#+AUTHOR: Simon Watson
#+TITLE: Unix Spells

* Preamble

  This idea for a blog post came about after reading this great satire article:
  https://www.jumboframeinternet.com/post/9/

  It got me thinking about so called "Unix Spells".

  I have kind of a long standing disdain for LinkedIn and the kind of community
  it seems to want to foster, but I maintain one to keep up with old coworkers
  and "advertise" my "expertise". In that vein, I've long had my "About Me"
  text be something kind of silly. I thought it might be funny to simply list
  some "Unix Spells" in this section.

  In keeping with the silly nature of "Unix Spells", I won't be documenting
  and of these incantations, or attempting to explain or justify them in any
  way. Happy casting :)

  Disclaimer: I wouldn't blind run any of these if you don't know what they
  do. You've been warned.

* Spell Book

  - =dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda count=1024=
  - =dd if=/dev/sda bs=512 count=63 | hexdump -C | less=
  - =:(){ :|: & };:=