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Another screentshot with GeekTool 3 (RC4) with new scripts…

Sometimes I have to work with my mac silently, and I turn off the sound. But then I can’t hear system alerts. There is a little tip for it. In Leopard you can turn on screen flashing. Your screen will flash when sound alarm will occur.

In order to activate that option go to System Preferences–> Universal Acces–> Hearing.

GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc.

A mini how-to install wget on Leopard:

You have to install Xcode Tools to fill all dependences (GCC, make). You will find it on your Leopard DVD in Optional Installs.

1. Download the source from: wget-latest.tar.gz
2. Untar it using command: tar -zxvf wget-latest.tar.gz
3. This creates a folder named wget-X.XX.X. Change the working folder to it: cd wget-X.XX.X/
4. To configure the build type: ./configure
5. Then build it using: make
6. And install with: sudo make install
7. The wget binary should now be in your /usr/local/bin folder.
8. If you are using bash shell put PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin into .bash_profile in your home directory. If you don’t have that file create it:  touch .bash_profile and then edit: nano .bash_profile .
9. Restart or open new terminal window.
10. DONE!