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For those running Panther, all three of these you need to know about now.
1) Enable focus-follows-mouse in Terminal:
While in the terminal, enter defaults write com.apple.Terminal FocusFollowsMouse -string YES, then restart Terminal.
2) Use the alternate “show desktop” behavior for Expos�
While in the terminal, enter defaults write com.apple.dock wvous-olddesktop -bool false; killall Dock – now the Show Desktop behavior compacts everything into a little window, ala Minimize In Place. Much better than shoving things off the edge of the screen.
3) Dictionary auto-complete.
Start typing into a text field, then hit F5. Bam, instant popup of possible endings to the word.
(1 and 2 are from macosxhints.com; 3 is from Mark Levin.)

So the big shocking revelation today is that Bush, at a press conference, said that no one on his staff was responsible for the “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED” banner back on May 1st. No, it was the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln, of course!
There was a good comment on Eschaton from Bodini, and I felt like echoing it here:
Someone else put up the sign.
Someone else said Iraq was an “imminent threat.”
Someone else said Saddam bought yellowcake from Niger.
Someone else leaked Valerie Plame’s name.
Someone else will be president in 2005.

A lot of people have asked over the past six months about my IIDX script.
Having little better to do at 1 AM, I’ve finally packaged it up and written some shitty installation instructions. For the two people in the world that might find this useful, by all means, enjoy.