Systems Administration Advent Calendar

Recently I came across the sysdvent: Systems Administration Advent Calendar, it featured 25 sys admin articles between 1-25 Dec 2008 contributed by a number of great system administrators. Here is the list:

• Day 1 - strace and tcpdump
• Day 2 - Windows Powershell
• Day 3 - Babysitting
• Day 4 - Extending snmpd
• Day 5 - Capistrano
• Day 6 - Automating Tripwire
• Day 7 - Host vs Service
• Day 8 - One-off graphs
• Day 9 - Lock File Practices
• Day 10 - Config Generation
• Day 11 - Home away from home
• Day 12: Capistrano or Puppet?
• Day 13 - Accessible Automation
• Day 14 - UDPcast
• Day 15 - Documentation
• Day 16 - Relax!
• Day 17 - Time Management
• Day 18 - Logging Tools
• Day 19 - Visibility and Communication
• Day 20 - Ganglia
• Day 21 - Out-of-Band Management
• Day 22 - What's the problem?
• Day 23 - Change Management
• Day 24 - Message Brokers
• Day 25 - dotfiles and power users