TTMMHTW math, research, network, syscalls and linux

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Some things that made me happy this week.

• Sage combines the power of many existing open-source packages into a common Python-based interface. http://www.sagemath.org
• Useful things to know about Phd thesis research http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~weixl/research/experience/phd-thesis.txt
• Just another free touch typing tutor program http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/en/
• poll vs select vs event-based http://daniel.haxx.se/docs/poll-vs-select.html
• Free Electrons presentation at 11th Libre Software Meeting about Linux Kernel: devices and drivers architecture http://2010.rmll.info/Linux-kernel-architecture-and-device-driver-model.html
• Command Interface to System Calls - http://sourceforge.net/projects/clint-sc/
• Bloatwatch - powerful tool for watching kernel size trends http://www.selenic.com/bloatwatch/
• Get to know Ksplice http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-spunix_ksplice/index.html