Experimental, impressionistic sub-paragraph tumblin' (think obstsalat)
05aug2006
Is it friday?, very useful. WJW.
9 months of gestation in 20 seconds, lovely: “I took a series of photos every other day as my wife was pregnant with our first child. Watch the belly expanding fun!”
No Best Practices, by James Bach. Wise.
Ajax Example with Django, Prototype and MochiKit, helpful for users of other frameworks, too.
An illusion is hope born from fear
but now I’m right back here
safe in your arms my dear
— Beth Orton, Safe in Your Arms
Ruby ‘til 6, by Piers Cawley. About using Ruby until Perl 6 is ready. I guess I’ll continue using it afterwards, too. ;-)
Abstraction isn’t free, Damien Katz says. “Like under-engineering, there are long term costs associated with over-engineering that continue to slow productivity, but unlike under-engineered code, over-engineered code is less likely to be addressed.”
The Caboose Rails documentation project, spend a few bucks for better RoR documentation.
The angels play on their horns all day,
The whole earth in progression seems to pass by.
But does anyone hear the music they play,
Does anyone even try?
— Bob Dylan, Three Angels
SciRubyinterview with Bil Kleb and Bill Wood, about Ruby at NASA.
Ruport Day 2006 is going to be a day of bug hunting, example writing, testing, and idea sharing. You can win money.
Motiro is a Trac-like tool written in Ruby on Rails.