Undistract-me will notify you

Yesterday I came across a short article in WebUpd8 about this little tool called undistract-me. It will alerts you when long-running commands finally complete.

In ubuntu the installation is as simple as this:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:undistract-me-packagers/daily
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install undistract-me

Few more steps are needed in order to set it up in one of your terminal's profile.
In Terminal open Edit->Profile Preferences:

In Terminal open Edit->Profile Preferences:

In 'Title and Command tab' check 'Run command as a login shell'.

In 'Title and Command tab' check 'Run command as a login shell'.

Quit all terminal windows. That's all.
It's time to test it.
In a terminal window run 'sleep 11'. After 11 seconds you should see a notification that says „Long command completed“, „ „sleep 11“ took 11 seconds“.

Python script to toggle Skype main window with keyboard

I spent some time searching for some way to toggle skype's main window with keyboard shortcut.
But there is no way to do it with anything out of the box.
Finally found a really useful python script. You can read more at scorpspot.blogspot.com.