Tilting at windmills? Refactoring and, as always, loving it; feeling guilty, though, because I’m supposed to be banging something out ASAP.

Researching link aggregation: several nics are bonded into a logical interface for more redundancy or throughput. http://tinyurl.com/2vjldg

File tests (exists, readable, …) in bash/perl/ruby/python: http://tinyurl.com/ycnzuyr. Ruby blows Python away in terms of ease of use.

Reading about high resolution timers in Linux and the “tickless” kernel: http://tinyurl.com/y9ptx4s, http://tinyurl.com/f4ah3

UNIX commands of the day: pgrep and pkill. Search and kill processes by name, in addition to pid! -f for both and -l for pgrep are useful.

Automated unit tests running under a memory debugger (like Purify) are a must when writing C++; it’s just so easy to make very bad mistakes.

Creating gmake targets with macros $(eval $(call …)) is tempting and at times necessary, but pattern rules are clearer and more flexible.

Interesting article on the SEO aspects of HTTP 301 vs. HTTP 302 redirects: http://tinyurl.com/5sy7hx

Trivia question of the day: which C(++) operator has the lowest precedence? Bonus: what is it used for? http://tinyurl.com/cal9om

UNIX command of the day: cal. For when you can’t be bothered to double click on the system time in Windows to bring up a full calendar.