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Repetitive Strain Injury is something we should all avoid. If you spend a lot of time using computers, there is a potential for RSI to become a problem if you aren't aware of it and aren't proactive in taking regular breaks.

Unfortunately, if you don't have something timing you and prompting you to take regular breaks, it's easy to get out of the habit and just stay tapping away and …

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This is a fun gem that actually made me laugh out loud when I found out about it.

Have you ever gotten really mad at an application and just wanted to blast a huge hole in it? With blast that is exactly what you can do. Use your system's preferred package manager to install the blast package.

Now, when you get angry at an application, just hit Alt+F2 and type …

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Once again, it's time to take a look at a really neat command line tool that comes with almost all Unix-like operating systems. This tool is called netcat. What it does sounds quite geeky and advanced:

use network sockets from the command line

What that means in more simple terms is that you can create a server which listens on a port, and interact with a server listening on a …

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Hate the ugly form widgets in Firefox 2? Want to stab your eyes out if you see one? Okay, have a
.

Chances are, if you are using Firefox 2 on Linux or a Mac, you are looking at a gray brick. Yuck.

But there is a way to shield your eyes. The latest (and I mean latest) build has pretty form widgets.

Did I also mention that …

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