#tricks

"However, I don't refer to commonly used shortcuts that a noob would find cool. I am talking about a seasoned unix user (be she/he a developer, admin, both, etc), who thinks (s)he knows something 99% of us never heard or dreamed about. Something that not only makes his/her work easier, but also is COOL and hackish. After all, vim resides in the most dark-corner-rich OS in the world, thus it should have intricacies that only a few privileged know about and want to share with us."

"These facts were a currency in my social circle. We'd trade them like baseball cards. I'd show you my payphone trick and you'd show me your gag for turning the cellophane on a cigarette pack into a smoke-ring machine. Social capital accrued to everyone who could show or explain something that gave you power and insight into the mysterious workings of the world."

"The ingredients necessary are simple: string, acetone and a match. ... The clean break in the glass occurs when the exact ring of heated glass comes in contact with the cold water. Thermal shock slices the bottle in half."

"I’ve often had to set up onload events that execute for only a single page. ... The below solution keeps things unobtrusive."

"Poaching fish in the dishwasher is a virtually foolproof way to shock your friends, prepare a succulent meal and do the dishes"

"It's not the fear of writing that blocks people, it's its fear of not writing well; something quite different."

"Awesome free style Defrag quake 3 video, awesome blossom tricks."

A crapload of ways to open a beer bottle

"If you're a hunt-and-peck typist and would like to train yourself to touch type, go grab some interactive fiction games "

"This page attempts to explain all of the tricks and glitches used in the various movies for the different Super Mario Bros. games."