alexch's almanac

2009

December 15
November 42
October 38
September 67
August 102
July 86
June 115
May 157
April 91
March 77
February 128
January 77

2008

December 80
November 183
October 231
September 284
August 103
July 34
June 65
May 35
April 20
March 8
February
January
“Modules are a big deal. CommonJS modules represent the first...”
— CommonJS effort sets...
Dec 2nd
“CodeMirror is a JavaScript library that can be used to...”
— CodeMirror: In-browser code...
Nov 29th
A sun-like star on the edge of our galaxy abruptly grew...
Nov 29th
Science in shackles | John Sulston
Nov 26th
Lawnchair
Nov 26th
“My six year old daughter is the most precious and wonderful...”
— Parenting in the age of...
Nov 26th
“The new rule made it clear: if doctors didn’t follow every...”
— Annals of Medicine: The...
Nov 26th
“Gestalt is a way to write Ruby, Python & XAML code in...”
—  MIX Online’s Gestalt:...
Nov 26th
Juicy Beans 35 Amazing Science Fair Projects: Pics, Videos,...
Nov 26th
Warch Watch
“g” is very useful
Nov 23rd
RT @nakajima: @dguido Nobody I know uses watir. It’s mostly done with selenium, even though...
Nov 22nd
“Grant me a patent.” “What? That’s ridiculous.” “Sudo grant me...
Nov 22nd
RT @szeller: The value of rubyconf is the feeling that you should be out there building stuff. right...
Nov 22nd
Q: What would you leave out of Ruby if you were designing it again? A: (Matz) One divided by two...
Nov 21st
#rubyconf _why is gone: http://yfrog.com/4fegoyj
Nov 21st
Seems like Rubyists love using objects as long as they’re well hidden behind a DSL #rubyconf
Nov 21st
Remembering @jimweirich ‘s talk on SOLD from yesterday. Every Ruby programmer should listen to...
Nov 21st
Can’t decide which great #rubyconf inspired idea to work on : ActiveRepository or Monkey...
Nov 21st
RT @mikemccaffrey: http://twitpic.com/qbg4z - Even the ping pong is better here.
Nov 21st
definition of duck typing = require no more and promise no less than the original contract - Jim W...
Nov 21st
.@underflow_ @clam_tea Hey! I heckled that! :-) #rubyconf
Nov 21st
RT @clam_tea: Kane brings a lot of positive energy to her talk. A lot of of energy. Wow. #rubyconf
Nov 21st
Tis not a fit night out for man nor beast. Wait, it’s daytime? WTF
Nov 20th
Congrats to all the #rubyconf 5kers! I just did 20 jumping jacks in your honor.
Nov 20th
RT @jugyo: This is my presentation of RubyConf Lightning Talks => “g” is very useful...
Nov 20th
RT @dnscollective: Japanese people are tweeting in their native language about how my package looked...
Nov 20th
gem install g #rubyconf
Nov 20th
“You should be embarrassed when you release your Minimum Viable Product.” - Nathaniel...
Nov 20th
“Apparently Apple’s attitude is that developers should...”
— Apple’s Mistake
Nov 20th
Marvelling at Poken’s slick signup user experience (and also their integrated dashboard...
Nov 20th
RT @jwulff: Matz just called out Rails for abusing metaprogramming. Oh snap! #rubyconf
Nov 19th
putting off leaving for BART until Twitter tells me #rubyconf WiFi is back online
Nov 19th
SPIEGEL Interview with Umberto Eco: 'We Like...
Nov 16th
At Crissy Field, watching Pelicans dive for dog
Nov 15th
Turkey City Lexicon – A Primer for SF...
Nov 10th
“If anything is possible, then nothing is interesting.”
— H.G. Wells via Turkey City...
Nov 10th
“At his recent keynote speech at the New York Television...”
— Charlie’s Diary: Why I...
Nov 10th
Rachel Maddow’s Nov. 8 Meet the Press...
Nov 10th
“3. If you and I were in the same room, having a...”
— Michael Goldhaber’s thesis on...
Nov 10th
Ten feet and ten minutes from my current position in spacetime: John Hodgman!...
Nov 8th
a hobo just rang my bicycle bell three times, then flicked down his cigarette and strode off,...
Nov 4th
Still nursing my aching calves 30 hours after destroying them on the Halloween dance floor.
Nov 2nd
iTunes Solves the Nested Clause Dilema
Nov 2nd