 how to set up remote server checks on ubuntu: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AdamOutler/posts/9x5BDr5jLEq
 9 * * * *  whoToEmail="adamoutler@gmail.com" serverToCheck="adamoutler.com"; ping -c 1 $serverToCheck || echo "At $(date) it was detected the $serverToCheck server is down" |mail -s "$serverToCheck is down" $whoToEmail
 That's a badass cron job.
 +1 👍
 dohohoh
 After wifi that didn't work out of the box, I'm rocking ubuntu on the desktop - rawr!