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Mac OS X - Snake Game in Terminal Open Terminal within Applications >> Utilities.   Type in emacs , then press enter.   Within emacs hold down ESC and press X.   If the cursor is on the bottom of the terminal, type snake.     Mac OS X - Tetris Hidden in the Terminal 1. Open the finder 2. Open Applications 3. Open Utilities 4. Open Terminal 5. type "emacs"; click enter 6. Press ESC + X at the same time 7. Type "tetris" 8. Play Tetris! Use the arrow keys to move ... Read more..

Mac OS X - Iraq War Reference in Dictionary Widget 1. Bring up dashboard 2. Either add the dictionary widget to the dashboard or select it. 3. Type the word: democracy into the search box. 4. Click on the thesaurus button on the top of the Widget to switch to Thesaurus mode. 5. Read the sample sentence in the description: A democracy in Iraq is quite unlikely for now or any time soon. Read more..

In OS X, you can choose between two minimization effects: Genie and Scale. But there is a third effect, called Suck, which you can also use even though it is not available in the system preferences.   To use it:   Open a terminal window. Type the following: "defaults write com.apple.dock mineffect -string suck" (no quotation marks) For the change to take effect, you need to restart the dock. You can either do this by:         Restarting your computer By opening the Activity Monitor application (should be in ... Read more..