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star trek Celebrate 50 Years Of Star Trek With These Nerdy Computer Tricks I’m a huge fan of Star Trek. So much so that many of my blog posts are about doing nerdy Star Trek-related things with your computer. Here are a
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shell-scripts Twin Cities Mac Admins » Meetup notes – April 23, 2015 Featured Presentation Jacob Salmela with Hopkins High School provided our feature presentation Under Cover Of Shell (Scripting). Take a look at Jabob’s website and his GitHub repository. You’ll find he’s solved plenty of issues with scripting. He introduced us to GeekTool,
shell-scripts Shell Scripting Presentation at JAMF HQ [MSP Mac Admins] I will be presenting Under Cover Of Shell (Scripting) at JAMF HQ at 5:00 on April 23rd. There is still time to register if you are interested in attending;
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shell-scripts Use TextExpander To Run Shell Scripts TextExpander is great for saving time writing repetitive text. However, I recently discovered that you can also run scripts via a TextExpander keystroke. To do this, create a new snippet
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star trek Give Your Office Door A Star Trek "Swoosh" Sound Effect Feel like you are entering the bridge every time you come into your office by reproducing the Star Trek “swooshing” door sound. This trick uses a Webcam that sense motion,
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