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Happy Birthday, Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Father of Life Hacks was born 300 years ago today in Boston, Mass. As a writer, inventor, politician, postmaster, latter-day abolitionist, smartass, horndog, and paradox, he is, in my opinion, without peer among his countrymen.

Tricorns are doffed to Ben -- and to the tireless wit and ingenuity he taught a snot-nosed democracy how to flaunt.

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TOPICS: Inspirado

Merlin on MacBreak Weekly: Wax On, Wax Off

In which Alex is still on about the notional iPhone (and its current-day antecedents), Leo loves his lumber-swinging MacPro, Scott is completely full of beans, and everyone rags me mercilessly about my fondness for new age nap software.

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organize files by date put in folder

organize files by date put in folder

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TOPICS: Mac OS X

Tips to prune crufty writing

Useful set of tips on improving the carpentry of your writing by avoiding cliches and colorless (or too colorful) language.

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TOPICS: Tips, Writing

Version control

Version control

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TOPICS: GNU/Linux

Keeping track of people in my life?

Keeping track of people in my life?

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TOPICS: Life Hacks

Mail.App: Single keypress move to folder?

As I anxiously await the Google Gods to bless me with IMAP support I've been thinking about how I will go about reorganizing mail.app. I can't wait to be able to have 'one stop shopping' for my email organizational needs.

Given that I am a keyboard shortcut ninja with Gmail's web interface (and mail.app for that matter) I was curious if there's a way to reproduce some of the common gmail shortcuts. i.e. hitting 'y' to archive a message, etc.

Is this something that can be accomplished in Applescript or perhaps automator after I get Leopard installed tomorrow?

-Lon

Help me stick to it

Help me stick to it

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Hipster PDA One?

I so love that Mr. Bush wrote his request for a bathroom break in what appears to be a disassembled Hipster PDA.

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