Category: Tips and Techniques
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Find documents that contain a text string
I needed to find the string “set-aside” in all the old PowerPoint presentations that I had to find a chart that I knew existed. I had our current resident expert, Eric FJ, help me find the incantation I was looking for. Starting from my current base directory where the tree of documents existed:grep -R ‘set-aside’…
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Seven Things Highly Productive People Do
I saw this in a LinkedIn blast, and was reminded of many good practices that often get put on the wayside. Thought it would be a good reminder piece to start the year with. It seems Friday is never as productive as you want it to be, even though it’s casual day, so maybe this…
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Life Hacks 2.0
If someone doesn’t like you, ask to borrow their pencil. It’s a cool psychological trick that will make then like you more. Having a conversation with someone and not sure if they’re interested? Fold your arms. If they do the same, they probably are.When you’re arguing with someone and start laughing, it’ll make them even…
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Get a lawyer
2011/03 Mike Monteiro | F*ck You. Pay Me. from SanFrancisco/CreativeMornings on Vimeo. via @haleonearth from @daringfireball
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Salted vs. Unsalted Butter
Yahoo! Answers: “If you have no choice but to use salted butter in a recipe, the rule of thumb is to omit about ¼ teaspoon salt per ½ cup (1 stick) of butter.”
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Screen sharing
Sending Ctrl+Alt+Del to a Windows machine you are attached to with Mac screen sharing is a simple as pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Cmd+Del sequence on your Mac.
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Roy’s Cuddling Index
Here is the best way to remember what the dew point means; use Roy’s Cuddling Index:Favorable 50’sSultry 60’sStifling 70’sUnbearable 80’sMeteorologist Roy Finden on Almanac, 9 July, 2010