You know what’s fun? Setting an motd. It’s one of those almost completely superfluous things that I knew existed, but never really took the time to actually set.
Well, dangit, I deserve some silly eye-candy!
Here’s the motd file I use (currently a reference to a reeeeaaaallly cheese movie that I love for some inexplicable reason). The actual text I use in my /etc/motd file looks something like this:
) ) ) ( ( )
( /( ( ( ( /( * ) ( /( )\ ))\ ) ( ( /( * )
)\()) )\ )\ )\()) ` ) /( )\())( (()/(()/( )\ )\())( ` ) /(
((_)((((_)( (((_)|((_)\ ( )(_)((_)\ )\ /(_)/(_)((((_)( ((_)\ )\ ( )(_))
_((_)\ _ )\ )\___|_ ((_) (_(_()) _((_((_) (_))(_)) )\ _ )\ _((_((_)(_(_())
| || (_)_\(_((/ __| |/ / |_ _|| || | __| | _ | | (_)_\(_| \| | __|_ _|
| __ |/ _ \ | (__ ' < | | | __ | _| | _| |__ / _ \ | .` | _| | |
|_||_/_/ \_\ \___|_|\_\ |_| |_||_|___| |_| |____|/_/ \_\|_|\_|___| |_|
Here’s a pretty handy utility for generating text-based ascii art: patorjk.com/software/taag
It really isn’t much, but it adds just a little bit of personalization to a tool I use everyday, all-day.