[Bglug] Mac Mini and Tasker

[Andrew Howlett]

Follow up to my comments at Tuesday's meeting.

I opened the Mac mini and discovered that the fan connector was not seated properly (oops, my mistake when I upgraded to SSD). Fixed that and Mac mini 2013 works great with Linux. You can pick up these old mac minis cheap on eBay because Apple has abandoned them.

Created a new profile (aka rule) for tasker. Sometimes I misplace my phone. Tasker has a built-in task whereby it queries the GPS and populates some location variables. So the profile works like this:

1. Received SMS message
2. SMS message includes keyword SendLocation? If yes do SendLocation task

SendLocation task:
1. Query GPS
2. Send GPS coordinates to received from SMS address

For now I've left this open to all from addresses but can easily restrict it to my VOIP.ms and my wife's number.

Tasker is fun. Includes the ability to export and share cool profiles.

Andrew H.

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