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TiVo Starts Testing "Pop-up" Ads
mkraft writes "ZDNet is reporting that TiVo has started a testing a new pop-up style ad on a random and limited number of subscriber's TiVo as of this weekend. The ads are designed to be displayed on screen when the user fast forwards through specially tagged commercials. Clicking the thumbsup or select button on the TiVo remote will take the user to a menu containing more information about the advertisement (text and/or video).
Unfortunately according to reports on the TiVo Community forums the ads are also showing up during actual programs as well."
Would you approve of a hike of your monthly fee, then?
You can't have your cake and eat it, too. Unless its a death by chocolate cake with a good, hand made, buttercream ganache.
Recipe:
This recipe was developed by H. Gjerde for CacaoWeb.
[Copyright[tt] © CacaoWeb.net]
Ingredients
8 oz / 225 g dark semisweet chocolate (40-45% cocoa)
5 oz / 2/3 cup / 140 g butter
7½ oz / 1 cup / 210 g sugar
4 eggs
4 heaped tablespoons / almost ½ cup / 1 dl all-purpose flour
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda or baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons / ¼ cup sour cream
Ingredients for frosting
2/3 cup / 1.6 dl heavy cream or whipping cream
9 oz / 260 g semisweet dark chocolate (40-45% cocoa)
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180 deg C / 350 deg F / Gas mark 4.
2. Line a 9 inch / 23 cm cake tin (circular) with greaseproof or other non-stick paper and grease the tin.
3. Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt it with butter over hot water.
4. Beat the eggs with sugar, mix with flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla extract.
5. Slowly fold in the melted butter and chocolate and the sour cream.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in centre comes out clean.
7. Cool the cake. Remove the crusted surface on the top of the cake, and cut in half, horizontally.
Frosting
1. Heat 2/3 cup (1.6 dl) of heavy cream or whipping cream in a sauce pan.
2. Remove from heat, add 9 oz (260 g) of finely chopped dark semisweet chocolate, stir until smooth, and let it cool until in thickens.
3. To test that it will thicken sufficiently, transfer a tbs of the frosting into a chilled cup and place in the fridge for 15 minutes. If it is too thin, add some more melted chocolate. It it is too thick, add a few tablespoons of cream, stir until smooth, and test it again.
4. This cake should have room temperature when served to have soft frosting.
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
Oh dear Jesus, please teach people to use the damn apostrophe correctly. "random and limited number of subscriber's TiVo as of this weekend" When you pluralize "subscriber" there is no need for an apostrophe. In fact, it's wrong. Stop it!