software
Gmail adds offline access
Although it’s been rumored, Google finally has released an offline version of Gmail through Google Gears. If you don’t have it installed yet, you can download Google Gears here.
To enable this feature first click on the Labs icon and enable Offline mode:
Afterwards, click on the “Offline 0.1″ link in the top right hand corner next [...]
Process wait script
Often times I would run commands that depended on processes to finish on another tab within a screen session. Unfortunately, bash’s wait command only works within the existing shell, so I came up with a quick script to check versus executable name.
#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
while pgrep ^$1 > /dev/null; do sleep [...]
Fastest method of upgrading Ubuntu
Ubuntu 8.10 rolled out yesterday and as such the Ubuntu servers are hammered by people trying to upgrade through the network.
The quickest method of upgrading Ubuntu is as follows:
Download the alternate ISO off BitTorrent.
Change your package source server from the default to the fastest available:
a. Within Ubuntu, go to System > Administration > Software Sources
b. [...]
