July 2005
2 posts
OSCON '05
Well, I made it to Oregon in one piece. I’m staying with friends-of-friends and man do they have a nice place. It’s warmer than I thought it would be but it’s not Eastern Seaboard muggy. I’m also realizing how much I miss the way the air smells on the West Coast. Ahh, the Pacific Northwest. I’m staying in Chinatown/Oldtown, which really is spitting distance from the Convention Center (not to far...
Jul 31st
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Not Dead...Learning Ruby
I have an excuse for not posting anything lately, I’m in love with the Pickaxe book. I’m remembering how excited I was when I started learning Python. It’s a little different with Ruby, it makes more “sense” in a way; it gels more easily in my head. Perhaps it’s the power of Ruby or an extremely well-written book. I wish there was a real Python equivalent to recommend as well, but the only one I...
Jul 13th