Jke used GeekTool a really clever way to output random symbol character on his desktop, really nice effect :

"So here is a quick way to do it :

* Create a shell geeklet * Use this command :
* Set some fancy font. In his original script, Jke used "Chippies", but is not free nor standard, so I used "Type Embellishments One LET Plain" 

Here is a gset you can quickly try :

[raw-attachment:"Random symbol.gset" Random symbol.gset":http://jakefowler.com/movies/Geektool.mov]

Random_symbol.gset (811 Bytes) Yann BIZEUL, 07/08/2009 09:30 PM

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