Computational Science Tools

Remote computing:

ssh, vnc, nice, scp, svn, bash, linux

Efficiency: Algorithms and Data structures

Compiled vs non-compiled languages
Linked lists

Debugging & Profiling

Debugging:
    C/C++ : compiler, GDB, DDD
    R: debug() and browse()
Profiling:
    C/C++ : gprof
    R: Rprof
    Matlab : profile

Parallel Computing

R: snow. 
C/C++ MPI

Version Management

subversion.  my cheat-sheet

Literate Programming & Reproducible Research

Doxygen, noweb

Packaging and distribution

Writing R packages
R-ext manual

Visualization

Ggobi,
gapminder/motion chart
flare
processing.org
many eyes

Web 2.0

Cite-U-Like
Science Blogs
Open Access
Forums, mailing lists, RSS feeds, etc