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ADD/ADHT/ADT getting tested...

ADD/ADHT/ADT getting tested...

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Best $200 or under file cabinet?

Best $200 or under file cabinet?

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Mac spring cleaning

Mac spring cleaning

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not having to remember to sync an iphone

Having just switched to an iPhone, the huge thing that's not there any more is wireless syncing.

When I wake up at 4am having remembered I need to do something today, I just put it in my phone and go back to sleep; and trust the syncing to be reminded at the appropriate time.

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TOPICS: Ask 43f, help, iPhone, sync

On-the-fly TextExpander external snippets (or alternative)

So I'm grooving along using my Textpander (old skool, baby) and thinking about doing even more with it. I mean, it is handy as it is, but I really hate going into the preference pane and walking through the mouse-heavy interface to add a new snippet. Sometimes, I realize that I'm going to type the word "existentialism" a bunch for the next few pages, and I want a quick-and-dirty, on-the-fly snippet added.

As far as I can tell, no can do.

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Ideation

TOPICS: Hacer

Whats your my documents schema?

Whats your my documents schema?

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iTerm nerds, unite!

TOPICS: Mac OS X

Contexts for academia

Contexts for academia

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