diff --git a/aliases/available/general.aliases.bash b/aliases/available/general.aliases.bash
index 2439eb08..96cf2edf 100644
--- a/aliases/available/general.aliases.bash
+++ b/aliases/available/general.aliases.bash
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ alias irc="$IRC_CLIENT"
 
 alias rb='ruby'
 
+# find Space hogs
+alias ducks='du -cks * | sort -nr | head -11 |cut -f2- | xargs du -hs'
+
 # Pianobar can be found here: http://github.com/PromyLOPh/pianobar/
 
 alias piano='pianobar'
diff --git a/aliases/available/grc.aliases.bash b/aliases/available/grc.aliases.bash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2baf106a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aliases/available/grc.aliases.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+cite about-alias
+about-alias 'grc aliases'
+
+# Generic coloriser found at https://github.com/garabik/grc
+# apt-get install grc or for rpm based systems grab the binary or build from repo
+#
+if [[ -x `which grc` ]]; then
+    alias grc='grc --colour=auto'
+    alias ping='grc ping'
+    alias last='grc last'
+    alias netstat='grc netstat'
+    alias traceroute='grc traceroute'
+    alias diff='grc diff'
+    alias gcc='grc gcc'
+    alias configure='grc configure'
+    alias cvs='grc cvs'
+    alias ps='grc ps'
+    alias ifconfig='grc ifconfig'
+fi