It's easier using Shadow with his Stunner in combo with the dragon boots/horn. And a good place for the paladin shield was Cid's island. The enemies are punny and die before you kill him so it's just walking back and forth.
Allrecipes.com is a good one. I have a few notebooks of recipes which I gather from packages, books from the library, off Food Network, family recipes, just whatever I find, try and like. Just whipped up an Elvis special, fatty but yum.
I still regularly play about 10-12 PS games, with Strider 2 and Final Fantasy Tactics being the main ones.
I was referring more to some of the off the rack chips and processors, rather than the hard drive...