cygwin

export google=http://keyboardr.com/nightly/#home/
export blog=http://forevergarden17.blogspot.com

alias cs='cygstart'

then I could just type
cs $google
cs $blog

to go straight to my favorite page.

# Display the $PATH in a human acceptable way
function path()
{
old=$IFS
IFS=:
printf "%s\n" $PATH
IFS=$old
}

uname -srv: find the version of cygwin
man uname

dos2unix: if you edit a file in windows, then try to execute this file in cygwin, you will have problem, so should use dos2unix to fix it.

MS Dos warning in cygwin 7 fix:

Environment Variables (kinda awkward hidden button) -> Add a variable of CYGWIN with value of nodosfilewarning.