Unless you’ve been vacationing on Mars lately, you probably know that Google’s “Gmail” web app is the hottest webmail portal this side of the Andromeda Galaxy. With over 7 gigs of online storage space for free over an “https” secure socket, what’s not to like about it? (Sign up at any time by navigating to

http://mail.google.com/

Follow the instructions to “Sign up for Gmail.”)

But did you know that, somewhat silently, they’ve recently added the capability to work on your gmail offline? Read more at

http://gears.google.com/

You have to install a plug-in in your browser. If you’re an avid Gmail user, this is your ticket to “catching up” during that next long flight.