Shut down your PC or Mac with a text message

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

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This fairly long video shows you how to create a mail trigger in Outlook to shut down your PC or Mac whenever you send a text message to your mailbox. It’s a pretty simple trick – I think I had this running back on an old Linux box when I was still on Sprint in like 2001 – but it’s nice to know it’s still possible. Add this to your friend’s computer and drive them absolutely nuts!

[Thanks, Joey!]

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