Handy aliases/miniscripts (in zsh format)

.zprofile

# load existing pre-zsh profile
emulate sh -c '. ~/.profile'

# make a directory and cd into it
mkd () { mkdir $1 && cd $1 }

# verbally remind me of something after N minutes
# Examples:
#   $ remind_after 5 tea
#   $ remind_after 25 "pomodoro break"
#   $ remind_after 60 "that's enough Youtube videos for now"
remind_after () { echo "espeak \"$2\"" | at now + $1 minutes }