A great article for anyone with little or no experience with cron and crontab. Having things automated for you definitely allows for you to find time looking for other things to automate.

Linux is really not designed to be turned on and off like Windows often is. In fact, it is almost assumed that you will leave your machine running 24×7, no matter whether you use it for an hour or for twelve hours a day.

Ouch. Actually my Windows Box runs for at least a good week before I need to reboot it…okay more like 3 days, but still.