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DRb and Rinda for Distributed Computation Prototyping

over 5 years ago by Eric Stewart on Ponderings....
Earlier this year I ventured back from a very enjoyable year building and deploying a project in Ruby on Rails into the familiar territory of Java. Ruby...

Coders and Musicians

almost 6 years ago by Eric Stewart on Ponderings....
Not quite sure why coding and designing are considered separate activities, particularly with software. Kind of like asking someone to write a song with...

Google Accessibility Petition

~6 years ago by Eric Stewart on Ponderings....
All you web developers and users out there should go take a look at the Google Word Verification Accessiblity Petition that was started by Blind Access...

Personal DNA

~6 years ago by Eric Stewart on Ponderings....
You are a Faithful Inventor. Personal DNA is a new twist on personality tests. Not radically new. The difference is in the way a user enters their...

X Compositing Is Slick

almost 7 years ago by Eric Stewart on Ponderings....
Not long ago I finally upgraded my Kubuntu Linux machine from Hoary Hedgehog to Breezy Badger. Since I was in a masochistic mood (although the upgrade...

Did somebody pull the plug?

almost 6 years ago by Eric Stewart on Ponderings....
Is Alexander Muse right? In Brain Drain for Austin he muses that Austin is losing ground to our neighbor up the road, Dallas. Another hi-tech...

Linkage - Feb. 17, 2006

almost 6 years ago by Eric Stewart on Ponderings....
Bring out your links! Bring out your links! Ted Dziuba is taking a mathematical approach to understanding the popularity and success of social bookmarking...

More Fun With Job Trends

~6 years ago by Eric Stewart on Ponderings....
My last post was so much fun, I couldn’t stop....

Rails plugin updates on the way: label and export plugins

almost 6 years ago by Eric Stewart on Ponderings....
Lately I’ve been trying to make time to finish some plugin updates and get a new one out the door. Label Helpers A few responses have come...

PragDave does model annotation

almost 6 years ago by Eric Stewart on Ponderings....
Dave Thomas (of Pragmatic Programmers fame) has created the annotate_models plugin. This one solves a pain I have been feeling for quite a while now...