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i went to mexico city with jeremy fish and our lady friends. he had a show and did a mural at the new upper playground there. i hadn't been to mexico since a one night stint in tijuana about 10 years ago, and yes, my ass still hurts. having not kept up with the goings on down there and what-have-you, i wasn't sure what to expect. tijuana was a whole lot of dead dogs and diarrhea... so that's all i could picture.
it ended up being a bit more fucked up then i remembered...
the hipsters there were a lot more agro then the sf ones, and instead of fixed gears, they had the newest, hippest, most expensive fixed penises a peso could buy. you should see them try to stop with those things... it's hilarious! all skidding back and forth while somehow trying to get laid at the same time... it hurts to watch.
the chicks were hotter than the usual sf crop though.
and they like bacon too.
turns out we were in the wrong neighborhood and we finally found the place. dude.
this here is arturo. he and his lady friend own upper playground and the gallery.
lady friend. her name is lili.
they like to go out and make a party, and lili likes to wear these 'shoes'.
get to work, jerk.
after the first night i had been up for about 28 hours since my flight. marryle haggard.
we went to a flea market the next day. occasionally, some 'illegal immigrants' (as we call them here in the states), will bum rush your car and start washing your windows if you're not paying attention.
then we stopped to see some art.
word jumble. new upper playground sign.
oliver! he flew to mexico city on a hunt for the best al pastor taco.
michelada (spicy goodness in yer beer)
a shitty photo of a couple of al pastor tacos. it's the pineapple that really ties the taco together.
marrinated al pastor with the pineapple on top.
check out this short clip of the al pastor ninja. so smooth.
dude. that's gnarly.. we didn't try it but it does remind me of this onion clip.
mural time.
fish in 6 years (50 years ago).
it wasn't all that fun painting on a 12 foot high scaffolding until 6am.
mmmm... nothing like ending your night with a 50 cent 7-11 hotdog for breakfast at 6:45am.
the three creepiest dudes in mexico city headed to the zoo!
the hand painted signs on the food carts were badass.
we saw a baboon giving birth to his own ass.
and some balls.
the signs were very informative. this one even had the name and shape of a moose vagina. huella, yo.
the rarely seen house cat.
the commonly seen stray dog.
and a panda bear skinning hard! way to help a dude out, ollie.
right before we left, i got some video of this bear fucking a wall, then tossing some fresh bear skeet at a bunch of kids. it's sick!
way to represent sf, dude.
stopped for some more tacos.
then some shots at a mescal bar.
then more tacos! our regular (and best) taco joint was kaliman right in our neighborhood (condesa). there's a mexican food chain version on both side that even has a sign that claims they make the original al pastor or some shit. i can't remember the name but it's something like 'el gofuckyourself'.
i got some cactus.
before i left for mexico city everyone told me 'they don't have burritos in mexico' but i was on the hunt anyway. i thought this guy was one for a second but he's a dog.
apparently, mexicans are more willing to buy shit if there's a horse in the ad.
so much press. damn, that must be exhausting.
a lot of the cabs there are old Volkswagen bugs. there's even a fan zine dedicated to them.
mexican delivery truck.
fuck. how are there dunkin' donuts in mexico city but not in california?
it's a good idea to try generic fast food in different countries so we went to mcdonalds.
yup.. sucks here too. the menu wasn't much different from ours but i remember the one in japan being pretty cool. check out this website of different mcdonalds menu's from around the world. lobster in canada?
hey! burritos in mexico! go fuck yourself everybody who said they don't have them. i forget where this was but it was a street cart. they were pretty good.
i like playing 'can you spot oliver' 'cause it's a real easy game and i like winning.
there he is again in his new poncho.
there's a lot of hummingbirds in mexico city. i love those little guys.
lady friends arrive! putting the fuck back into fuck yeah.
more press before the opening.
double fist-ing?
damn. check out the ears on that broad.
what! sweet tattoo.
sushi time. sounds weird right? i've heard people say that the sushi in mexico city is second best only to japan and i'm not gonna doubt it. shit was tasty.
we did some sake bombs. my shot glass shattered when we banged on the table and i got soaked. rad.
the next day we checked out some old shit in the centre.
there's a bunch of old mayan ruins there cause the spanish that settled there thought it'd be an extra kick in the nuts to build all their shit on top of the former mayan city.
the torture museum. here's an iron maiden.
nice mexi-cop-butt.
oh lime salt how i love you so. i recommend twang.
argentinian steak.
somehow we had all ordered different mexican beers. i recommend victoria.
one thing i hadn't expected to see in mexico was a shitload of chads. a chad is basically the ultimate douchebag. add some hair gel to your faux-hawk, put on a slightly too small 'affliction' v-neck tee shirt, some shorts, sandels, and high-five the fuck out of your bros when yer not getting banged in the ass by them. chad. they call them fresas in mexico city, which translates to strawaberry. this table had 3 ulti-chads and one gnarly couger with more collagen than charo. i naively thought that this pack of fucks was america's claim to suck. i guess they're everywhere. chadxicans.
fish asked arturo if he could take us to a traditional cantena so we came to this joint. my guess is that it was full of locals and we were definitely the only gringo's in there. this was fairly obvious, because when we walked in, i saw a table of three chadxicans yell 'pinche gringo's!' and, naturally, high-five each other.
after an intimidating, and quite sketchy, 15 minutes, most people seemed to be aight with having us there.
everyone was endlessly signing along with the marriachi band. shit was fugin awesome!
yusssss! oscar is also fugin awesome.
there are lots of people selling shit in the streets. it's really annoying to have random people interrupt you about once every 3 minutes while you're eating. but it's also funny to see this guy walking around selling faggots.
pool party.
skinning with a carrot. nice work with that.
this guys frontbutt was bigger than this girls back butt. nylon magazine made this video while we were there. i felt like we were at an mtv pool party the whole time. frontbutt dude gives an interview about 35 seconds into the video. if you listen close enough, you can hear him say 'burrito, taco, taco, burrito, i like them' at one point.
putting the marr back into marrgarita.
not to be outdone by the guy selling faggots, this faggot was selling an assload of balloons.
these hyper-aggressive marriachi dudes run at your car and will jump in and serenade you before you get a chance to say 'i'm not gay' in spanish. don't slow down.
more flea market. turtle shell backpacks.
fuck yeah we own that deer hoof bottle opener now.
ahhh, luche libre. we saw it, but you can't bring any camera shit in with you. such a bummer. please go see it if you get the chance. you will probably fail at less stuff in life if you do.
... leads to fun.
and mexico city leads to mocos locos (crazy boogers).
time to shave dude.
time to do a lot of stuff. i would start with sleep.
jeremy was on the hunt for some sick huaraches (traditional handmade mexican sandals) and somehow we found our way to el colibri in zocalo (the centre).
it's a proper huarache store.
for the gaes.
we made our way to frida kahlo's neighborhood of coyoacan where we found the actual trolley car that crashed into the bus that nearly killed that broad. i swear there was still a whiff of vagina and gold in the air.
a pair of the aforementioned huaraches.
rooftop beers on a warm day is one of my favorite things ever.
'fresa' on board. yeah chad!
sickest 'tag' ever.
sickest torture device ever.
yeah, it's pronounced titty-walk-on. it's where the mayan pyramids are. we climbed them.
there were two main pyramids. i think this is the 'moon' one. i'll just assume we were on the 'sun' one cause it was hot as fuck.
i had half a rabbit for lunch. fuck yeah.
i didn't eat the eyeball.
on our way back.
the next night we finally had some bad mexican food. that cheese near the top of the pik (on what turned out to be beans) is fackin rad though. it's called cotija.
the next night we went to tepoztlan and slept in some tee-pees for fish's birthday.
it's really hard to look tough in a hammock, even if yer flipping off the camera.
more humming birds.
we were woken up by this really loud, fucked up noise. turns out, it was mexican cicadas... probably thousands of them. i guess their deal is that every year they surface from the underground to warn of the coming rains, but they're nice enough to do this everyday for about 2 and a half months.
i forget dudes names but he lives here and told us about the cicadas. i don't know how he does it, i would've moved out the first day i heard them. their name in spanish translates to 'alarm'.
birthday brunch.
birthday business.
invisible dandelion.
oh, this is el kaliman... the sweet taco spot i mentioned earlier. it's at the corner of ensenada and campeche. go there now, flights are cheap.
more press.
speaking of press check this guys website for mexico related art and music shit.
on my last night there i meet this dude on the right. he used to do the voice overs for the mexican nelson from the simpsons. that's badass.
he busted out some nelson for us. give a listen.
my walk home... drunk.
one last authentic mexican meal before my flight.
aight den. thanks fro reading. that was a long one. check out mr. dragonette's new blog. he's going to laos someday soon to do a photo documentary on cluster bombs we dropped there 30 years ago. for now, it's just a regular old blog... but he'll keep you updated on his project when he gets there. oh... and we're still cool too.
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We was actually going to do a class photoshoot since it's the last day of class.
Momfei(the guy in shorts) suddenly poses all of a sudden and the DSLR-ers started snapping pictures of him non stop coz he's such a poser. XD
He's got potential to be a model yo. lol
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Brett Connolly was -1 with 1 shot, 1 hit, and 1 blocked shot in 9:55.
Blair Jones had 2 penalty minutes and 1 shot in 4:24.
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When I tell people, as I often do these days, that I'm living with my parents they cock their head to one side, roll their eyeballs and breath in through their teeth. Probably quite a similar reaction to the one my parents get when they tell their friends that I've moved back home. However, and I'm aware that it's only been 6 days, I would like to counteract this seemingly universal sympathy vote and tell people that it really isn't that bad. In fact, more than that, it's pretty darn good, and I'm having a great time. So much so that I think my parents are quite concerned we'll never leave.
Where my old flat in the winter was absolutely freezing my parents house is beautifully warm.
Where that flat was up 3 flights of stairs I only have to ascend a steep but short driveway to reach the front door of my folks house.
For the last 2 years my wi-fi has been slightly less than reliable, my parents – on the other hand – seem to have a constant stream of internet that works across my iPhone, old 2004 E-Mac (no – I still haven't got rid of it) and my work laptop.
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I don't walk out of my door into nasty markets which sell everything from batteries that have fallen off the backs of vans through to thinly knitted jumpers for a fiver. Instead, a short walk from the house, there is a rather pleasant coffee place selling TeaPigs tea, a (designer) second hand store and a Budgens supermarket. Being on a budget I can't afford to shop at any of them, but they're infinitely easier on the eye than the Rising "only 1 in 20 people get knifed here" Sun, and the Camden "you don't have to be an alcoholic to drink here, but it helps" Head pubs on the corner of my old road.
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Oh and did I mention it was warm?
This is what I've spent the last few months waiting for: The days when there was nothing else to think about bar where we were going to, rather than where we were moving from. Our two flats have been like millstones around our necks – elements that had to be 'dealt with' in order to get to the point where we could focus wholly on the establishment and running of our guest house. It's surprising how much time we have now we are not running around like loonies juggling estate agents, solicitors, mortgage brokers, bankers and vendors.
My parents house is like the calm between the storms. The place of respite. The oasis in the desert. It's what my parents have always offered me and what I've always taken for granted. This time however, knowing what's around the corner, I'm going to do my damndest to appreciate it while I have the chance, and promise to be a better houseguest this (and most probably the last) time round.


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|S128-E-009999 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009.
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Welcome to my blog! I'm a Sr. Software Development Engineer in the Seattle area, who has been performing C++/C#/Java development for over 20 years, but have definitely learned that there is always more to learn!
All thoughts and opinions expressed in my blog and my comments are my own and do not represent the thoughts of my employer.
Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to write and maintain. The index of all my past little wonders posts can be found here.
Thanks for all of your patience while I've been dealing with other matters these last few weeks. I didn't want to let my post slide a third week, so I decided to say a few words about a small static method in the Enumerable class from System.Linq.
So, if we look in the Enumerable static class, where most of the linq extension methods are defined, we will also see a static method called Range() whose purpose is to generate a range of integers from a given start value and for a given count.
It's syntax looks like:
So, for example, the code snippet below will create an List<int> of the numbers from 1 to 10:
1: var numbers = Enumerable.Range(1, 10).ToList();
So, this seems simple enough, right? Well, yes, it is a handy way to create a sequence of consecutive int values that you can use directly, but when coupled with other constructs, it has many other uses as well.
For example, if we wanted a list of the first 5 even numbers, we could start with the number of expected items and multiply up by our step factor in a Select():
1: // take sequence 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and multiply each by two...
2: var evens = Enumerable.Range(0, 5).Select(n => n*2).ToList();
Or, you could create a range over the total range of values and use Where() to filter it down:
1: // generates sequence from 0..9, but only selects even ones
2: var odds = Enumerable.Range(0, 10).Where(n => (n % 2) == 0).ToList();
But the great thing about Range() is you don't have to use it to just produce numbers, you can use the sequence it generates either directly or as the starting point for a more complex LINQ expression.
For example, if we wanted to generate a series of strings for font sizes we want to allow in a windows form, we could do that easily:
1: // takes the range from 1 to 10 and multiples by 10 and puts % on end.
2: var percentages = Enumerable
3: .Range(1, 10)
4: .Select(i => (i * 10) + " pt")
5: .ToArray();
This would give us an array of strings containing "10 pt", "20 pt", "30 pt", … "100 pt".
So Range() comes in handy for any expression you can create that starts with a simple sequence of integers. But what else?
One other use of Range() that can come in handy is for repeating some action multiple times. For example, say we want to create and start several Task instances for some parallel work.
We could do this using a standard array allocation and for loop:
1: // first construct the array of the appropriate size
2: Task[] tasks = new Task[NumConsumers];
4: // then loop through each index and create the new instance
5: for (int i = 0; i < NumConsumers; i++)
6: {
7: tasks[i] = TaskFactory.StartNew(SomeAction);
8: }
Or we could do it in one LINQ expression:
1: // constructs an array of NumConsumers tasks that will each
2: // perform SomeAction in parallel
3: Task[] tasks = Enumerable.Range(1, NumConsumers)
4: .Select(i => TaskFactory.StartNew(SomeAction))
Now, you may be wondering why we can't do this instead:
1: // Enumerable.Repeat() repeats a value the specified number of times
2: Task[] tasks = Enumerable.Repeat(TaskFactory.StartNew(SomeAction), NumConsumers)
3: .ToArray();
The answer is that Enumerable.Repeat() repeats the given value the specified number of times, so in the example above, it would call TaskFactory.StartNew() once and then repeat the resulting reference NumConsumers times, which is clearly not what we want! There are ways to do similar things with Repeat(), but they're not quite as straightforward as using Range().
The Enumerable.Range() method performs a very simple function, but it's results can be used to drive much more complex LINQ expressions. Feel free to use it for generating simple int sequences all the way to generating sequences of a repeated action. Either way, it's a good tool to keep handy.
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An update from our Tsunami project in India
"We feel part of the village of Keelamuttom. We live with a family here. We are doing something we know the villagers need and cannot build for themselves yet. It may not be much - on the scale of the tsunami - but it's something and it makes a difference". Projects Abroad volunteer, India
When the tsunami struck, some of us gave money. We all felt sad and helpless. But a group of Projects Abroad volunteers went one big step further. They went to Keelamuttom, a fishing village in the far south of India where 300 people were killed by the wave and where thousands were left homeless.
Projects Abroad matched these willing volunteers to the needs of local community and came up with the Fishermen's Shelter project. All the shelters on the beach - which provide shade for resting fishermen and roofs for drying and salting - had been destroyed. We are building them again - and helping to restore the fishing industry and one day also the prosperity of Keelamuttom. It is a specific thing that volunteers can do - and it works.
We hope more volunteers will join in our tsunami recovery programmes - in India or Sri Lanka.


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The film magazine Empire celebrated its 20th birthday with a photoshoot of famous actors returning to their most recognized roles. The shots finally leaked online, and here are the most geektastic.
[More at Atticus Finch, via Reddit]
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I thought I was doing a nice job, using comments and occasionally doxygen.
But a recent 'close to blunder' situation is making me rethink my practices.
I was writing a small interpreter and suddenly realised that I needed to change most of the class and function interfaces to use pointers instead of just copying a value (some unintended object splicing occurred).
After about 15 mins of trying to change the code to adapt to the changes, I realised that I needed to make the whole thing more loosely coupled into distinct modules (such that, say ..the expression evaluator, does not in any way depend on the inner workings of the lexer).
That invalidated some of my attempts in documenting what I did earlier.
Is there a way to make the process of 'updating' the documentation with code easier ?


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Windows 8 USB 3.0 Problems
I have run into many USB 3.0 problems across multiple devices and computers running Windows 8 Pro 64-bit. After many headaches and sleepless nights I think I have narrowed all the problems down to one thing in Device Manager: "Intel (R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller -0100 (Microsoft)"
The controllers (Multiple Computers) have had problems with all the Microsoft Drivers including the most resent: 6.2.9200.16548 3/1/2013
The problems:
- USB 3.0 External Optical Drives (labeled Windows 8 compatible) not recognized or continuously disconnecting/reconnecting with or without manufacturers drivers.
- USB 3.0 Flash drives running slow and/or disconnecting often with data corruption/loss
- USB 3.0 Flash drives not recognized
My solution: <Disabled> "Intel xHCI Mode" or "XHCI Pre-Boot Mode" in BIOS/Firmware
This solution Takes the "Intel (R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller -0100 (Microsoft)" out of Device Manager and eliminates all the problems stated above across multiple machines running Windows 8 Pro 64-bit.
However: This is not a fix.
The Intel USB 3.0 controllers on the machines seam to only run at 2.0 speeds. (Before they were also slow but much less functional, often not recognizing devices)
Non-Intel USB 3.0 controllers are fully functional at full USB 3.0 speeds. (Before they had limited or no function depending on the controller)
This appears to be a fix for non-Intel USB 3.0 controllers but what about the Intel controllers that take the lion's share of USB 3.0 controllers on the market?
Dose Microsoft have a fix for "Intel (R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller -0100 (Microsoft)"
Is there a new Microsoft driver coming out soon? How about an Intel driver for Windows 8 like the one they have for 7?
Am I the only one who is being slammed with this problem from every windows 8 machine I touch? I have not seen a large amount of discussion on the internet with such a seemingly big thing like USB 3.0 not working with Windows 8!
You are not the only one. I have been fighting this issue with USB 3.0 for almost a year. I built a new machine with a gigabyte UD5H motherboard. This motherboard uses an Intel Z77 chipset. It has an intel xhci controller and uses a via VL810 hub for distribution. It has 10 USB 3.0 ports. I am running Windows 8 professional 64. I have been using 12 Seagate Backup Plus drives of various sizes with USB 3.0 interfaces for external storage. My problems consisted of the following. Failure to connect at all. Connecting but running at USB 2.0 or lower speeds. Connecting and starting to transfer and then disconnecting. I finally traced this issue to faulty USB 3.0 cables. I tested all 12 of my cables and found 6 of them to be bad. and the other 6 to be intermittent. I bought a package of 5 of these 3 foot micro B cables on Ebay for 14 dollars and have tested each on each drive on each port of my machine with no issues. Write speeds to each of these drives from an internal drive averages 95 mbs. reading and copying from one if these drives to an internal drive averages 125mbs.
When I first built this machine I bought a Silverstone Front Panel Drive Bay with 4 USB 3.0 ports to connect to my internal motherboard headers. I could never get this panel to work properly. I used the front panel connector with 2 ports supplied with my motherboard and it works perfectly. I have been unable to find the issue with the Silverstone Panel it appears to be well made. I have since bought an additional panel from China to add additional USB 3.0 ports to the front and it works perfectly.
I bought a Corsair Flash Voyager 64gb USB 3.0 USB drive and it only works only intermittently on some of my USB 3.0 ports. On others it is simply not recognized. This same flash drive works perfectly on my Windows 7 machine. There is a fix on the web that lets you revert to the Windows 7 drivers in Windows 8. With the windows 7 drivers this flash drives works OK on my Windows 8 machine. (http://plugable.com/2012/12/01/windows-8-and-intel-usb-3-0-host-controllers). I have another Corsair USB 3.0 flash drive that works perfectly wit both Windows 8 and Windows 7.
My conclusions regarding these issues are: The USB 3.0 specification has been implemented carelessly by both Microsoft and the hardware vendors. Most people are using USB 3.0 hardware as USB 2.0 or have just given up. How do you pin these issues down to the true fault when the motherboard maker says it's not their problem, Intel says it's not their issue, Microsoft says it's not theirs, and the hardware vendors tell you it's not theirs. Most people don't have the time or the knowledge to deal with these issues, and the manufacturers just want to keep selling.
I m facing the same problem with my DELL XPS 12 loaded with Windows 8 Pro. USB 2.0 is always detectible but USB3.0 is intermittent.(1 out of 20times)
Disabling the driver "Intel (R) USB 3.0 Extensible Host Controller -0100 (Microsoft)" doesn't fix the issue.
A full shutdown solves my issue. (open run and type command shutdown /s /t 0) .
I am looking for a better option though
I'm just wondering if there is any news on this. I received a USB 3.0 IOMega eGo 1 TB drive today, which, based on a few tries, works without problem on the USB 2 port of my HP laptop with Windows 8, but hoses everything when connected to the USB 3.0 port. Shutting down and restarting provides only a brief respite, because when trying to copy files from internal drive to eGo, it hoses the whole system again. I'm gonna try the BIOS change. If that doesn't work, I guess I'll have to use the USB 2.0 connection until this is resolved. Thanks anyway for bringing it out.
I too am suffering the same problem, we have dell OptiPlex 7010 with "Intel (R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller -0100 (Microsoft)"same thing, we have 100 computers all doing it!!! causing major issues in our company, I see that Microsoft have not yet came up with a solution? do they even read these posts?
we are getting this issue when connecting more than one USB device, one for the most part (but not all the time) is ok , but when you try another usb storage device, your get a disco.
not ideal
c'mon Microsoft sort it out
I own a Sony Vaio Pro 11 and facing this issue as well. The Windows 8 driver for the Intel (R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller is highly unstable and makes my Iomega external USB 3.0 hard disk corrupt. Then I would have to use a different Windows 8 laptop that is not using the said driver to repair the drive.
Running chkdsk on my USB 3.0 external drive will result in slowness and disconnects. Running chkdsk on the same drive on a different Windows 8 laptop repairs the drive in 2 minutes.
Intel's driver website insists on using Windows 8 drivers supplied by Microsoft and I think this is a big mistake. Intel should supply the driver for this host controller themselves.
I will try the suggested workaround mentioned in the original topic and see if it works.
EDIT: I found another solution to this. I used a powered Logitech USB 2.0 hub and it is now stable.
- 已編輯 TooManyGadgets 2013年7月19日 上午 08:25 Found an alternative temporary solution
Same problem here, I just bought a MSI GT70 2od, and it's randomly disconnect the USB 3.0 drive or slow down the speed to almost 0 for some minutes. I'm using the Intel (R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller -0100 (Microsoft) version 6.2.9200.16628. Someone was found some fix for this problem?
I have also issues with USB 3 in Windows 8 with my new Dell Inspirion 15r laptop
When I connect my WD 1TB Passport to USB 3 it is saying please connect to USB3 port for fast performance and after some time it is showing as 'Need Troubleshoot for drive' with yellow exclamation markSame drive is working with USB 2 port
- 已編輯 Jo Paul 2013年8月16日 下午 03:35
Yup. Same here. I thought it was the drive -- 1TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0. Brand new Fujitsu T732 with fresh install of Win 8 Ho...I MEAN: PRO. Have not tried the BIOS work-around, but will now. Saw a work-around where one uninstalls the driver, disables driver updating, then installs the Win 7 pro driver. This, however, is an epic fail.
I thought USB 3.0 was the latest tech and that Windows 8- any version- was supposed to employ it with no issue.
Very disappointed. I do know that Linux distros can utilize the technology. +1 Linux.
I have had this problem as well, I have a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H motherboard that utilises the VIA chipset for the USB 3.0
They have just released a new USB 3.0 chipset driver as of 22-Aug-2013.
It is likely that any fix will come from the chipset manufacturer rather than Microsoft, or that Microsoft would fix it as part of a driver update for the specific chipset in question.
I therefore recommend that you all go to your motherboard manufacturer's website where hopefully a new USB 3.0 driver for Windows 8 Pro 64-bit will be waiting for you!
Best regards,
Be really careful with this one. I tried it on my new Dell XPS, because yes, I'm having major issues with the USB 3.0 ports, but because this PC has no other connections, other than USB, when Windows first starts after this change it shuts them down (all USB ports) until you can make the final changes, so you have no access to the computer at all. I had no choice but to do a system restore back to before the change.
BTW, the Dell tech support had no clue about anything, including how to do a system restore back to good known function in Windows 8. We had to figure that out and tell him.
If you have a PS2 port for your mouse/keyboard, this may work, not sure.

This solved it for me. It was a pain, but I'm getting transfers of 130 mb/sec now with the Intel driver. Drives aren't disconnecting randomly either.

http://plugable.com/2012/12/01/windows-8-and-intel-usb-3-0-host-controllers

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I have to say that your solution works great for me. Haven't got any issues with usb not working during the process.
Thanks very much for the help!!
This solved it for me. It was a pain, but I'm getting transfers of 130 mb/sec now with the Intel driver. Drives aren't disconnecting randomly either.
For me this works only for read Speed .... now i can read with 90 - 100 MB/s
the write Speed is always on 15 - 25 MB/s ....
Tested on MSI GT70 20D w/ Win8.1x64 and the MSI USB 3.0 driver for Win 7 x64.
MICROSOFT .... we need some Support !!!!
Hello Microsoft!
This problem persists for a year now(!) It nearly destroyed a working file system here because the device was resetted during operation and stalled after that. That was not funny. I have tested this in other operating systems incl. Linux distributions and there was no such problem with USB 3.0 devices. Intel support made clear that they have no plans on releasing a USB driver for Windows 8.1.
This is a big issue for professional developers like me. Reliability is the most important thing here and that renders Windows 8.1 unusable in a professional environment. One year is plenty of time for such a critical problem.
So, how long am I supposed to use Linux whenever I need to copy to portable USB 3 harddisks? Maybe I should stick with it in the first place...
I have the same problem.
Microsoft are pushing us new and " better " operating systems and Intel are selling us the bits and pieces but the companies are not working together in order to provide customers with reliable machines.
One year is a very very very long time.
People should be warned about this BEFORE they buy computers
running Win8 and Intel bits and pieces.......
and they should be given the address to the nearest Apple store !!!
Ok so as already stated by some in this thread, the only reliably working solution is to install the Windows 7 drivers from Intel.
The afore mentioned site http://plugable.com/2012/12/01/windows-8-and-intel-usb-3-0-host-controllers holds the key. However, the supplied inf files are obsolete regarding the newest drivers. I had some spare time the last evening and though being reluctant first I decided that there is (and probably will not be) a better way. Here is how you can make the most current Intel drivers (v. 126.96.36.199 from February 2014) work. Note that I have tested this only with the 64 bit version though I would imagine that it would work in the 32bit version as well. However, do this on your own risk!
1. Download the driver from Intel and extract it to some place
3. Edit the inf-Files (e.g., iusb3hub.inf and iusb3hub.inf)
Search for this line
or for 32bit version
This entry is for Windows 8 and followed by blanks. Remove the line!
Search for this line
or respectively for
This is the entry for Windows 7 (Note the '1' at the end) and its followed by the necessary information. Exchange the '1' with '2'! This makes Windows 8 go the right path on install.
Now search for this line
CatalogFile=<driver catalog file>
Note that <driver catalog file> depends on the inf file you are modifying. For iusb3xhc.inf it is "iusb3xhc.cat". Remove this line, otherwise Windows will refuse to install the driver as it recognizes that the inf has been tampered with.
3. Install the modifed driver
You can follow the guide on http://plugable.com/2012/12/01/windows-8-and-intel-usb-3-0-host-controllers now. Short version:
Reboot windows having driver signature enforcement disabled (in cmd enter
shutdown.exe /r /o /f /t 00
and select the respective advanced start option)!
Now Update Microsofts Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller by going to the device manager and selecting your modified iusb3xhc.inf! Ignore Windows' reservations regarding your nice modified driver!
Reboot Windows a second time having driver signature enforcement disabled!
Now, there will be a new unknown device in device manager. In details tab you should see ...VID_8086...
For this device you install your modified iusb3hub.inf and ignore Windows complaining!
Reboor again (the usual way) and everything should be fine from now on.
One Note of WARNING though: During this process USB3.0 will be unusable. This means that a mouse and a keyboard connected to it won't work either. USB2.0 plugs should not be affected.
Some final words
I find it verry irritating that Microsoft ignores customer complains about their crappy USB 3.0 driver while knowing that Intel has perfect working drivers at their disposal. At the same time, Intel probably knowing that their drivers work for Windows 8 tells customers to complain to Microsoft. All could be so easy which makes me think there is some political problem going on between Microsoft and Intel now being all bitchy.
- 已編輯 larsonmars 2014年5月13日 下午 11:11 forgot a word
Been fighting USB3 issues on a new Dell XPS18.
You would think a new machine with no other ports than 2 USB3's would have been tested better. I've updated to all the latest A06 firmware and the latest drivers from the Dell site. I've tried three different disk docking stations and several different hard disks, and all of them have the same random disconnect issues. Search for
"dell usb3 problems" and you will see this is a very long running issue.
Very sad for an otherwise excellent machine.
I just replied to a similar thread but the information might be of some use here as well. Here is the link to the aforementioned thread:
My reply:"Hello,
This is Josh at Plugable Technologies. We've been working with Microsoft behind the scenes and rest assured they are aware an issue exists. That being said, when and if we will see a solution is hard to say. We don't have any direct involvement in driver development, but we've been reporting our findings to Microsoft and hopefully they will be able to analyze the data and come up with a solution.
We're involved mainly because our primary product line is comprised of USB docking stations and hubs and we have run into this issue. (It also helps that we're basically next door neighbors as we're both located in Bellevue, WA)
At first we suspected it might have been an issue with the firmware on our hub chipsets but after many different test cases we have narrowed this down to what we believe is a driver issue. This issue does not appear to happen on Windows 7 but can eventually be reproduced on the same computer with Windows 8 equipped with an Intel USB 3.0 controller. You just need enough USB devices to make it happen.
My main workstation is a 128GB Surface Pro 2 and I too have run into this issue many times. I have to be very selective about what devices I have attached. I believe the reason us Surface users see the issue is because almost every device in the Surface Pro 2 is attached through USB. I've also had this issue happen on an older Sony Vaio but far less frequently (less built in USB devices).
- Bluetooth
- WiFi
- Audio
- Touch sensor
- Gyro sensor
- Ambient light sensor
- Micro SD reader
- Front webcam
- Rear webcam
I'm sure I'm forgetting some other possibilities...
I currently have the following connected to my Surface:
- Plugable UD-3900 universal docking station
- Plugable USB3-HUB4AC1 4 port USB 3.0 hub
- Plugable PSS-SDH1 hard drive dock with integrated 4 port USB 3.0 hub
- Two flash drives, keyboard, mouse
- USB 2.0 external touch screen DisplayLink monitor
By my count here is the total number of actual devices (including hub chipsets) attached:
- DisplayLink DL-3900 chipset - integrated dual video outputs, gigabit Ethernet, & audio controller (UD-3900 dock)
- VIA 811+ 4 port USB 3.0 hub (UD-3900 dock)
- Terminus 4 port USB 2.0 hub (UD-3900 dock)
- VIA 812 B2 USB 3.0 hub (USB3-HUB4AC1 hub)
- VIA 812 USB 3.0 hub (PSS-SDH1 dock/hub combo)
- ASMedia ASM1051e SATA to USB (PSS-SDH1 dock/hub combo)
- Sandisk Extreme 16GB USB 3.0 flash drive
- Plugable USB2-OTGTF Micro SD card reader
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- DisplayLink DL-125 chipset (for the additional touch screen display)
- Touch screen HID device (for the additional touch screen display)
Excluding hub chipsets, I only have 8 devices attached externally. If I try to attach just one more device, I get the resources error. It doesn't seem to matter if I attach a USB 2.0 or 3.0 device. It appears to be a total device limit.
I'm not sure what we've learned here, this is just a lunchtime ramble."
- 已編輯 Joshua Henry - Plugable Technologies 2014年6月3日 下午 09:21
Most problems arise from Via Labs Chipsets and possibly contacts(pins) issues on port(9 pins exist). Via chipsets on HUB's have no support since December 2012, and there is no way to contact them. They don't provide support even at manufactures for their controllers or HUBs. The easiest way to install drivers for what ever controller is to remove any Via hub from PC then Uninstall whatever eXtensible Host 0100 (Microsoft) driver from device manager, do not search for devices and just run the executable from controller manufacturer for drivers. This worked for me with Etron controller. But plugging back Via Hub caused other issues like big windows 8.1 boot delay or no large file read or write on hard disks connected only on hub. USB 3.0 technology is worst ever and they do not intend to solve.
I have run into many USB 3.0 problems across multiple devices and computers running Windows 8 Pro 64-bit. After many headaches and sleepless nights I think I have narrowed all the problems down to one thing in Device Manager: "Intel (R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller -0100 (Microsoft)"
The controllers (Multiple Computers) have had problems with all the Microsoft Drivers including the most resent: 6.2.9200.16548 3/1/2013
The problems:
- USB 3.0 External Optical Drives (labeled Windows 8 compatible) not recognized or continuously disconnecting/reconnecting with or without manufacturers drivers.
- USB 3.0 Flash drives running slow and/or disconnecting often with data corruption/loss
- USB 3.0 Flash drives not recognized
My solution: <Disabled> "Intel xHCI Mode" or "XHCI Pre-Boot Mode" in BIOS/Firmware
This solution Takes the "Intel (R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller -0100 (Microsoft)" out of Device Manager and eliminates all the problems stated above across multiple machines running Windows 8 Pro 64-bit.
However: This is not a fix.
The Intel USB 3.0 controllers on the machines seam to only run at 2.0 speeds. (Before they were also slow but much less functional, often not recognizing devices)
Non-Intel USB 3.0 controllers are fully functional at full USB 3.0 speeds. (Before they had limited or no function depending on the controller)
This appears to be a fix for non-Intel USB 3.0 controllers but what about the Intel controllers that take the lion's share of USB 3.0 controllers on the market?
Dose Microsoft have a fix for "Intel (R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller -0100 (Microsoft)"
Is there a new Microsoft driver coming out soon? How about an Intel driver for Windows 8 like the one they have for 7?
Am I the only one who is being slammed with this problem from every windows 8 machine I touch? I have not seen a large amount of discussion on the internet with such a seemingly big thing like USB 3.0 not working with Windows 8!
I have seen problems galore with Intel's USB 3.0 chip.
My rig has ASMEDIA which is a rival and it works properly.
I suspect that drivers are not the problem but the chipset itself
USB is very standardized
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I've had this same issue. It drove me insane for days until I found this forum post. Thank you.
Microsoft needs to understand this is a serious issue and ignoring it and not making people immediately aware that the issue exists has caused a serious loss of productivity and a serious gain of general misery. If they can't fix it, they should at the very least acknowledge that there is a problem. I wasted a Friday night with HP support. Based on their advice, I created a backup image (no easy feat considering I had no external drive available) and was well on my way to restoring to a factory image and potentially sending my laptop back for repair before I decided to scour the Internet one last time.
Please make fixing this issue a priority. Just get Intel to do it if you have to--but get it resolved. PLEASE.
I may have found a solution to problems relating to slow speed of USB 3.0 under Windows 8/8.1
The problem may have been because of the hybrid boot function of Windows 8 which actually hibernate the system during each shutdown rather than really shutting down the kernel. The hybrid boot simply put the kernel into hibernation and end your user session during a system shut down. This may cause problem to windows loading up drivers for USB 3.0 controllers.
You can go to control panel > hardware and sound > power options > Choose what the power buttons do (On the left) > Changes settings that are currently unavailable (May require UAC) > Go to the bottom and uncheck Turn on fast startup (recommanded).
Hi I guess I am going to add a few more flies to the ointment.
I have a serious issue with USB 3.0 and I would like to hope that somebody may have an answer even if they are unable to help.
I run three different computers, for three completely different purposes, they are of different makes, One is an Acer, the other is a Pryon and the third is a Toshiba, I also have 2 Toshiba laptops, one brand new running Windows 8, the other running Windows 7. So basically what I am saying here probably has nothing to do with the systems I am running.
I guess a lot of people are getting swindled here by the hard drive manufacturers and everyone here seems to be blaming it on windows. I have spent thousands of dollars replacing all my old 2.0 drives (and some were getting a bit tired) with these new fangled super duper super fast 3.0 drives. I think overall in the past year I have bought around thirty of them, mostly portables, but some desktop ones, all different brands too I might add, Seagate, Western Digital, Toshiba and Samsung. This as you can imagine has cost me a lot of money. The data I had on the old 2.0 drives equated to about 20 years of my life. Out of the roughly thirty I have bought, nine of them have bit the dust so to speak. Nearly all, once they become unusable, come up with the same thing, "The last USB device you connected to this computer is not recognised.
As an example I will recount exactly what has occurred with the last one to fail, which was today about 4 hours ago as I write this. It was working perfectly fine this morning, never gave off one indication that it may be about to fail. Then after a restart (which incidentally I am wondering if anyone else has this problem whereby once they shut down their computer they have to either power off or remove every USB 3.0 device from their unit before the computer will even start - this happens on two of mine - but not on the Toshiba)
So I shut down, I am using a powered 9 port hub for most of the portables on this particular system (Pryon) which I have to power off so all the drives disappear else the computer just hangs at the boot screen until I have done this) I have one 2,0 disc connected which I don't need to remove for the system to start.
Anyways once I have restarted the computer I then re-power up the hub and all the drives are loaded again and away I go. Well that was all good except when I checked one of my drives was missing from the File manager that I use (Salamander) and also not showing in Windows Explorer either. So I trace down the culprit, unplug it and re-plug it back in. Lo and behold up comes the afore-mentioned windows does not recognize this device. This is odd given that there are five other drives of the exact same make and model attached to the same hub still working. As I don't have all the slots in the hub filled I decide to change the slot and plug it into a different one. Same result. So then I decide to plug it into a 3.0 slot connected directly to the box, same result. As a last try I then plug it into a 2.0 slot on the box, same result. So then I take it out and try it on the other two boxes and eventually the laptop...same result....
I now have nine of these contraptions all totally useless to me....yes I guess I could send em back to Seagate and Toshiba and Western Digital and they will replace em with a brand new one...clean as a whistle with my twenty years up the poop chute....
I have looked everywhere through Google trying to find someone or somebody with the same problem as me, surely I cannot be the only person in Australia that happens to keep on getting the duds.
I've had 2.0 drives that have lasted ten years or more and probably may have went another ten if I didn't keep so called upgrading....some of these that have failed on me are not even 3 months old. I even had one desktop 3.0 drive that I bought on the Wednesday in Adelaide and by the time I had gotten it home after my son had copied some stuff onto it..it wouldn't work.
I have tried just about everything I've ever read on these forums, like using a different cable, Ive even pulled one of the portable to pieces to be able to use an attachment that I can plug it directly into a 3.0 slot and still nada....
My newest laptop is still under warranty and I have had that back to the supplier twice with a main hard drive failure which they have had to replace.
The reason why I am suggesting here that it may not be all windows fault is that my other laptop is still running windows seven and once a drive cacks it it wont show up in that either....I will say this though, I only have one drive that I use in that laptop and that is still running well.
Now before everybody jumps down my throat I have checked thoroughly for viruses on all my boxes, and they all are clean. And in anycase I've never heard yet about a virus that can attack one hard drive only, given that all that is on there is music, just like the other six.
Unless windows eight itself somehow manages to render a hard drive useless somehow then it has to be a fault in the manufacturing technology and that even though a drive might work perfectly for a week or two there is something there that the manufactures are missing in their testing.
Like someone said earlier, maybe it is going to take some massively big law-suit from a huge company that has lost everything against somebody for them to realise that USB 3.0 is tainted and no good.
Do they still make 2.0 cause I am going back there and hopefully I can do it before I lose everything, even though it will take a good part of six months to copy back over whatever it is that I still may have left....
Like I said I don't expect any answers but thank you for taking the time to at least read this...
Cheers Vern
So I shut down, I am using a powered 9 port hub for most of the portables on this particular system (Pryon) which I have to power off so all the drives disappear else the computer just hangs at the boot screen until I have done this).
Sounds like my problem with my (USB 2.0) powered hub. After an update it was not recognized, hence nothing attached to it was seen, until I removed all USB hubs and controllers, including hidden ones, in Device Manager. ICIM there is a connection with USB 3.0 in that that is the lone port on my Surface that I plug the hub into.
BTW to be extra sure about how those (registry) changes would work for me I also powered off and detached all USB devices, rebooted and only after the OS was back up did I start attaching things the way I wanted them. I don't know why updates play such havoc with our devices. I also would like to know why none of the troubleshooters do what I did to make my devices start working again.
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Hi larsonmars,
I have this USB 3.0 problem with Win 8.1 64-bit on an ASUS ROC laptop. The laptop can't see my Glyph HD via USB 3.
I tried the solution as you'd described (editing the 2 .inf files) and on the pluggable site but with the new Intel controllers for the Intel(R) 8 Series/C220 series Chipset Family
However, upon the 2nd reboot, 2 things are different for my case:
1) My Bluetooth category disappears under Device Manager
2) Under "Other" I have a different device, it's not called "VID_8086"
So I per your instructions I didn't try to use it.
I have Sony Vaio SVE1512Y1ESI and after installing Windows 8.1, my usb 3.0 port was not functioning. This solution have worked for me. And I am fully shocked that Microsoft and Intel passes the ball to each other for this issue; remembering that these companies were on the very line about usb 3.0 technology initiated. As a customer, we pay money for hardware and service. Thank you.
I too experience a problem with my passport on my surface 2 windows8 won't recognize drive. Drive lite stays on all times.
Check disk manager. Download drivers for windows 8 and the WD app from store, still the same.
My windows 8 surface 1 had no problem loaded the utilities the whole nine yards. Windows 7 no problem.
I cannot find anything helpful in the WD knowledge base toward solution of this problem. It must be USB related.
A difference between USB on surface 1 and USB on surface 2 both run windows 8.1.
I tried this fix but unfortunately it did not work. I do not think I could use the drivers you recommended because they were for series 8 boards and my board is series 7. Can I use the series 8 ones??? Anyhow, I got the latest for series 7 and followed your instructions as best I could. When I went to load the driver files it told me that I did not have a valid driver. I compared the original edited driver files from the plugable fix with the edited ones based on the latest release and there was a fair bit of difference although I did do the edits as instructed so I am not sure what it did not like.
I have 3 Seagate 4TB drives that were working fine for me a few weeks ago and now, they just will not work. I plug them in and hear the connect sound and then the icon comes up and within a minute, the icon is gone and I hear the disconnect sound. Normally I get error code 43 but have seen 45 as well. I have tried a lot of fixes and no luck. What the heck did MS do to the drivers in the last update? Unfortunately I can not even seem to roll it back. Can anyone tell me what is the latest thinking on this fault?
I contacted MSi who makes my laptop and they were hopeless. They just told me to reinstall the system. Not a good option if you ask me.
Looking forward to hearing from anybody as to how I may sort this out.
Thanks heaps
I'm using Windows 7.
Motherboard is an Asus P8B75-M/CSM.
Re: "The USB 3.0 specification has been implemented carelessly by both Microsoft and the hardware vendors."
I get that impressison, too. Drives are not seen at all or lost during file copies. My Seagate Slim USB3 disk comes and goes. One of my WD Passport disks is invisible on one of the USB3 connectors, but not others.


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I removed 0.53 and setup 0.58.
It synched (1.4 GB of data).
I don't have the "mail" tab...
I stopped the service and restarted it.
Sill not "mail" tab (only Address book, Calendar and Preferences) but a popup when connecting : "mb has no properties".
No error in the mailbox.log, here are the details from the popup :
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Questions about sexual desire and love have plagued humans for eons. While poets, musicians, and artists believe love lives in the heart, scientists know it exists in the brain. And sex? Apparently, that urge resides in the "little brain" or the bed or maybe a barn. It gets a little confusing what with those tired old adages about cows and free milk (or pigs and free sausage).
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He wants you, but does he love you? A new study finds love and sexual desire are controlled by the same part of the brain.
Now a new study has found that the same regions of the brain that control love also control sex -- indicating that sexual desire can actually morph into love. That's right. If a woman has sex with a man, he might not only buy the cow but love the cow, as well.
"Love and sex are clearly overlapping and they are different," says Jim Pfaus, a professor of psychology at Concordia University in Montreal who's been studying love and libidos for more than a decade. "You can have desire for sex without love."
But sex can also be the start of a beautiful relationship.
How does all of this work?
The brain's insular cortex (or insula) and the striatum play a role in both sexual desire and love. The insula is nestled deep within the cerebral cortex and influences emotions. While the striatum resides in the forebrain and receives messages from the cortex.
In order to map out the location of sexual desire and love, researchers reviewed 20 studies that used fMRI technology. First, they looked at the regions of the brain that lit up when sparked by love. They then compared the findings of all the papers to see what regions were activated when someone felt aroused or amorous.
What they discovered was a bit surprising -- love and sexual desire both activate the striatum, showing a continuum from sexual desire to love. Each feeling impacts a different area of the striatum.
Sexual desire activates the ventral striatum, the brain's reward system. When someone enjoys a great dessert or an orgasm, it's the ventral striatum that flickers with life. Love sparks activity in the dorsal striatum, which is associated with drug addiction.
"You don't make a connection that love is a drug; it acts just like drug addiction," says Pfaus. "Anyone who has had someone break up with them feels like a drug addict in withdrawal. You end up getting cravings."
But it doesn't stop there. The researchers also saw an overlap between sexual desire and love in the insula.
"[The insula] translates emotional feelings into meaning," explains Pfaus. "You take the internal state and give it external meaning."
The areas of overlap indicate that sexual desire transitions into love in many cases, and the feelings aren't separate.
"Even love at first sight, can it happen? Of course it can happen," says Pfaus. "And when it does happen, do you want to play Scrabble with each other? When it happens, you normally want to consummate it."


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See how happy Leonardo DiCaprio is? It's not because he's king of the world. No. It's because his acting masterpiece, Titanic, is going to hit the theaters again, this time with with a real James Cameron treatment. Yeah, Titanic 3D.
The movie is scheduled for re-release in the spring of 2012, but Cameron warns that the "effects will not be as spectacular as Avatar" because Titanic's "never going to look as good as if you shot it in 3D. But think of it as a sort of 2.8D."
Was Titanic even spectacular the first time around? All I remember are high-pitched screams and dreamy sighs. [Sky via Roger Ebert]
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Decadent chocolate desserts on Long Island
On Valentine's Day, there's never enough chocolate.
Bittersweet, isn't it?
Or very sweet -- or milky, or white, or with nuts, or with anything else. Even a bouquet of roses could be made of chocolate.
So, here are some chocoholic choices from the countless chocolate desserts you'll find in Nassau and Suffolk restaurants.
Always leave room.
To be ordered at the beginning of your meal, this bittersweet cloud defines opulence. First, the hot souffle is presented; then, it's punctured. Grand Marnier-spiked crème anglaise is poured in, freshly whipped cream is heaped on top. One spoonful and you're transported. ($9)
J. Michaels Tuscan Steakhouse, Northport
Chef Vincent P. Michaels has made this winner since he was a teenager. He starts with zabaglione that's fueled with crème de cacao instead of the traditional Marsala and adds dark Belgian chocolate. It's finished in an Oreo crust and served with espresso truffles and schlag. ($14)
Chef Mara Levi's chocolate cream pie is an irresistible, irrepressible, homey testament to unfussy flavors: lush, dark chocolate mousse in an Oreo cookie crust, all crowned with freshly whipped cream. ($8; On one day's notice, order a whole one for $35.)
Chef Tom Schaudel has been offering this stylized sundae at restaurants for decades. Bittersweet chocolate is molded into the crinkly shape of a paper bag, then filled with vanilla bean gelato, sliced banana, caramel and fudge. ($10)
There's an undercurrent of heat to go with the sweet in this four-star dessert. Chef Michael Wilson said chili oil is an ingredient that's added to the mixture -- which includes dark chocolate and egg whites -- before baking. The torte is served with raspberry sauce and fresh mint ice cream. ($7)
Roots Bistro Gourmand, West Islip
Why limit the dessert to one sweet? Chef Philippe Corbet brings together a rich chocolate pot de crème boosted by espresso from Stumptown Coffee Roasters, a molten-chocolate cake, and white-chocolate ice cream to decadent effect. ($11)
Bobby's Burger Palace, Lake Grove and Garden City
One of many reasons to eat at Iron Chef Bobby Flay's burger palaces is for the deep, dark chocolate malted that delivers a nice malt undercurrent. It's thick enough to be eaten with a spoon and comes with freshly whipped cream on top. ($5)
La Pace with Chef Michael, Glen Cove
Chef Michael Mossallem's two-tone dessert is composed of bittersweet and semisweet Valrhona chocolate and Valrhona white chocolate: a scoop of each in a martini glass, finished with a raspberry coulis, a chocolate cigar and a fresh mint leaf. ($8)
At the North Fork Table & Inn, pastry chef Claudia Fleming's desserts end every meal on a high note. For the Lunch Truck, adjacent to the restaurant and open Friday through Monday (winter hours), Fleming makes the Platonic ideal of the chocolate chip cookie. Nothing fancy, just perfect. Cookies by the half-dozen also are available at the restaurant bar and on the dinner menu. ($1.25 each, $7.50 for six)
Topping Rose House, Bridgehampton
A little work of art, the warm chocolate tart arrives with cream cheese ice cream and a caramel-poached pear or fig. Executive pastry chef Cassandra Shupp uses a blend of two Valrhona chocolates. The pear: a sweet, slightly spicy Seckel. ($12)
The elegantly restrained cake from chef Joseph Realmuto's kitchen is made with ingredients including Valrhona chocolate, eggs and vanilla. It is served with a garnish of local honeycomb, a honey lace tuile cookie and crushed cocoa nibs sprinkled on top. ($12)
Sarabeth's, Lord & Taylor, Manhasset and Garden City
Dessert queen Sarabeth Levine offers a seductive chocolate pudding at her department store cafes. It's lush in texture, flecked with chocolate shavings, topped with fresh whipped cream and worth breaking any diet for. ($6)
Among the myriad flourless chocolate cakes on Long Island, Verace's stands out. Chef Leonardo DeFelice uses toasted, finely ground walnuts to add depth and texture. Each individual cake is served with homemade vanilla gelato, a sweet moscato reduction and mascarpone whipped cream. ($6)


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