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# Enable character repeat on keydown
defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

# Set a shorter Delay until key repeat

How Tweetbot and regex made my Twitter replies usable again

As it turns out, most normal humans are incapable of learning to use Twitter @ replies. And in case you don't follow me on Twitter: yes, my handle (@ryan) gets a lot of erroneous mentions. (The most amusing, random ones I've even taken to retweeting under the #wrongryan hashtag.)

Then Tweetbot -- and its ability to use regex as Twitter filters -- came along. Here's how the Tapbots guys and some regular expressions single-handedly made my Twitter replies usable again.

Notes and caveats

I'm not a regex expert. Far from it. I suck at regex, actually. If you have suggestions for improvements, please leave them below!
Some regex may look a little sloppy, but in actuality was written because TweetBot for Mac's regex filter support is very early, and things like repeats (expression{3,}) are buggy. So everything below should work without crashing Tweetbot for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
Obvious, but not everyone should make use of every filter b

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	Rename with Date 0.1

	Copyright 2004 Mark Nottingham <[email protected]>

	THIS SOFTWARE IS SUPPLIED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND MAY BE
	COPIED, MODIFIED OR DISTRIBUTED IN ANY WAY, AS LONG AS THIS NOTICE
	AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP REMAIN.

	*)

	(function() {
	// Change `silent` to true to invoke the promptless, self-closing
	// version of the bookmarklet.
	var silent = false;

	var url = location.href;
	var title = document.title;

	// Look for a single hAtom entry on the page, and iff one is found, extract
	// the entry-title in place of the document title:

	# Modify this file accordingly for your specific requirement.
	# http://www.thegeekstuff.com
	# 1. Delete all existing rules
	iptables -F

	# 2. Set default chain policies
	iptables -P INPUT DROP
	iptables -P FORWARD DROP
	iptables -P OUTPUT DROP

	# Copies the selected tweet's URL from Twitter.app, and
	# opens corresponding page for Aaron Swartz's Twitter Viewer.
	#
	# Original by John Gruber: https://gist.github.com/1440914
	# This version by Daniel Jalkut
	#
	# I'm hooking this up to a keyboard shortcut specifically in Twitter.app,
	# using my scripting utility FastScripts.
	#
	# Requires "Access for Assistive Devices" to be enabled.

	#!/usr/bin/ruby

	# ruby script to make an unordered list from indented data.

	data = %x{__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=$UID:0x8000100:0x8000100 pbpaste}.strip

	result = "<ul>\n"

	last_leading_space = ""
	g_tab_width = 4

	tell application "Safari"
	set selecTxt to (do JavaScript "var x = ''+document.getSelection();x" in current tab of front window) as string
	end tell

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	jeredb.com

	Omnifocus -> Day One Daily Completed Task Log

	Based upon [Version 1.0] [1] of [OmniFocus - Weekly Project Report Generator] [2]
	Originally Authored by Chris Brogan and Rob Trew
	February 5, 2012

	#!/usr/bin/env sh

	##
	# This is script with usefull tips taken from:
	# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
	#
	# install it:
	# curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh \| sh
	#