The Best Code is No Code At All, from the fabulous Coding Horror weblog.

Ploticus is a command line tool to generate a wide variety of 2d plots, that does output in a wide variety of open formats (including png, svg, etc.). Somehow this is the first time I’ve heard of it.

Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new clichés: Banality soothes our nerves. – Alan J. Perlis

Another Google Tech talk video, looking at some of the new features in the next C++ standard. Required viewing for C++ mavens.

Some differences between Windows and Unix non-blocking sockets. Writing portable network code is not as easy as it should be.

Linus and Cox on The Case Against (driver) Crash Dumps, a sharp debate about crash dumps and the Linux kernel.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. – William Arthur Ward

Linus Torvalds talks about Git at Google Video:

“If you like CVS you should be in some mental institution …”

Philip K. Dick on writing science fiction in his longish (but interesting) essay titled How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later.

Orson Scott Card weighs in on the peak oil debate, reminding people to live in their own neighborhoods. Duh.