Alternate history and command line hacks

I encountered a blog entry on pipeviewer, a rather interesting utility that provides some metrics on a data being piped through it. I'm not going to parrot the linked blog entry; whilst not an essential tool, I can see it being very useful.

In other news, I spent the weekend studiously ignoring the superbowl, like the filthy un-american that I am. Picked up two books, one (whose title escapes me at present) is a collection by various historians, detailing 20 ways Hitler could have one the war; the other is the The Guns of the South by the master of alternate history, Harry Turtledove. Interesting read so far, around half-way through.