January 2008
Open Flash Chart →
Flashier than Google Chart API… but it’s flash…
Frameworks Round-Up →
“When To Use, How To Choose?” Not comprehensive by any means, but a pretty respectable list nonetheless, especially of interesting Javascript and CSS libraries.
Rhino on Rails →
on Steve Yegge’s blog (well, I guess that makes the most sense). The coolest part of the post is hearing about the development environment at Google. I think I could deal with learning Python, brush up on my C++, etc.
Code Fluency →
is back with a cool new design. I like it, and am interested in how he’s got the mechanics of hits blog set up. I think static is so fly and easy, especially when hooked up with Git (or whatever SCM).
Rubinius on OS X →
Pretty damn easy, especially since I already had Git et al.
“hdiutil create -size ?k | ??m | ??g etc.> -fs UFS -volname...”
– creating an attached UFS volume from Git vs. Mac HFS+ filesystem
Almost Serious →
really good blog.
Installing Ruby 1.9 on Mac OSX →
concurrently with 1.8.6. Super easy, actually.
Adapting Ambitiously →
a generic adapter API for making consistent interfaces for varied APIs… like a “Rack for databases”.
RailsConf 2007 Keynotes →
Commit, Recover & Transactions in Ruby →
James Duncan Davidson →
and his blog. Haven’t lurked there in a while, but I don’t know why I stopped. I lose links easily.
Design Rules by Jef Raskin →
Install OS X on Your Hackintosh PC, No Hacking... →
Kwalify →
schema validator and data binding for YAML/JSON
Use GMail as your mail server for Rails 2.0! →
Using Git to Manage and Deploy your Rails Apps →
git is the new love-interest of the Ruby community, and rightly so. It’s a great SCM and distributed is truly the way to go.
Top Five Most Useful Ruby Gems →
Hardly the most useful, but interesting nonetheless.
a circus marching through your mind! portfolio of... →
a cool format for a cool blog.
Object#andand & Object#me in Ruby →
Very cool idiom, but I think a bit unnecessarily complex. Good comments, too.
Effective Writing - George Orwell →
“Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.” - Ezra Pound
Reddit for Ruby Hackers →
Nginx vs. Lighttpd for a small VPS →
on HostingFu. I’d like to start using Nginx at work.
roo →
Ruby interface library for Google docs spreadsheets and the like.
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in...”
– George Bernard Shaw
Shadowbox.js Media Viewer →
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I...”
– Buddha
Ruby: Fad or FUD →
— rubyist
Review Board →
Interesting way to do code review.
Load OSX 10.5 Leopard on the eeePC →
Want.
Nginx Http Upstream →
on the Nginx wiki. I so want to start using Nginx.
Mjordan2nd: If you could be any fictional character, who would you be?
Chris: Spider Man
Tim: batman
Sidd: batman
Mjordan2nd: I'd be god
ncache →
a web cache system based on nginx web server.
Min: A Tiny Functional Language Implemented in... →
Very cool language indeed.
Control →
annotated presentation by Khoi Vinh (of Subtraction fame)
RVCS →
Ruby Version Control System, providing a consistent API for all manner of VCSes available. Only supports CVS and Subversion right now, but adding adapters shouldn’t be difficult. Want a Git one… now.
Soulja Boy dance, MIT style →
on YouTube. I can’t not link this.
Russian Girl on LSD →
on Youtube.
