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DDJ Code Talk Launches

almost 4 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
The legendary Dr Dobb’s Journal just announced the launch of their new blog and forum system, DDJ Code Talk. I was extremely honored when Jon asked...

Mod_Rails Teaser

almost 4 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
Well, this is sure to stir up some buzz in the Rubyverse…...

Twittering

almost 4 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
I’ve been bitten by the Twitter bug. I know, I’m a little late to the party. But being late is fashionable. And I sure like the fashion. Anyway...

Radiant Super Multi Go!

almost 4 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
Here at Ubikorp we’ve used Radiant as the basis for a number of client projects who needed core CMS-like functionality. As anyone who’s played...

2008 Rails Rumble Rumors

almost 4 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
Just to clear up any possible confusion on that matter: Yes. There will be a 2008 Rails Rumble. And no. It will not be in May. Probably September or October...

Mod_Rails Revealed

almost 4 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
The hardworking hackers over at Phusion finally unveiled Passenger (mod_rails) earlier today. I just moved one of our staging servers over to it and will...

NHRuby Hackfest

almost 4 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
Yep, that’s right. Hackfest tomorrow night in Portsmouth. Bring any code you’re having issues with. Failing that, I’ve got a couple project...

Music To Code By

almost 4 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
There’s a good thread going on over at Hacker News today regarding music for coding sprints. It’s interesting to see that a number of people...

Note To Self (Good Examples Are Hard)

almost 4 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
The single hardest thing about writing a book, I’ve decided, isn’t the writing part. It certainly isn’t the technical part either. I don...

Random Passenger Observations

almost 4 years ago by Nick Plante aka nap on zerosum dirt(nap) - Home.
Played around with Passenger (v1.0.4) a bit more last weekend. Deployed a Radiant instance with it for staging. Overall, quite happy. However, thought I...