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Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)

14aug2005

Low Tech Talk Design by Anthony Baxter. Good hints for better talks.

Two countries, two systems for promoting free software, Andy Oram compares the USA to China.

was it good for you too? by Dabbler

How bent spaghetti break, I’d rather be interested in how they taste.

Hey, Teacher leave those kids alone!
All in all you’re just another brick in the wall.
All in all you’re just another brick in the wall.
— Pink Floyd, Just Another Brick In The Wall

Helsinki athletic games infested with Cabir Bluetooth virus, even if it’s not true, I’m LMAO.

Rails Confidence Builder by Sam Ruby.

Avoiding Ruby Keywords, Obfuscation is Our Motivation. I once showed that calls to __send__ are enough to write any Ruby program. ;-)

was it good for you too? by Dabbler

How to Decide What Bugs to Fix When, Part 1 by Scott Berkun. Very important problem.

Hacking Maps with the Google Maps API by Hari Gottipati.

Rails Books Are All Shipped, says PragDave. That books is a huge win for the Ruby community in my eyes.

Jake the Nazi: A Memoir by Psycho Dave. I’m coming to the conclusion that some people can’t be helped anymore. Somehow funny, though.

has ilias lazaridis contributed anything recently? i think i remember he was very interested but a bit clueless, if you ask me. — Franz Hartmann

The most beautiful feeling in the world by psychologist. “I feel freedom, I feel nature, I feel the city, I feel the people, I feel myself, I feel the lightly beating heart of a beautiful woman.”

Personal, Portable, Pedestrian: Mobile Phones in Japanese Life, Joi Ito advertizes his clever sister’s book.

Y Combinator’s 2005 Summer Founders Program: A Complete Dud, says Lucas Carlson. YMMV, but I agree the sites don’t convince me very much so far.

whitby pier by lomokev

Summer Founders, John Wiseman has links to the new Lisp-driven (oh, there are Ruby-driven ones too) sites on the block.

Five Approaches to S-Expression Highlighting are shown at lemonodor. Masters of Lisp highlight in their brains. :-)

She said I guess that means you don’t got love,
I said maybe I love everyone.
She said that’s the same as loving no one,
I said okay, I guess, whatever.
— Dan Bern, New American Language

Fill in the blanks, and use wildcards in Google queries. Damn useful.

Using the Rake Build Language, Martin Fowler enjoys it. Me too.

ActionStep and Rails were connected by Rich Kilmer in half-a-day OSCON hacking. Great job!

romanesco by docman

A New Look at Test Driven Development by Dave Astels. RSpec tries to implement those ideas in Ruby.