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Importing email contacts in Ruby

~4 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
I have just blogged about a Ruby tool I am using to import email contacts. It works great, if you are programming in Ruby I really recommend it....

Adobe Fireworks: license revoked. Adobe sucks.

almost 4 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Well there you go. Today, my license to Adobe Fireworks has stopped working. Mind you, this is a product I have purchased quite legally. I have never issued...

Bemba is really gaining speed

almost 4 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Ah … we were so innocent back then! Bemba was just a child and we could tweak to our heart’s content. Not any more! This thing is really picking...

Enjoy my muxtape

almost 4 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Thanks to John Gruber I recently discovered Muxtape - a great app to create and share mixtapes. I’ve created one, naturally, and invite you to listen...

Amsterdam Weekly is for sale

almost 4 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Amsterdam Weekly, the finest English-language cultural paper in the country, is in dire straits. I gave my best years I’ve been involved with the paper...

Weekly for sale: no april fools

almost 4 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Great blog post at Spotlighteffect.nl about the Amsterdam Weekly’s FORSALE app. Unfortunately, it’s not an April fools joke. Unless I have been had...

AT5 dropping by the Weekly

almost 4 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
For those still in denial: AT5 will drop by this afternoon at the Weekly’s office. Hopefully resulting in a stukje in tonight’s Nieuws or Kort Amsterdams...

Another Rails changeset by yours truly

almost 4 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Tears are welling up… no I cannot hold it in any more! Another changeset in Rails means that one of my patches is now included in Rails again. This one...

Women at the top

almost 4 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Dutch union lady Agnes Jongerius proposes a mandatory women-quote for public companies per 2020. Fourty percent of every publicly traded NV’s board should...

The pain of Photoshop Elements

almost 4 years ago by joost on Space Babies.
Hilarious post about someone trying to install the new Photoshop Elements. And so true… it’s a sad state with Adobe apps....