diff --git a/shell/aliases.sh b/shell/aliases.sh
index d440906..b2260a6 100644
--- a/shell/aliases.sh
+++ b/shell/aliases.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 # System
 alias o="open"
 alias s="ssh"
+alias ec="echo"
 alias ls="ls -BG"
+alias l="ls -lah"
 alias ll="ls -lah"
 alias duh="du -h"
 
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ alias t="mate"
 alias e="$DOTBIN/emacsclient-wrapper"
 
 # Utils
+alias ma="make"
 alias br="brew"
 alias devnullsmtp="java -jar $DOTBIN/DevNullSmtp.jar"
 
@@ -29,5 +32,6 @@ alias fact="elinks -dump randomfunfacts.com | sed -n '/^| /p' | tr -d \|"
 
 # appends your key to a server's authorized keys file
 function authme {
-  ssh "$1" 'cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys' < ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
+  ssh "$1" 'mkdir -p ~/.ssh && cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys' \
+    < ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
 }
diff --git a/shell/git.sh b/shell/git.sh
index da77152..ecaca42 100755
--- a/shell/git.sh
+++ b/shell/git.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="`git config --global user.email`"
 alias g="git"
 alias gi="git"
 alias ga="git add"
+alias gb="git branch"
+alias gc="git checkout"
+alias gcb="git checkout -b"
+alias gr="git remote"
 alias gs="git status"
 alias gai="git add -i"
 alias gp="git push"
diff --git a/shell/nodejs.sh b/shell/nodejs.sh
index 13ebb6c..45f010c 100644
--- a/shell/nodejs.sh
+++ b/shell/nodejs.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 # Node.js
 #
 
+# Aliases
+alias no="node"
+alias np="npm"
+alias ni="npm install"
+alias ngi="npm install -g"
+alias cof="coffee"
+
+
 # Load nvm if it's available
 if [ -f "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
   source "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh"
diff --git a/shell/ruby.sh b/shell/ruby.sh
index 2429926..9eb7e57 100644
--- a/shell/ruby.sh
+++ b/shell/ruby.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 alias po="powify"
 alias lu="lunchy"
 alias he="heroku"
+alias f="foreman"
+alias fs="foreman start"
+alias fr="foreman run"
 
 # Bundler aliases
 alias bi="bundle install --path vendor/bundle --binstubs=vendor/bundle/bin"