Increasing speed prior to the upshift

Gaining a little momentum here, I've experimented around a little and finding lots of goodies (sorry Magz, haven't stumbled across how to add a permenant link yet) but what I need most is a little more instant gratification, or at least some more immediate validation of my efforts, there seems to be a lag time between posting/publishing and seeing the end result. It's during the lag time I begin to doubt that I've done something successfully and I end up either undoing it or messing up what would have been fine in the first place. Sheesh! Anyway, I'm happy to be up and running in this strange new world and looking forward to running with the big dogs (stay tuned, I have lots of ideas!) Happy Day!