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How to Create a Self-Referential Tweet

Diomidis Spinellis200958 points25 commentscited by 3Life, Learning & Writing details

Yesterday Mark Reid posted on Twitter a challenge : create a self-referential tweet (one that links to itself). He later clarified that the tweet should contain in its text its own identifier (the number after " /status/" bit should be its own URL). I decided to take up the challenge ("in order to learn a bit about…

Embedding a Web Browser in Emacs

This Week in Hax200952 points19 commentscited by 3Tools & Productivity details

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How to Back Up Gmail In Linux

Matt Cutts200950 points22 commentscited by 3Tools & Productivity details

I really like Gmail, but I also like having backups of my data just in case. Here’s how to use a simple program called getmail on Unix to backup your Gmail or Google Apps email. We’ll b…