Hi All!
Here is the weekly summary of Technical / Non-Technical topics that I found very resourceful.
Technical:
- What if I told you that CPU % that you always monitor is Wrong! Did you know that requests stalled (waiting) due to memory I/O are counted in CPU utilization ? Here is more on – CPU Utilization is wrong.
- I am a Mechanical Engineer by degree and Computer Engineer by profession. Here are the stories of self taught CS Engineers. – No CS Degree
- The online library that collects education CS material from Stanford courses and distributes them for free. I particularly liked the Unix section. – Stanford CS Education library.
- Book recommendation (courtesy: Alok). “High Performance Web Sites” – This book lists 14 specific rules to improve you client side performance.
Non-Technical:
- What differentiates Professionals from Amateurs. – link
- I love Emails. Unlike “instant” messages, they don’t pressure you to respond quickly without thinking much. Here is a great write-up on – Composing better mails.
- A cool way of exploring realistic virtual Universe, travel from star to star, from galaxy to galaxy, landing on any planet, moon, or asteroid with the ability to explore its alien landscape. All on you computer. Check — Space Engine
- A quote from a book – Mindwise
“More time together did not make the couples any more accurate; it just gave them the illusion that they were more accurate.”
Nicholas Epley
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