I’ve been raving about Ruby and Ruby on Rails for a few weeks now, so I thought I should actually put together some links for those of you that might be interested in learning more.
Ruby is the most fascinating language I’ve ever seen. It’s extremely readable and contains the most advanced metamodeling capabilities that I’ve ever seen (note: I’m NOT talking about class hierarchies).
Here’s an excerpt from the 2nd link…
“Ruby will teach you to express your ideas through a computer. You will be writing stories for a machine. Creative skills, people. Deduction. Reason. Nodding intelligently. The language will become a tool for you to better connect your mind to the world. I’ve noticed that many experienced users of Ruby seem to be clear thinkers and objective. (In contrast to: heavily biased and coarse.)”
This puzzle is a great introduction:
Dwemthy’s Array
This guide is a bit simplistic, but makes for a good read:
why’s (poignant) guide to ruby
Once you’ve got the basics under your belt, take a look at Ruby on Rails
Rails takes Ruby and creates a framework around it for creating database backed web-applications (including AJAX functionality). If nothing else, check out the videos. Note the speed at which you can put together real web applications. In one video, the speaker builds an entire blogging system, with comments, in 15 mins. Every aspect is demonstrated, from Table creation to front end widgets.
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Got a secret that you’d like to tell? Just want to be a bit of a voyeur? Well this site is for you! What fun!!
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The BBC is about to air a three part documentary where they claim that Bush told a number of leaders in the middle east that God told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq.
In Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs, a major three-part series on BBC TWO (at 9.00pm on Monday 10, Monday 17 and Monday 24 October), Abu Mazen, Palestinian Prime Minister, and Nabil Shaath, his Foreign Minister, describe their first meeting with President Bush in June 2003.
Nabil Shaath says: “President Bush said to all of us: ‘I’m driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, “George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.” And I did, and then God would tell me, “George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq …” And I did. And now, again, I feel God’s words coming to me, “Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East.” And by God I’m gonna do it.’”
Abu Mazen was at the same meeting and recounts how President Bush told him: “I have a moral and religious obligation. So I will get you a Palestinian state.”
If you’re not Christian, then this should scare you.
If you are, then it should really scare you.
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The internet is changing very rapidly right now. The last year has been really exciting. There have been a ton of advancements in how we think about data and interaction. This article does a great job of explaining it all and WHY it’s important.
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Andy Rooney over at 60 minutes went off on the US involvement in Iraq.
We had a great commander in WWII, Dwight Eisenhower. He became President and on leaving the White House in 1961, he said this: “We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. …”
Well, Ike was right. That’s just what’s happened.
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I’ve just posted a couple of pictures from Morocco. These pictures were all taken during the first day or two in this beautiful country. Check out the full set.
