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Toronto (a.k.a. Accordion City)

Rails Pub Night Tonight!

Tonight, the second monthly Rails Pub Night gathering will take place. These nights, organized by Pete Forde and the gang at the web development company Unspace, are meant to stimulate a healthy Rails developer community here in Accordion City by bringing together people who work with Rails, who dabble in it, who hope to dabble in it and who are wondering what the hell all the fuss about Ruby on Rails is.

I was just getting over a mild bout of the flu at the last meeting and wasn’t operating on all four bits, which meant that I brought neither the accordion nor some Tucows squishy cows. This time, it shall be quite different: both accordion and a bag full of squishy cows shall accompany me! I’ll give away cows on a first-come first-serve basis: the earlier you show up, the more likely I’ll be able to give you one. See you there!

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It Happened to Me

Passover

Passover began yesterday, and Deenster invited Wendy and me to Seder over at her mom’s place. The lamb was excellent, the company doubly so, and since I’m fond of Jagermeister, Manischewitz doesn’t taste so bad to me.

In honour of Passover (which very closely coincides with Easter this year), here’s the latest Shabot 6000 comic…

'Shabot 6000' comic for April 11, 2006

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Geek

Meanwhile, Over at Tucows Farm…

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It Happened to Me

Featured on "Top 10 Sources": My Top Ten Ruby and Rails Feeds

Top 10 Sources is a site that publishes “top ten” lists of blog newsfeeds on various topics. Have you been following American Idol? They’ve got a top ten list of feeds from blogs covering the show. Are you an oenophile? There’s a top ten list of feeds for blogs that cover wine news and commentary. Wondering what people in the “Red States” and the “Blue States” are thinking? There are top ten lists of feeds for each, titled Red America and Blue America respectively. They have top ten lists of feeds for many topics, and they’re constantly adding new topics to their selection.

Top 10 Sources has never had a top ten list of feeds for a programming language or platform — that is, until now. I’ve put together a top ten list of feeds for Ruby and Rails, and it’s one of top ten lists featured on Top 10 Sources’ front page today. The list is made up of feeds that I check on a regular basis for news on the Ruby programming language and the Ruby on Rails framework, namely:

My top ten list of Ruby and Rails feeds comes with an essay about how I got into Ruby and Rails, with lots of tips of the hat to people whose work I admire. Be sure to check it out!

(If you’re reading this on Thursday, April 13th, be sure to check the Top 10 Sources front page, which features a photo of me in my snazzy black suit at my friend Rob’s wedding. David Heinemeier Hansson — Ruby on Rails’ creator — isn’t the only stylin’ programmer around!)

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Geek

Have You Read "Tucows Farm" Lately?

Here’s a shameless plug for Tucows Farm, one of the blogs I get paid to write…

What programming web site will not just inform you, but entertain you as well?

Excerpt from the 'Pirate vs. Ninja' series in the webcomic 'PvP'.

That’s right: Tucows Farm. Because programming is more than just Aspergers and Emacs these days.

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Uncategorized

Darth Vader vs. Japanese Cops

Why did the rebels have such a hard time with the Empire? The Japanese cops didn’t have too much trouble taking down Darth Vader… [YouTube link]

Still from video of Darth Vader facing off against Japanese cops.

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It Happened to Me

"They Keep Pulling Me Back In!"

Over at the web page recommendation application known as reddit, an article of mine from 2003, The Girl Who Cried Webmaster is currently holding the number 5 position. Perhaps I should write a follow-up sometime.