Shell script to post twit.

For posting a simple twit, I had to go on twitter every time, But for lazy person like me, Its too tough. I was looking for a simple tool to post twit. I found a very interesting and simple shell script to post twit from Linux command line.*Install "curl" if you don't have already.       #yum install curl*Copy the colored code and save as twit.sh*Replace USER with your Twitter A/c's user name and PASSWORD with password.*make twit.sh executable.      ...

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How fast is your Thumb Drive ?

There are lot of tools available to check data transfer rate in Windows. But on Linux  you can check data transfer rate by just using one command.Open Terminal.Application >System Tools > Terminal.Login with super user credential.$supassword : (root password)#hdparm -t /dev/sdb (in my case sdb is pendrive)/dev/sdb:Timing buffered disk reads:   60 MB in  3.00 seconds =  19.98 MB/secFor detail usage of hdparm command go to terminal and type#man hdparmor#hdparm --helpNote...

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Add "To Do" List in Gmail.

Today I am going to share to you "How to add To Do list in Gmail". Gmail already has "Task", but I wanted to show my To Do list all the time which is not possible in Task. In Task to add new Item or see the created items you have to click on it, Then a pop-up window opens. Tooooooo frustrating na. Atleast for a lazy person like me. Ok, lets do something smart ....... 1.Open iGoogle. (Open www.google.com, click on iGoogle at top-right corner). 2.Click on "Add Stuff" 3.In Search for gadgets box...

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