Sharing QuicKeys Abbreviations and Shortcuts between/among computers

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I've been using QuicKeys to speed up my blogging. "ahr" for example is an abbreviation for <A HREF=""> and "breg" is an abbreviation for Breguet. Using Dropbox I was able to share my QuicKeys shortcuts and abbreviations between a Mac Pro and a MacBook. I basically made a new folder, ~/Dropbox/Library/QuicKeys, and moved ~/Library/QuicKeys/Shortcuts and ~/Library/QuicKeys/Abbreviations ...

So I'm trying the Copenhagen Diet - UPDATED

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Being that I am of sound mind and body and said body has grown to massive proportions since we had kids (i'm basically a food disposal system, now), I've decided to try this crazy diet which forces you to eat almost nothing for 13 days. Here's the menu. If something happens you guys will know what ...

PR Pitch of the Day

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The PR guy emailed 67 PR journos in the clear. Me and Scott Alexander had a blast. Read from bottom to top. From: Scott Alexander Subject: Re: Press Release: Vikings of Thule Date: March 2, 2010 1:14:49 PM EST To: John Biggs the bocce. permanently wore out my twee glands On 3/2/10 1:01 PM, "John Biggs" ...

Scheduling Time Machine backups

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So Time Machine has been blowing out my entire computer at about 1pm every day and driving me nuts. The only way I could stop it from churning was the old one fingered salute. I found this app to schedule Time Machine backups which may or may not help but if you find yourself a slave ...

Want to try Usenet?

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If you've never heard of usenet, you need to hear about Usenet. You need a few things: 1. A provider I use NewsDemon (I get free access from them as a journo but you can refer people to get free monthly access as well.) Giganews is another provider. Subscriptions cost about $10-$17 monthly. 2. A reader. ...