client dependencies)
Database Encryption with Third Party, Backup Compression with Third Party

Non Transactional.  No Rollback without Shadow Copies


SQL Server Transaction Logs

Source (Joel Olson) reference: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/01/02/is-the-file-server-dead.aspx