@ryandotsmith

3 months shipping ain't easy but it's all i know.
3 months #postgreSQL has an aggregate function that will result in the data being selected into an array. https://t.co/ZNGtD4vO
3 months Just when I think I need Ruby or Go to process some data, I find window functions. Thanks #postgreSQL http://t.co/kHDGcjFr
3 months I left outer join tables to themselves on the reg.
3 months I truly believe that PostgreSQL is the hacker's RDBMS.
3 months Each day I have been asking myself: Could I have achieved the same result with less action?
3 months My dad always warned me about the confusion between action and results.
3 months Have you ever wanted to stream query results from postgres? http://t.co/hX9lm3R9
3 months since twitter has no way of showing me my tweets without mentions, I made my own view: http://t.co/nFs1tv1D do it!
3 months 1,800 write requests per minute on 4 dynos using sinatra and postgres. This new event collection service is running swimmingly!
3 months Turning off hinting drastically improved font rendering on my arch linux OS. https://t.co/0lMRLGMh
3 months Bugs: you are writing them or fixing them an in some cases you are writing them while you fix them.
4 months I would pay money for a well designed, web based jabber client.
4 months I feel like OOP education has been one big game of telephone.
4 months as far as I can tell, there is no reason for any merchant not to use square.
4 months It feels ken to the debate of 0's inclusion in the set of natural numbers.
4 months Ruby, Python and Perl. Ruby, Python, and Perl. Both valid sentences. The serial comma is point of grammatical interest.
4 months Man is short of days and full of trouble. -Job
4 months 1password, Imma let you finish but: cat /dev/urandom| tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 10 | head -n 1
4 months whoa! you can mute an email thread in gmail.
4 months I quite enjoy using assertions in my programs. I have a lot of methods like: assert_can_handle_state!(state)
4 months If you attended my #waza talk, how was it? Any pros/cons I missed in the example I gave?
4 months The technique of The Worker Pattern: https://t.co/eVK7LjF4 my #waza slides.
4 months If you are at #waza, come say hi. I am wearing a wild jacket -> http://t.co/8lctZfdT”
4 months this rfc3164 has a captivating introduction. http://t.co/RjiVKwyF
4 months #postgres has NOT EXISTS which will usually suffice for an anti-join. http://t.co/1LUbd1X9
4 months gist.sh is quite handy. https://t.co/jC7UK7GI thanks @gmarik
4 months If you enjoyed that "reading math" paper I linked to, you may also enjoy that author's course on discrete math. http://t.co/bMUBhDtK
4 months A timeless paper on how to read mathematics. Been coming back to this for years. http://t.co/mQpWBBSL
4 months OK. There will be an indefinite integral in my waza talk. You may want to brush up on your integral calculus.
4 months my wife is still out of town. a.k.a eating cheese and watching Michael Jordan highlight films.
4 months getting pumped for my waza talk. I am really going to break down the technique of the worker pattern.
4 months #postgres has some seriously advanced transaction semantics. Checkout SSI. http://t.co/m6wNrfQu
4 months wow. an amazing set of notes on distributed systems. http://t.co/vbtenDtC
4 months Here are some excellent lecture notes on computers and time. http://t.co/mAV2jFzo
5 months Also, I hope you enjoy all of the postgresql tweets I have been shelling out lately. I plan on keeping them coming.
5 months SQL is a great tool for building functional programs. You can even tell PostgreSQL that a function is immutable. http://t.co/muaAeqTF
5 months Writing software that processes millions of dollars is fun but difficult.
5 months a refactor: find ./ -type f -exec sed -i 's/VaultClient/VC/' {} \;
5 months set paste #vim No more strange formatting when pasting into vim on a terminal
5 months btw. dblink has GREAT performance as well.
5 months I just performed an INNER JOIN on a table that was in a different database on a different machine. dblink. http://t.co/lpncTizE #postgres
5 months http://t.co/YJydiMFj
5 months most of the time you want: SELECT DISTINCT ON (exp) instead of GROUP BY in #PostgreSQL.
5 months Also, airport infrastructure is interesting with respect to computer infrastructure.
5 months Current status: http://t.co/pddfAZqA
5 months Constraints belong in the database.
5 months whoa! You can still order dialup from http://t.co/Q4l5gGcJ
5 months Imagine there is a database with views, functions & tables.
5 months I don't really test my SQL however, it is nice to have some regression insurance.
5 months pgTAP. Test your postgreSQL. http://t.co/ZspLOWaG
5 months I hate when people say "my boss." They are really taking Bruce Springteen's name in vain.
5 months also, I am getting so close to releasing a product that I have been working on FOREVER.
5 months not to only find nails for my hammer, but PostgreSQL handles almost every operation on my data with ease and robustness.
5 months while [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; do git push origin master; done #github
5 months protip: git diff --function-context
over 12 years can this project really just steal the name of a UNIX program that has been around for 20 years? http://t.co/5V3J3tK4
5 months Holiday programming. http://t.co/WkczbC1Z
5 months a great clip of what is like working at @heroku http://t.co/zidHXJ0E
5 months git commit -m "subtle utc / timezone bug fixed" Is the story of my life.
5 months .@solidsnack I'm totally kidding btw, I like GIT(1). It is great.
5 months On my quest for machine zen, I am trading GIT(1) for: sed, awk, rsync and ext2.
5 months How to distract your nerdy workmates: Does The Vatican have a root domain?
6 months [ann] Heroku Buildpack: Ø. Let heroku run arbitrary binaries. http://t.co/2ONFTY4m
6 months The fact is, bash is the right tool for a lot of jobs.
6 months Mathematicians don't use syntax highlighting. #justsayin
6 months Colors hide complicated code.
6 months while i am at it, [ann] my vim colorscheme: http://t.co/pqWhhPvO
6 months [ann] tat(1) - tmux attach helper is now at github http://t.co/ocTVsP8N
6 months Tab completion on ^tmux sessions that is..... http://t.co/pqGUho5v
6 months A bash function that will provide tab completion for existing sessions. http://t.co/pqGUho5v
6 months I am enjoying arch linux, xfce & lenovo t420s. It is such a simple machine. Pacman(8) is a drop of water in the pkg-mgmt desert.
6 months Meet http://t.co/BfGXMAbs. wcld maintains a set of counters & timestamps keyed on tags extracted from log lines.
6 months My fellow herokai may get the sneak preview at this friday's workshop. :)
6 months My latest project is nearing release. So excited! #tcp #syslog #go
6 months Who is John Galt?
6 months The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of an expanding bureaucracy.
6 months When load average and throughput are high, it is a good day.
6 months As a follow up to my previous #protip. You should be careful about DATABASE_URLs.
6 months $ heroku config -s -a app-prod | xargs -J % heroku config:add % -a app-staging
6 months Any to continue my refactor. $ find lib/ -name "LineItem.create" | xargs sed -i 's/LineItem/NewLineItem/'
6 months I wonder how many times I call LineItem.create? $ grep -nrw "LineItem.create" lib/ | wc -l #unix
7 months Monolithic apps are the anti-future. Build web services that resemble UNIX. (else you will re-implement it poorly)
7 months ZOM org-mode!
7 months Hello Seattle.
7 months I have been thinking about logging (streams of data) recently. Here is my formal take: http://t.co/20GqC1zK
7 months earthquake!!!!
7 months Protip: `export $(cat .env)` is great for loading a set of environment variables from a file. I do it each time I `cd` into a project dir.
7 months ZOM! JavaScript currency conversion library, done right. JS doesn't even have integer data types. How high are they? http://t.co/M57v1Pva
7 months Also, followers --sorry for the spamy tweet.
7 months I am going to buy all of my @patagonia products via @zappos from here on out. @patagonia's customer service is terrible!
7 months Checkout the detail in the sword on this page: http://t.co/5D9M7OcG
7 months Machines can read ugly code. Humans can not. This is the story of our lives.
7 months Ugly code CAN be stable.
8 months Do not communicate by sharing memory. Instead, share memory by communicating. -- Go Docs
8 months If you have not done so already, I encourage you to write a web service in Go using only the stdlib.
8 months it is really cool to see queue_classic on github.com/explore
8 months Looking for a good resource for grammatical idioms? Look no further: http://t.co/3t9WcSrh
8 months Taking some time to stop developing new features and improve the ones I already have. Kind of like snow leopard for Heroku.
8 months Here are my queue_classic slides from #pgwest. http://t.co/wsUZBYkh
8 months Getting excited to present queue_classic to my fellows at #pg_west. I will of course post the slides during the talk.
8 months thinking about an anniversary gift for my wife. she enjoys decorating our home... this seems like a perfect gift. http://t.co/tl8ZWzI8
8 months queue_classic tip: Want to enqueue 1,000,000 in sub-seconds? Look at batch enqueueing. http://t.co/A9RlnC94
8 months So should I start using my Wyse terminal again? It seems amazon is brining thin clients back. the tech world is super cyclical.
8 months In ruby, there is a json gem to manage all of the json gems.
8 months OH @craigkerstiens: It's pagination. There is no new hotness! /cc #ruby
8 months .@TechScruggs maybe not. My point is that you either have trivial or non-trivial queueing needs.
8 months If postgres does not satisfy your queueing needs, you might as well use AMQP, Beanstalkd or 0mq.
8 months MVP should be stated as MinVP to avoid confusion with MaxVP.
8 months Burn down the mission, burn it down to stay alive. Elton John must have visited 16th street.
8 months When I create a new class, I include a comment at the top of the file which states the class' responsibility. Ideally it is a 1-line comment
8 months I have got a great idea for a new talk. Without spoiling it, I can say the title will be: Computology. Im looking at you @goruco...
8 months Slide deck (with notes) from #frozenrails talk. Thanks to all who attended. http://t.co/7aU9c8XN
8 months #frozenrails Official (& correct) @heroku meetup 9/21/2011 19:30 Hotel Kämp.
8 months #frozenrails. crap! @heroku meetup is TOMORROW at 19:30. sorry for missing that important detail.
8 months #frozenrails @heroku meetup at Hotel Kämp. 19:30. let me know if you plan to attend.
8 months On my way to #frozenrails. Ill be hosting a @heroku drinkup while Im there. Stay tuned for time / location.
8 months queue_classic v1.0 is out! Don't think about using any other postgres related queueing library. This is the future. http://t.co/iNAizDrp
8 months When was the last time your opened up 1Password and it did not have an update to install?
8 months I am giving emacs a try. I like it.
8 months queue_classic 1.0.0 will be released tomorrow. In honor of it's release I have written the obligatory article http://t.co/7ay4f9t Feedback?
9 months These are some bright lights. http://t.co/TunAPP4
9 months Here are the slides for my #df11 #heroku talk. http://t.co/lFxjtJn Come say hi at my 2:45 session.
9 months Why on earth would thor be a dependency. Also, active_support? Might as well inclue Rails while were at it. http://t.co/sq3B4lb
9 months queue_classic 1.0.0rc1 is out! Includes updated docs as well. Be sure to checkout the docs on the worker. http://t.co/UKYD3c5
9 months queue_classic has dispatched nearly a 1/2billion jobs in heroku's prod env. So many lessons learned. QC's next release will be the best yet.
9 months I am really enjoying @papertrailapp. I have all of my heroku logs draining to their service. http://t.co/XIavupR
9 months Join me in The Vault. http://t.co/sghv0Zb
9 months Javascript Date.UTC() Month: An integer between 0 and 11 representing the month. Because 1-12 was too difficult!?
9 months A follow up code example to my last tweet. http://t.co/aRNB3sh
9 months Exponential back-off is providing better performance for busy, non-empty queues than PG LISTEN/NOTIFY. #queue_classic
9 months CouchDB's use of HTTP is enlightening for the engineer who appreciates tricky API scenarios. Tons of great reading material in the docs.
9 months Chance of instability increases proportionately the number of moving parts. Sometimes I forget this.
9 months I wonder if there is AI that can determine if it (the ai program) is a hack.
9 months Here is a tool that I use in several of my projects: http://t.co/AgGpGRp
9 months My GoRuCo talk is now on vimeo. Fewer Constraints More Concurrency. http://t.co/IhekDDR
10 months "It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures." - Alan J. Perlis
10 months queue_classic v0.3.2 released. http://t.co/T1r8Vpn
10 months Try this in irb: 166888512.times { nil }. Now write a similar program in C. RUBY Y U SO SLOW!
10 months The mug leaks too. http://t.co/iXADhNf
10 months I have been making isolated commits with instructive messages and now I think of my git repo as the journal of my daily work.
10 months My important (business logic) objects live in the lib dir. I only use models to read and write data. #rails
10 months A great way to understand what an object does is to refactor it. If it can not be refactored then what it does should be obvious.
10 months Come by @heroku this saturday for a rails hackfest. I may hold back my curmudgeon-like views on rails for this day.
10 months Sometimes pbcopy is my API
10 months I am not going to say it was the best method, but Ruby didn't complain even though the method's name ended in 2 bangs.
10 months I just realized that writing a simple DSL in ruby enabled me to solve the problem with clarity and precision. Abstraction!
10 months Eli Goldratt passed away a few days ago. Check out his work. The Goal is one of my favorite books.
10 months matz is my co-worker
11 months Can't deny this guy: http://t.co/QBUG3BF
11 months Here is a trick for quickly dispatching jobs on the console using queue_classic: http://t.co/1qeqy1I
11 months I love when I am hanging out at a cafe (ritual of course) and here someone talking up @heorku.
11 months If a postgres index isn't helping a slow query. Try sorting your table. CLUSTER indexname ON tablename
11 months -------> Kicked The Vault! http://t.co/lKJiu07
11 months Append Mighty Mighty Boss Tones and Blues Traveler to that 1997 list.
11 months 1997 was a decent year for Green Day. What has happened since then?
11 months New productivity tip: Inbox 2.71828183
11 months Uber is to yellow cab as TCP is to UDP
11 months Just finished "Little Brother" by Cory Doctorow. Wow! Brilliant!
11 months I just deposited a check to my schawb bank account via iPhone imaging. Perfect!
11 months If you were at #nordicruby, please rate my talk. http://t.co/WShmdKH
11 months I just observed someone purchase an iPhone magazine.
12 months I am writing SQL on a plane. Doing it inside a transaction so I can rollback incase I DROP altitude.
12 months Here are is my slide deck from my #goruco talk. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1579953/concurrency_deck_with_notes.pdf
12 months Come on people. Lets make it 80 followers already... https://github.com/ryandotsmith/queue_classic
12 months #goruco Light years ahead of any other conference.
12 months Getting pumped for @GoRuCo I am doing some ruby pushups for good measure.
12 months Eating bacon, listening to Willie Nelson.
12 months Hi friends. I would love an upvote / consideration on this topic: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2601202 #timeoffhq
12 months Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.
12 months Dijkstra is my favorite computer scientist.
12 months Oh cool. Queue Classic got mentioned in the latest Ruby Rogues. http://rubyrogues.com/databases-sql-nosql
12 months ORMs are not the future.
12 months LOL: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pimp%20steak
12 months I will be having an IPO tomorrow. My ticker symbol is SMITTY
12 months I am finding that the English Dictionary is an invaluable tool when developing new features in software.
12 months tonight is definitely a steve martin night.
12 months “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only." - Jesus (Matthew 24:36)
12 months Seriously though.... If you attended my talk, please rate it. http://en.oreilly.com/rails2011/public/schedule/detail/18378
12 months For those who skipped.... May the downloading of the rubygems index take twice as long! :(
12 months Wow. #railsconf was GREAT SUCCESS! I am thankful for all of my contemporaries who attended my talk.
about 1 year Getting excited for #railsconf Please say hi and we can chat about: UNIX, Queueing, Postgres, Concurrency & Parallelism.
about 1 year Postgres never ceases to amaze me. For its next trick.. Time Travel! http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/contrib-spi.html thanks @pvh
about 1 year if you have 23 conditionals in a function, you should refactor. That is, unless the function is a pl/pgsql function. buwahahaha
about 1 year Wouldn't it be great if LimeChat supported campfire ?
about 1 year what the heck! I was expecting the code to be trivial. https://github.com/karthick18/inception
about 1 year I will be speaking at GoRuCo! My talk: Fewer Constraints More Concurrency!
about 1 year postgres has a key value store.... just sayin. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/hstore.html
about 1 year Just released the notes for my training session at @reddirtrubyconf. http://ryandotsmith.heroku.com/2011/04/red-dirt.html
about 1 year Come find me and I will give you heroku schwag. #reddirtrubyconf
about 1 year Just landed in Oklahoma for @reddirtrubyconf Who wants to hack?
about 1 year I hope Avon Barksdale will be doing a lightinig talk at @railsconf..... I haven't seen him in the lineup. Man, that is SO Avon!
about 1 year In Vi command mode, '' takes you where you want to go. The command is 2 single quotes btw.
about 1 year Anyone going to @RedDirtRubyConf ?
about 1 year yay! I got my cloud foundry invite.
about 1 year This is a great resource for CS101 Students. http://algorithms.openmymind.net/
about 1 year allballs is a literal time for postgres. fact.
about 1 year Today, I want to do more with less. Gem | Brew install does not solve problems, engineering does.
about 1 year Come see me at RailsConf: Solving Performance Problems with Horizontal Scale. (The Worker Pattern) http://t.co/HybVikC
about 1 year I was just informed that a Ruby developer has processed over 22,000,000 jobs with QueueClassic in the last 3 days. win! http://bit.ly/dN9iTO
about 1 year Every time I need hoptoadapp, it is under "high load."
about 1 year FFIFO = fuzzy first in first out. This is an interesting idea for a data structure that supports parallel algorithms.
about 1 year It is always a good time when I require 'queue_classic'
about 1 year scaling the database: PGError: FATAL: out of memory
about 1 year 2nd day using TMUX instead of Screen. I love it. Scripting tmux is a pleasure.
about 1 year The heroku for logo by heroku. http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2011/4/1/announcing_heroku_for_logo/
about 1 year I was just wondering when someone with a knack for design was going to engineer a good colorscheme. http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized
about 1 year sometimes I think what my life would be like if my Heroku projects where implemented in PHP and stuffed into 1 file with only 2 functions.
about 1 year YAPSA: http://t.co/SyYEPrT
about 1 year I just used a for loop in Ruby. I want to bring it back. I mean seriously, do you really need to map ????
about 1 year AMEN! Aim Higher: Stop Building Photo Sharing Apps. http://bit.ly/eJsLrw
about 1 year Whoa! The earthquake gem is sweet. To bad I don't use software.
about 1 year So long chrome hello firefox 4
about 1 year Regular expressions: ^ and $ should be replaced by \A and \z ??
about 1 year Tucking in your hash: { :key => val } -> {:key => val}
about 1 year I am growing weary of `association.create()`. Seems like a violation of single responsibility. #rails
about 1 year Today I discovered a new type of underwear. I was searching for "C Strings" in hopes to find out about computer memory....
about 1 year Parallelism is not concurrency. http://bit.ly/g0XxaL
about 1 year New blog post: Background Processing, Queues & Ruby on Rails. http://bit.ly/ggDTjy
about 1 year http://bit.ly/i4fFMt -> That's 100% C
about 1 year "I need to do locking, I'll just use semaphores." Now you have two problems.
about 1 year ha! HTTP 418
about 1 year Best thing I have seen all day. https://github.com/heroku/heroku/pull/82
about 1 year sweet! RailsConf proposal accepted! Solving Performance Problems with Horizontal Scale. (The Worker Pattern)
about 1 year This seems nice: if defined?(Rails) && !Rails.env.nil? thanks @bradly !
about 1 year Or what about `Object.const_defined?("Rails")`
about 1 year what is the best way to test if I am in a Rails app? `puts "yes" if Rails`
about 1 year Queue Classic has processed over 20,000 jobs. The water is definitely warm, climb on in! https://github.com/ryandotsmith/queue_classic
about 1 year Back to Algebra. Skipping over introductions and diving into group theory.
about 1 year Days of coding will save your hours of planning.
about 1 year Wow. Just completed my first proof since university. I am a bit rusty to say the least. I proved de morgan's laws btw.
about 1 year Practicing algebra.
about 1 year Just finished using concur. I say finished because my finish was notable. It took me 20min to create an expense report. Yuck!
about 1 year Adding a query interface to Queue Classic. Introspecting the queue is as easy as QC.query("Class.method") #=> [job, job, ..., job]
about 1 year I have ran 1000s of prod. jobs with Queue Classic. You should too! I just added some features and updated the readme. http://bit.ly/dN9iTO
about 1 year Anyone looking for an engineering position in San Francisco? A good friend with a funded startup is looking for a solid rubyist.
over 1 year Ritual is selling Kenyan coffee for $2.25. If you like Kenyan coffee, you know this is a sweet deal.
over 1 year Got a yo-yo in the mail today. Haven't played with one since the 6th grade. #awesome http://yfrog.com/h3h9mykj
over 1 year New Blog Post: http://ryandotsmith.heroku.com/2011/02/story-point-algebra.html
over 1 year super excited to be doing a training session at @RedDirtRubyConf. Come and learn how to scale your app in the cloud.
over 1 year Updated Queue Classic with some benchmarks. It is 3x faster than Delayed Job. https://github.com/ryandotsmith/Queue-Classic
over 1 year do #node applications use message queues? Or do the async qualities of the lang. make queues obsolete?
over 1 year I have been waiting for cloud 2 support. https://skitch.com/ryandotsmith/rpd4a/img-0361
over 1 year Postgresql has a nice key => value feature. Definitely worth a look. http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/hstore.html
over 1 year Successfully demoed Queue Classic for @heroku workshop today. Heaps of interest! https://github.com/ryandotsmith/Queue-Classic
over 1 year Yelp's UX is 2 out of 5 starts.
over 1 year San Francisco is a wonderful place in January. Quite different than January in Missouri.
over 1 year Michael Jordan videos on youtube are the best.
over 1 year If you attending @RedDirtRubyConf and you want to hear about mind bending techniques for writing performant code. Vote: http://bit.ly/eUMuzg
over 1 year ::1 is the new 127.0.0.1. huh.
over 1 year I was talking with @heroku mates today about how Ruby needs sane Gem names and then @bmizerany comes out with Beefcake. http://bit.ly/i6PYMY
over 1 year Am I crazy to think that @comcast limit my video related bandwidth?
over 1 year whoa! I just upgraded to the #newtwitter! It has VIM bindings! I will use anything with VIM bindings.
over 1 year ACM account service page is down. Machines are THE WORST!
over 1 year The dude in charge of CI at apple must have slept in.
over 1 year inbox 0 for email is easy. inbox zero for ZenDesk is a different story all together..... But, I did it with 16 minutes to spare!
over 1 year what is Denis Rodman up to these days?
over 1 year Next year, lets celebrate News Years according to UTC.
over 1 year OH: I'd merge that
over 1 year ha! someone just un-followed me after my last tweet.
over 1 year sometimes I think about using Python instead of Ruby.
over 1 year Paul/Paul 2012! http://nyti.ms/hSG2As
over 1 year We are now giving Apex a shot at @heroku. jk.
over 1 year #vimtip :reg will show you your yanked and deleted history. It keeps a history of stuff you have deleted.
over 1 year sysadmin protip: if a restart didn't fix it, add more disk-space.
over 1 year The interactive console messages in RVM are a bit cute for my taste. Is there an enterprise edition?
over 1 year PROTIP: My skills in pushing back client feature requests do NOT come in handy with my fiancee's wedding TODOs.
over 1 year About to get fresh with the TSA.
over 1 year A simple palindrome algorithm in Javascript. https://gist.github.com/711331
over 1 year I am playing with Ruby threads and 15 @heroku dynos...... wow! This is so much fun!!!!!!
over 1 year git push git paid
over 1 year I just finished writing an OSX Desktop widget. The widget gives me stats on www.timeoffhq.com http://cl.ly/2s0e1S3N243w272a3g0d.
over 1 year 99 bottles of beer implementation done with a Chef script. http://rosettacode.org/wiki/99_Bottles_of_Beer#Chef
over 1 year I wish ruby enforced data types on hash keys. Being able to use Symbols or Strings leads to inconsistent APIs.
over 1 year I just met Paul Graham. Awesome!
over 1 year Heroku's new Pricing page is now my favorite web page on the internet. http://heroku.com/pricing
over 1 year Sending key logs to a remote server via Safari Extension http://t.co/CX2BASf via @Digg
over 1 year whoa! I am using http://vagrantup.com/ to provision virtual machines on Oracle’s VirtualBox. The future is awesome!
over 1 year I wish rspec had a --force parameter.
over 1 year Finally! Skype has updated their mac app. http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/macosx/beta/
over 1 year Learning about new postgres, logging and undo features at the @heroku users group. Rails is NOW scalable.
over 1 year I have a a @rubyconf ticket for sale.
over 1 year Nothing like a pre-vote riot. #sfriot
over 1 year RT The Cops: Call all units. We are taking Mission St. Back.
over 1 year whoa! Adium has a twitter client! http://adium.im/
over 1 year oh man. This is a serious VIM reference. http://tottinge.blogsome.com/use-vim-like-a-pro
over 1 year use ` :%s/:password//gn ` to find how many times :password is mentioned in your current VIM buffer. #vim
over 1 year I am on to something.... If you like to shop online, then you are probably going to like it.
over 1 year RT @heroku: Heroku Users Group meetup in SF http://cot.ag/cH6OCd
over 1 year RT @kevincolyar: For those interested in #screen, here's a sweet config from @ryandotsmith http://gist.github.com/650633 from @solidsnack
over 1 year .@techpickles should it not be in ActiveSupport::Inflector ?
over 1 year is 1.to_human #=> "one" a good idea? #ruby
over 1 year use `gU` to up-case selected words. #vim
over 1 year If the output of spec spec/controllers/come_controller_spec.rb -f s confuses you, you are not using #rspec correctly. +1 for readable test!
over 1 year I really enjoy working for a startup. Much more so than working for a service company. I will be writing about my transition soon!
over 1 year I found a wonderful video series on #coljure. http://vimeo.com/8320428
over 1 year but writing tests that haven't any code is hard. basically, programming is mostly non-trivial...
over 1 year testing code that is already written is hard. writing code that is already tested is easy.
over 1 year someone should make an app store for web apps.
over 1 year well, i did it. So long tumblr and hello jekyll on heroku. http://ryandotsmith.heroku.com
over 1 year Always use the triple equal operator. - Douglas Crockford. #javascript
over 1 year it's 1 am and I forgot to check for nil!
over 1 year wow. It feels strange to live in a town with a winning baseball team. #giants !!
over 1 year I am really getting in to Koto these days.
over 1 year wow. @tumblr 's API is down. This is funny since I am using their API to move my data OFF of their servers and onto @github pages.
over 1 year I just watched my governor shoot an alligator. #california
over 1 year I still like the Aeron. http://bit.ly/9mm8AS
over 1 year remember Java applets?
over 1 year hacking at epicenter cafe.
over 1 year A Backbone.js sample app with Sinatra Backend. http://afewgoodlines.com/post/1329452279/a-backbone-js-demo-app-sinatra-backend
over 1 year You do not have to use node.js to write asynchronous javascript.
over 1 year diff KC SF: Q: What do you do? A: Software Engineer Response: -- Durrrr. What???!!!!! ++ Oh cool.
over 1 year Hipsters use spread sheets.
over 1 year now that rails3 is out, everyone should now start using JS to build web apps.
over 1 year Did a little design refactor on http://afewgoodlines.com/
over 1 year If you are ryandotsmith@gmail.com. We need to talk. Also, I am going to need www.ryandotsmith.com as well.
over 1 year The rails3 tutorial starts the dev off right with a @heroku deploy! http://railstutorial.org/screencasts?
over 1 year Joose looks neat. The JS data presenting space is really heating up. Maybe I will rewrite www.timeoffhq.com in Javascript.
over 1 year Capybara.javascript_driver = selenium randomly works. I have to run my sweet a few times to get green......
over 1 year RT @lancewalley amazed there's no free plan. Thats what convinced us to try. We prob wouldn't have invested time to integrate otherwise. +1
over 1 year Well. I am just landed in San Francisco, my new home.
over 1 year aptana studio3 looks useless. Heroku integration? How hard is git push heroku master??? Aptana, call me when you enhance refactoring tools.
over 1 year Finally an alt. To the clunky Skype vid. chat. Also enables eye to eye conversations. Too bad its not a mac app.... http://nyti.ms/9ipmQ0
over 1 year The lack of irony is dangerous. http://yfrog.com/4jrjgij
over 1 year I am using http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/ instead of Mail.app today. We will see how it goes.
over 1 year Feels good to be walking around brookside. Anyone up for hacking at the roasterie?
over 1 year 2,8&64 are interesting numbers. #roadtripthinking
over 1 year This also means that we should write code that is a pleasure to read. Lets try and get both done by friday. #ceo
over 1 year someone should make an iPad app for @github. Unlike iOctocat, it should focus on the readability code. #freeideas
over 1 year oh hey! I got a new twitter name @__ryansmith For the record, my middle name is NOT dot. Goodbye @ryandotsmith, you did me well.
over 1 year "yields falsehood when proceeded by it's quotation", yields falsehood when proceeded by it's quotation.
over 1 year I am elated to be working on the rock-solid ruby platform at @heroku. San Francisco here I come!
over 1 year This #ruby code needs refactoring. Have fun with this simple #oop exercise. http://gist.github.com/595352 Please RT.
over 1 year In my career, I feel like I have deleted more code than I have created.
over 1 year RT @ivojto: Active Harmony, a Ruby REST synchronizer is OUT: http://github.com/vojto/active_harmony
over 1 year LOL! Jobs then told officials he would never visit Japan again. http://bit.ly/a5kauH
over 1 year OH: I’ll bet that Windows 7 Mobile will be every bit as successful as the Zune.
over 1 year I want a framework with polymorhpic view objects.
over 1 year UPDATE re: my latest blog post on #cucumber. See the image at the bottom of the post. http://bit.ly/artf9y
over 1 year my upload speeds suck. Anyone else on Delta flight 1488 getting crap speeds? #21stcentury
over 1 year I think there needs to be some sort of CB Radio app for the mac. Maybe with enough Ruby and `say` we can have one.
over 1 year Argument for testing with #ruby not #cucumber. http://afewgoodlines.com/post/1077316188/integration-testing-retrospective-part-i #tdd
over 1 year finally, a node.js web framework that i enjoy using. http://coffeemate.github.com/meryl/
over 1 year just learned how to correctly paste from OSX pb into terminal VIM. FINALLY!
over 1 year whoa! cool image that sums up Inception. http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662130/infographic-of-the-day-inception-contest-winner
over 1 year whoa! gemcutter for heroku plugins? http://herocutter.heroku.com/
over 1 year hey @invoicemachine, can I change my subdomain?
over 1 year Hey @entryway, ready or not here I come!
almost 2 years do it! RT @janettecrawford: Please vote for my #SXSWi panel! "Empowering Conscientious Consumers: Take the Power Back,"http://bit.ly/b9oJsP
almost 2 years find 10 people who will buy your product before you start working on a building a company. GREAT advice! http://bit.ly/btEb1z
almost 2 years OH: Cucumber is all about sweeping it under the rug.
almost 2 years wow! lots of change in engine yard's staff. whats up with that?
almost 2 years two envelopes. A very strange problem in probability theory. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_envelopes_problem
almost 2 years In case you were not online last night, here is my article regarding Enumerable#sum http://bit.ly/9oF9k6 #ruby #rails
almost 2 years Enumerable#sum is slower than Enumerable#inject. Find out why. http://bit.ly/9oF9k6 #ruby #rails
almost 2 years Enumerable#sum is slower than Enumerable#inject. Find out why. http://bit.ly/9oF9k6
almost 2 years great article on singup conversions. http://blog.hirehumans.com/improve-your-landing-page-increase-conversion
almost 2 years This guy runs microsoft. http://bit.ly/cr0Jl1
almost 2 years whoops. that we supposed to be a DM. (you know who you are) :)
almost 2 years don't be fooled, TimeOff has a lot of features that aren't obvious. iCal integration. Ability to approve requests via email etc..
almost 2 years my favorite cucumber step of ALL time http://gist.github.com/508508
almost 2 years RT @Chargify: Are you a Chargify merchant? Tell us your story and we'll help you get press... it's worked for others! http://bit.ly/cUYFwX
almost 2 years I am all about email. It is such an underutilized resource in modern web app development. @tripit is doing it right, thats for sure!
almost 2 years I have been waiting for a domestic fox for quite some time. Thank you Russia! http://www.sibfox.com/
almost 2 years Can you disable external browser requests in selenium? I do not want to wait for analytics to load in my integration tests..... #cucumber
almost 2 years /me productivity-fist-pounds @bobbywilson0
almost 2 years sweet! www.timeoffhq.com just made the news. http://bit.ly/bASeQy thanks @chargify!
almost 2 years Put this: http://gist.github.com/494799 in your .vimrc to kill trailing whitespace on save. #vim
almost 2 years RT @bobbywilson0: anyone else think a hard copy of RFCs would be cool? yes I am serious, ha http://bit.ly/csYV2j
almost 2 years how can I start a viral campaign for www.timeoffhq.com ?
almost 2 years interesting. 37Signals bought Ember and now they will give it away for free. http://bit.ly/aCKXtx
almost 2 years C'est la vie.
almost 2 years RT @NewMonarch: My @Etsy account got suspended for answering a few questions in the forums about @Storenvy. #fascism
almost 2 years does anyone have a 3GS for sale?
almost 2 years oh. I am totally digging Spacehog right now.
almost 2 years #shazam should integrate with #rdio
almost 2 years code is such a small part of a web startup.
almost 2 years warning: already initialized constant State --- is driving me crazy!
almost 2 years be careful when using Before {} in your cucumber env.rb. Exceptions are silently discarded. #env Before { raise "you will spend hours" }
almost 2 years thanks for the feedback on blog engines. I think I am going to chunk my posts into 140, store the on twitter, then compile on page load
almost 2 years what are people using for a blog engine these days ?
almost 2 years does launchctl even work?
almost 2 years What if the customer never writes a cucumber story? Is there any Value to the code base?
almost 2 years has anyone noticed a decrease in #rspec speed when used with steak?
almost 2 years The app icon for google chrome is ugly!
almost 2 years I still have a few #rdio invites left.
almost 2 years I just recorded a quick screencast covering VIM macros. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8wXA_w3AYQ
almost 2 years This is my A-1 http://gist.github.com/476956
almost 2 years Here is a nice example of steak. http://gist.github.com/476953 #ruby #integration #test
almost 2 years I am pleasantly working with @chargify for www.timeoffhq.com It feels good to be setting up a way for customers to pay for my service.
almost 2 years pixar should help apple make a 3D OS.
almost 2 years I started writing a new feature in Steak this morning. I like how this is going. Helper methods are cool.
almost 2 years whoa. An api for uploading stuff. I would have never though of it. http://transloadit.com/
almost 2 years Updated www.timeoffhq.com 's home page.
almost 2 years with her mustard sauce and her ketchup sash, she is a real hot dog. -- Mr. T buawahahah!
almost 2 years Check this video out -- Mr. T on 80's Fashion http://youtu.be/1jfBGhWo760
almost 2 years I have always loved mathematica. Now I have a new reason, the ability to store secret messages in images. http://bit.ly/9NiVo2
almost 2 years Just had the worst dinning experience at Cafe Des Amis in Parkville. Bad food, awful service. Should have gone to le fou frog.
almost 2 years I enjoyed working this week.
almost 2 years From this day forward, cucumber will be known as cucumbersome.
almost 2 years Sometimes cucumber can suck. The separation of stories and steps is to cumbersome. It does not seem DRY at ALL!
almost 2 years My fiancee wishes that she gave birth to her dog.
almost 2 years twitter search kind of stinks. it is not as good as google, thats for sure!
almost 2 years Given all of the hard disk space in the 21st century, do we really need short urls? http://longurl.me/
almost 2 years you have to be kidding me! Apple wants me to fax a notarized document containing my drivers licensee before I can publish my iphone app.
almost 2 years wow. Gary Vee made a cold call while explaining how to monazite a blog. He just crushed it. http://bit.ly/cdaUR1
almost 2 years Do you have 10-100 employees? Let me manage your Paid Time Off requests. www.timeoffhq.com eliminates the chaos surrounding PTO. #hrtech
almost 2 years www.timeoffhq.com It removes the chaos surrounding paid time off paperwork in a small business. I am currently looking for beta users.
almost 2 years using VIM + gnu screen fore remote pairing today. Much better than skype video!! (expect for my pair who is learning VIM)
almost 2 years .@dpanjada www.timeoffhq.com It has been a long time coming.
almost 2 years RT @thevuvuzelahorn: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
almost 2 years I am really enjoying my new office space at office port crossroads!
almost 2 years hey #mailchimp! Thanks for wasting the 30 min. i spent updating my campaign. Howabout you let me know before you time out my session!! #fail
almost 2 years RT @heroku: FYI, working hard on Bundler 0.9.26 support ASAP. cc @eh
almost 2 years Rails 3 way.
almost 2 years wouldn't it be nice if you could add gists to a favorites list on #github. I am not sure that forking the gist is the right move.
almost 2 years oh hai safari 5.0
almost 2 years using selenium? Cucumber::Rails::World.use_transactional_fixtures = false DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
almost 2 years at kci ready to board my plane to #railsconf Anyone from @bmoreonrails want to hack tonight?
almost 2 years “This is awesome, thanks,” -@sco Brilliant!
almost 2 years RT @kcpolice: Grand Blvd closed from 16th-18th Sts because of explosion. No injuries. man dropped pkg into clothing donation box at Valero
almost 2 years first day at @entryway. wow! I loved it! heaps of pair programming.
almost 2 years Israeli commandos and German presidents..... weird day.
almost 2 years God gives just Justice and takes away Sin.
almost 2 years Hugo Montenegro
almost 2 years #att is the only company who's worthlessness can drive people away from the iPhone. What was apple thinking...
almost 2 years #rvm + #bundler wow! I just moved a project to another machine and I am truly amazed at how quickly i was able to rake cucumber.
almost 2 years with all of my stress surrounding rvm, i have decided to give http://www.atmos.org/cider/intro.html a try. segfaults are the worst! #rvm
almost 2 years Aside from seo, is there any advantage to using subdomains?
almost 2 years is there any advantage to using subdomains?
almost 2 years seriously!!! I spent all morning getting my project on capybara and I now find out that capybara doesn't really work with subdomains!
almost 2 years New Blog Post: My Setup & The Software That I Use. http://afewgoodlines.com/post/637689664/my-setup
almost 2 years dave matthews seems quite angry at God.
almost 2 years I am writing an epic blog post on my computer setup. The post displays all of the apps that I use and a brief why and what else.
almost 2 years why cant i do this: group [:test,:cucumber] do ... end #bundler
almost 2 years New Blog Post: How I got a real programming job right out of college. http://afewgoodlines.com/post/631952539/getting-a-job
almost 2 years how many of these books do you own? http://bit.ly/aZOD4U
almost 2 years Anyone up for coworking? I am going to head up to coffee girls.
almost 2 years Just finished the last episode of #lost. Wow! I did not see THAT coming!
almost 2 years whoa! this is an amazing art installation. http://vimeo.com/10692284
almost 2 years What's going on in #Waldo ? The police have washington street blocked from Gregory to 70th. Heaps of weird looking vehichles.
almost 2 years to learn haskell you must first learn haskell.
almost 2 years They're not literally his children. They're the Little Lebowski Urban Achievers (via @TheBotLebowski)
almost 2 years A bunch of fig-eaters wearing towels on their heads, trying to find reverse in a Soviet tank. This is not a worthy adversary @TheBotLebowski
about 2 years whoa! New node.js + cappuccino app on heroku. It is an issues manager for github. The future is here! http://githubissues.heroku.com/
about 2 years I am looking for an inexpensive place to hold a wedding reception in KC. (downtown / midtown) 100 +/- people. ideas? #kansascity #wedding
about 2 years i suppose i should say that the last tweet was regarding rails3
about 2 years i still prefer to grep my routes instead of rake routes CONTROLLER=x
about 2 years rails 3 and mongoid work pretty well together! chaining criteria works really well. Also, RVM is making all of this possible.
about 2 years watching a great service on love and prayer: http://bit.ly/aYXAFx
about 2 years more specifically, is anyone using #redis on #heroku ?
about 2 years is there no redis cloud service?
about 2 years Today I will graduate.
about 2 years Douglas Crockford delivers a great presentation for javascript enthusiast. http://bit.ly/9r80LV
about 2 years if you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. - Carl Sagan
about 2 years RT @brynary: Apparently, Groupon ran a deal on the Dow today.
about 2 years uh! studying for my last final is proving to be much more difficult than I thought. Distractions abound!
about 2 years Thanks for all of the congrats. @entryway is a great place and I am honored to work with some of the brightest people.
about 2 years it is official. I will be joining the team at @entryway! I am so excited to be working as a craftsmen alongside a wonderful group of people.
about 2 years 'Law of the Raspberry Jam' - "the further you spread it, the thinner it gets." - Gerry Weinberg
about 2 years great article on software shops. Is your shop a hotdog stand or a 5 star bistro? http://bit.ly/29bavC
about 2 years This video shows the power of VIM (or emacs) when used in a TDD Kata session. big up yourself @garybernhardt http://bit.ly/cmIdMR
about 2 years mint.com, please make the back button work on your website.
about 2 years i guess ill use bing.
about 2 years strange indeed. for some reason, people in the brookside area are getting slow responses from google..... weird!
about 2 years google is sucking for me right now. Is the a location problem. anyone else in KC not getting google services?
about 2 years So, I have started a garden this year. Checkout my farm: http://bit.ly/dvznM9
about 2 years I am currently hacking my way thru the sammy.js tutorial. I am not quite sure that I get it. There still needs to be backend code?
about 2 years Do you use #dropbox ? Do you have your documents directory symlinked to your dropbox? No? Well, what are you waiting for? eh?
about 2 years what makes a framework enterprise? Can't we just say that a framework is fast?
about 2 years three weeks of school left. an amazing feeling!!
about 2 years wtf! It may take several hours or DAYS for Google Calendar to refresh a webcal url calendar!! This is a joke. http://bit.ly/cUJUDf
about 2 years New screencast demonstrating the Shindo testing framework for Ruby. Find out why it is faster than RSpec. #ruby #tdd http://bit.ly/bzeBdy
about 2 years "hopefully the plane arrives." How can the plane arrive with hope in it's heart? #adverbs
about 2 years "It’s like Facebook, but for dogs." http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com/page/2
about 2 years if you are into Burbank Funk, checkout "Love'll Get You High" by Jo Mamma
about 2 years too bad twitter cant use anchor tags
about 2 years I am glad that we gave these people all of our tax money. Meanwhile, 24 MO schools just got axed http://bit.ly/atDMGq
about 2 years google is setting up cloud printers. At first I thought this was a belated april fools. http://bit.ly/cvn8ds
about 2 years does anyone want to split a room for #railsconf ?
about 2 years I really miss my jnco jeans!
about 2 years any recommended vim fonts? I am growing weary of Inconsolata:h16
about 2 years #vim Drag a file from finder onto a macvim window. Do it!
about 2 years my apologies to the #kcrug my dog ate my bicycle.
about 2 years just moved into a new machine. Time Machine + Homebrew + Homesick made the transition seamless.
about 2 years . @coreyhaines this image is autobiographical. http://bit.ly/bQBIzf
about 2 years I have been sent here from the year 1996. I am listening to Pearl Jam while making an image map for a client.
about 2 years . @bradly the iPad has made the computer accessible. (via the ficus in my office)
about 2 years the Ipad has proven itself to be the puppy dog of computers. people are not afraid of it and they want to see what sorts of tricks it can do
about 2 years The iPad makes me think that computers are cool. I have not felt this way since the pentium IV.
about 2 years http://github.com/mholling/subdomain_routes > http://github.com/mbleigh/subdomain-fu
about 2 years My hat is old. My teeth are gold. I have a bird I like to hold. My shoe is off, my foot is cold.
about 2 years #railstip Model.find_by_id(nil) #=> nil Model.find(nil) #=> Exception
about 2 years sweet. http://www.ksuther.com/chax/ is now working on Snow Leopard! Goodbye adium.
about 2 years vim tip use `=ip` to auto-indent a ruby method. #vim
about 2 years apple is already sold out of the iPad. http://bit.ly/9obInd
about 2 years weird. rubygems will not update itself of it is too old. But this seems like a nice fix: http://rubygems.org/gems/rubygems-update
about 2 years I put an SSD in my macbook this weekend. oh my! Empirical upgrade!!
about 2 years computer science = learning how to do more things in less time
about 2 years .@karlman01 I am trying to hunt down a bicycle for my fiancee. Any suggestions? Need a city cruiser on the cheap.
about 2 years def set_load_paths(*paths) $:.concat(paths) $:.uniq! end srsly?
about 2 years The irrelevance of #gowalla checkins grows in proportion to it's magnitude. i.e. do I really care that 1587 people checked in at the airport
about 2 years RT @seacreature: Landing page for http://rubyproblems.com | Signup now for a free solution | RT for a chance at free solutions for life.
about 2 years RT @patmaddox: The four toughest problems in CS: cache invalidation, naming, and off-by-one errors
about 2 years RT @gustin: Make Art; Not War
about 2 years I just registered for #railsconf This will be the last year of the student discount......
about 2 years happy PI day!
about 2 years RT @databasically: Kansas City Ruby User Group: @ryandotsmith shows off and demonstrates @heroku and websolr -- http://ow.ly/1hGPr
about 2 years wow! www.newleafpaper.com lives. I have spent heaps of hours on this site. enjoy! Also, buy some of their action pads =>http://bit.ly/dyBG7R
about 2 years I bought the Mac Heist bundle. 7 fantastic apps worth $260+ for only $19.95 and got 3 cool bonus apps free! http://bit.ly/heist-it
about 2 years NYTimes: Algebra in Wonderland http://s.nyt.com/u/b-L
about 2 years RT @RubyMidwest: The Ruby Midwest Conference opened its Call for Speakers. Sign up today to present your expertise! http://bit.ly/aP7i29
about 2 years It would be funny if the girls in my literature course were forced to use 'for instance' instead of 'like'
about 2 years just started an x-driven development session. I will implement a Trie in ruby. A javascript port will soon follow.
about 2 years FYI: Bottlerocket is my favorite movie. http://yfrog.com/1ezrbij
about 2 years I had no idea that you can use the word pedestrian as an adjective.
about 2 years Eating breakfast with the love of my life. — at Succotash http://gowal.la/s/2b7D
about 2 years I agree with everything that Thomas Friedman has said. Amen! http://s.nyt.com/u/By8
about 2 years I am only checking emails at 8, 12 & 4:30. I have already seen a large increase in productivity. Stress levels are down as well.
about 2 years http://howtonode.org/ is a wonderful blog for naked JS topics! Checkout "Do" if fast!
about 2 years wow. use VIM navigation in Google Chrom. http://github.com/philc/vimium I love it!!
about 2 years Xerox CEO says 'Its all about getting bigger.' I say horse crap! How about you innovate with what you already have. http://s.nyt.com/u/BSQ
about 2 years Missouri Bank has amazing customer service. They hold my company accounts and I will be moving my personal accounts their ASAP!
about 2 years My personal history has been bisected. #catan http://yfrog.com/auk1moaj
about 2 years college literature courses are only useful if you listen to A Prairie Home Companion.
about 2 years When are computers going to be able to smell? I would love to tweet how awful my dog smells right now.
about 2 years you write HTML and you know about htmlburger.com contradiction!
about 2 years how hard would it have been for mozilla to place the x on the left side of a tab?
about 2 years what if people started using signatures on twitter like they do on email? -------------- Ryan Smith 800-000-1234 www.internet.com thanks :)
about 2 years release 2 of 3 => www.planetreuse.com. I did a complete rewrite of their reclaimed materials app. ( this was in wordpress... yuck! ) #heroku
about 2 years if you are arbitrarily choosing how many times you should_receive a message, use a stub. #rspec
about 2 years It is better to wad a slice of Wonder Bread into a ball than to eat it. -Douglas Crockford
over 2 years the true new yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding. - john updike
over 2 years I am @coworkingtoday at Latte Land West.
over 2 years I am @coworkingtoday at The Roasterie.
over 2 years I am launching THREE web sites this week. This is the first: http://www.kansascitystructuralsteel.com/
over 2 years I have taken two of the most challenging undergraduate math courses both of which were described as introductory. http://yfrog.com/3nhg5mj
over 2 years I just updated my clocks to display time in base 24. I feel like an international sailor.
over 2 years I was dreaming about 3D printers in 3rd Grade. These people were to: http://www.makerbot.com/
over 2 years ha! read the commentary => http://unhappyhipsters.com/
over 2 years The Top 25 apps in the app store make me sick. What a bunch of philistines we are. It seems vanity > innovation.
over 2 years Experience symphonic bowel movements with Kefir. ( pic is work safe) http://yfrog.com/3lv4xuej
over 2 years if twitter is any indication then nobody is working right now. #apple
over 2 years I prefer Steve Job's state of the union.
over 2 years Waiting for Steve Jobs to wake up so I can go downstairs and open my presents. (via @joshfrench)
over 2 years anyone up for coworking this afternoon?
over 2 years cool blog article on a cool Brookside restaurant. http://www.designworklife.com/?p=10711
over 2 years Hunger is an escort into the knowledge of God.
over 2 years give Array#in_groups_of() a try sometime. #rails
over 2 years Hacking code for newleafproducts.net — at Muddy's Coffeehouse http://gowal.la/s/7bH
over 2 years can you setup an auto incrementing column via rails migration?
over 2 years 32F is the new 72F. #snow
over 2 years the safest place in God's army is on the front line.
over 2 years My parent's primary concern with their new iMac is it's ability to fax. . . At least we dumped the windows machine.
over 2 years .@chadfowler Nina Simone. Got it Bad & That Ain't Good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8KPwADL5_k
over 2 years Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. — Abelson & Sussman, SICP
over 2 years Today i realized that I use Ruby because i can read it.
over 2 years In my last code review, I was told that a method was a tad country bumpkinish.
over 2 years Just received my copy of Atlas Shrugged. Who is Jon Galt anyways?
over 2 years yahoo should change their name to flickr
over 2 years use heroku and nezumi http://nezumiapp.com/ #heroku on #iphone
over 2 years the bible's word frequency visualized => http://identity33.com/blog/?p=531
over 2 years #10yearsago I was 13 and and was growing tired of flicking boogers.
over 2 years math behind the parallel park. http://bit.ly/7o05Cj
over 2 years . @dj_goku I found http://www.sitesucker.us/home.html to be rather awesome for downloading whole sites.
over 2 years what is the best way to download an entire site? Images and all ??
over 2 years Programming language fanboy comparison chart. I laughed. http://i.imgur.com/pG3q7.jpg (via @joshfrench)
over 2 years The final review for my math class states that I should know everything discussed in class and in homework. Gee, thanks!
over 2 years RT @peterc: Someone should copy 37signals' Haystack for .Net developers and call it Shitstack.
over 2 years If it weren't for that horse, I would have never finished college.
over 2 years If the only tool you have is wordpress every inventory management system looks like a WP plugin. #fail #php
over 2 years If the only tool you have is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail.
over 2 years Are you using #heroku? Are you using sqlite3 on your dev box? Stop. do this in stead => http://bit.ly/5ZekVk
over 2 years the website is down. http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/salesguy.html
over 2 years Suburbanites are incapable of pedistrian activities. A formal proof can be found in or around the plaza.
over 2 years while you are at it, try this on for size: http://gemcutter.org/gems/g
over 2 years require 'ruby-growl' in your environments/developer.rb possibly the best thing i have done all week. http://bit.ly/73fdZ1 thanks @lpillow
over 2 years warming up for my first race! #rubyconf5k
over 2 years now she is recommending that he get a better job. This is brutal!
over 2 years sitting next to a first date at muddy's. Things went really wrong when the dude said he didn't really like Obama.
over 2 years Colsure Tools an industrial strength JS library that power google documents. Comparing this with Cappuccino http://code.google.com/closure/
over 2 years RT @dhh: Expanded on the "Think of emails as views delivered through SMTP" debate: http://bit.ly/FgxCu
over 2 years a bachelor's menu: Carrots, Pistachios and Cake.
over 2 years has anyone used a home exchange service? ( i.e. homeexchange.com) I want to swap homes for a while. Preferably with a european.
over 2 years NYTimes: This Just in From the 1890s http://s.nyt.com/u/Dui - Hilarious article for the dandy fashion lovers.
over 2 years Javascript is a lot cooler since @elliottkember came around. http://elliottkember.com/snake.html
over 2 years interesting project that optimizes databases for solid state drives http://www.rethinkdb.com/
over 2 years do you like computers? how about math? well then, allow me to recommend sagemath.org
over 2 years RT @wycats: If I say I hate #Win7 will it show up on their home page?
over 2 years srsly. Google Quick Search Box is one of my favorite new apps for OSX. Do yonself a favor and install it! http://www.google.com/mac/
over 2 years I love data visualization. Especially when it is modern. http://www.mytreeandme.com/products
over 2 years riot is to test::unit as sinatra is to rails. http://github.com/thumblemonks/riot/
over 2 years Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
over 2 years The kids on my block are going to love me! http://yfrog.com/cbiq0j
over 2 years this is why microsoft is stupid http://bit.ly/1jHhsS
over 2 years Also, if you are using VIM + GitHub, do yourself a big favor and install this http://bit.ly/2vV8ZH
over 2 years Just now getting around to creating me a Rails Template. Check it => http://gist.github.com/221191
over 2 years RT @pat: My goal: to work on Thinking Sphinx full-time for Nov. Needed: financial support for that month. http://bit.ly/13fPGf
over 2 years The Boss just quit.
over 2 years ha! GeoCities is closing today. I remember when your sites success was directly proportional to the number of flashing gifs.http://xkcd.com/
over 2 years what can i do to prepare for Bruce Springsteen? He is coming tomorrow night. Should I be doing pushups? Making steel?
over 2 years windows system administration == ability to power-use buggy software.
over 2 years is it wrong to use sleep(10) in a ruby method that executes an API call?
over 2 years Lunch with my good friend Chan! We are building a new company! More on that later. . . .
over 2 years Studying for a math test. Math tests are the worst! — at Latte Land http://gowal.la/s/3Ey
over 2 years My run went swimmingly until I got my feet wet.
over 2 years If 115 of my followers each gave me $0.61 I could reach my goal of beef wellington http://twitassist.me/n
over 2 years I just bought Bruce Springsteen tickets for me, my Pops and my brother! I can not think of a better way to experience The Boss.
over 2 years Software Developers enjoy the 12th Best Job in America! http://bit.ly/DvBsV
over 2 years Congress is considering the problem of overdraft fees. My solution: don't spend what you don't have. Next. http://bit.ly/2cppGD
over 2 years the internet solves most of my problems.
over 2 years When i am in port i get what i need. Not just havanas or bananas.
over 2 years I like the idea of http://github.com/defunkt/mustache. Not crazy about the double mustache syntax though. . . Whats so wrong with HAML?
over 2 years if you are in brookside, come on by. I'm raking leaves and cooking chili. Is there anything else I can be doing to embrace autumn? Bail hay?
over 2 years Blowig out galleries in the cross roads — at Boom & Mod Gallery http://gowal.la/s/bpw
over 2 years Enjoying the end of my finest weeks. — at Le Fou Frog http://gowal.la/s/bk2
over 2 years Gave a talk on math & tech. Summary: I like math and technology is just as nice. — at UMKC Haag Hall http://gowal.la/s/9fQ
over 2 years longest day ever. I have been working since 8:00 am! #jimmy_buffett_would_have_a_heart_attack
over 2 years our civilization's next advance will come when the Sprint lady assumes i know how voice mail works. Until then, i should wait for the tone.
over 2 years why i am working when I have an infinite supply of peanut butter?
over 2 years Henceforth I will be called "Ryan R. Smith, Master of Hammock" http://yfrog.com/0cnv3uj
over 2 years if you live in KC and have not had a scone from Oak Street Coffee then you do not live in KC. logically, you are dead.
over 2 years critical mass! bring you and your bicycle to the sunfresh in westport for a neat time!
over 2 years billing is thrilling!
over 2 years Hacking some code over vin with @xtweetcorex. — at JP's Wine Bar & Coffee House http://gowal.la/s/9uo
over 2 years Enjoying some autumn with @zy_on — at Reverse http://gowal.la/s/8iS
over 2 years Listening to Victor Wooten play amazing grace. http://yfrog.com/17zpyj
over 2 years i love that notational velocity is using some VIM goodness. This is a great OSX app. Give it a shot!http://notational.net/
over 2 years screw you @thegoodweb ! 10 days to get refunds on hotel and air fair....
over 2 years mint just got acquired by Intuit. #FAIL http://bit.ly/3Aa4dC
over 2 years lite.facebook.com I have been waiting for you for a long long time.
over 2 years real heros are dead. #911
over 2 years you want health care? How about free Bruce Springsteen for each man, women & child. He will heal your broken hearts down by the river.
over 2 years I wish my future self would warn me about the dangers of icy hot. I envision him telling me to wash my hands more thoroughly.
over 2 years if my toothbrush hadn't of reminded me, i would have been there all night.
over 2 years man! there is a live rock & roll cover band playing on the plaza. Makes the afternoon hackery quite enjoyable.
over 2 years big up your jQuery bag with this little ditty. http://bit.ly/285sw
over 2 years I love when my clients make money! #thinkfasttank
over 2 years interesting. America seems to be profiting from the bailout. http://bit.ly/3BCgR #capitalism
over 2 years Does configuration really need to be in a database ?
over 2 years I am always sure to say "sent from my iphone" when I leave voice mails.
over 2 years Eating food. Listening to DMB. Talking with a friend. Watching a thunderstorm. #well
over 2 years heart beats faster. fingers sweat. hard to breathe.
over 2 years I just launched a new site www.newleafproducts.net check yourself b4 you wreck yourself. #saving_the_environment, #booyakasha
over 2 years I have to install postgres to replicate an weird error within the Heroku environment. . . . Is it as easy as installing the dmg?
over 2 years Poor, angry and loud Bill Joel > Disney-Contracted Billy Joel. #captainjack
over 2 years there are two groups of people in this world. Those who divide population and those who don't.
over 2 years sometimes i wish i could compile Ruby to find type errors. #grc
over 2 years I had a strange dream last night. I dreamt it was august and I wore a jacket on my morning walk to Brookside.
over 2 years i am working with some woody code! these trees are falling over at the sight of my recursive ruby.
over 2 years the bad thing about the great is that it makes the good look bad. #stumptowncoffee #roasteriecoffee
almost 3 years hacking some code & drinking an espresso on the deck at The Wellington Estates. #myhouse
almost 3 years who wants to bike to #kcrug tonight?
almost 3 years who is Rafael M. Carvalho and why is he in the #radiantcms wiki? Can someone help get this guy out of the matrix? He needs a hard line!
almost 3 years IBM commercials are my primary source of entertainment media. http://bit.ly/f0Sac
almost 3 years This guy left to get coffee. He is in for a real suprise when he returns. http://yfrog.com/en4quj
almost 3 years I forged the river... and the night! My passage across the Oregon Trail is complete! I win!
almost 3 years it is a rough day when it is 10:48 and you just checked off your first daily goal . . . . 2 more to go!
almost 3 years I had lunch at the 21st amendment with the engine yard guys. San Fran's 21st > Boston's 21st http://yfrog.com/9ehtrj
almost 3 years app Bodega is like the app store for OSX apps. http://appbodega.com/
almost 3 years San Francisco is the curry's coconut.
almost 3 years methinks @adhappy is a red tanner
almost 3 years yet another $200 voucher from Southwest Airlines. My No Fair airline.
almost 3 years RT @joeyferreyra: https://twitpay.me/ -- payments via twitter using Paypal's developer APIs, brilliant!
almost 3 years #zillow and #trulia replaced the Realtor while i was looking for a home. Probably saved me 10 grand.
almost 3 years San Francisco Tomorrow.
almost 3 years I am now an outstanding brookside citizen.
almost 3 years RT: To win the "I Will Stop Following You" prize, retweet messages involving commercial contests. #consumerismrulesyourlife
almost 3 years heh. I totally forgot about my grand central account. Hello google voice !
almost 3 years 100% Customer Service. 70% Code. 20% Marketing. 20% Sales. ( 210% Think Fast Tank )
almost 3 years RT @coreyhaines: New tour video: Test-first and Test-driven conversation with @jbrains: http://vurl.me/AHD (please RT)
almost 3 years According to TUT, C++ developers do not test private methods. whawaaa? http://bit.ly/5PyVK Is CPPSpec is the way to go? http://bit.ly/8edF5
almost 3 years I bet firms would rather a smart, creative software developer than a ruby rockstar-ninja-jerk-stud.
almost 3 years Rage Against the Machine covers Maggie's Farm? neat!
almost 3 years RT @karlman01: @Zy_On there's so much good riding out here. Bikes are expensive, but I'll have some good tips for you on finding cheap ones.
almost 3 years Today's topic of conversation: Is Caps Lock the new Control?
almost 3 years enjoying DMB live at Piedmont Park. The trumpet on this album is pure mindblow.
almost 3 years group bicycle ride tonight! @muddys 8:30.
almost 3 years a sandwich making dog is mans better friend
almost 3 years I was hacking at thoughbot this morning. Cool Dudes. http://yfrog.com/0w6jutj
almost 3 years a weekend of no internet leads to 3 hours of tackling inbox zero. Nevertheless, i will prevail! Now on to the for_sql gem for Active Record
almost 3 years New England by train. Beautiful! http://bit.ly/Hfti5 http://yfrog.com/5ofeij
almost 3 years walked through harvard square and arrived at 1369 coffee house. Cambridge is awesome !!
almost 3 years had a great time drifting boston with @coreyhaines tonight.
almost 3 years Hello Boston ! http://bit.ly/aM5yy
almost 3 years Getting bit by the erlang fang at the #kcrug tonight.
almost 3 years I am keeping a log of what does and doesn't work in Snow Leopard. #snowleopard http://bit.ly/SQOzP
almost 3 years other than 1password Snow Leopard is running swimmingly !
almost 3 years had a bit of trouble with 1password in Snow Leopard. Here is the fix: http://bit.ly/8QdyX
almost 3 years Hello Snow Leopard! http://twitpic.com/a5sqa
almost 3 years perhaps some muddy hacking is in order.
almost 3 years upgrading OSX's ruby from 1.8.6 to 1.8.7 ? This is an interesting article on such a subject. http://bit.ly/ZwnEj
almost 3 years ha! I just chased after a potential customer on my bicycle. Talk about cold calling!
almost 3 years HAML is such a good idea! I am looking at some ERB code now and i am becoming very ill.
almost 3 years i love open source software ! Contributing something useful is one of the greatest feelings a developer can experience.
almost 3 years ** it's a kitty
almost 3 years This gut ( or girl ) showed up at my door tonight! http://twitpic.com/9rgmk
almost 3 years the majestic @oatmeal tells me that I could survive for 1 min 2 sec after kicking a bear in the balls http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/bear_balls
almost 3 years 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth http://bit.ly/1owBL from @oatmeal
almost 3 years I am enjoying the lecture from the guy next to me. Because 40dB is a reasonable voice level. @nfb
almost 3 years I am going to bike up to Latte Land West for some 1337 hax0ring. You might as well join.
almost 3 years So how hard could it be to us jQuery in #radiantcms ?
almost 3 years why is railsforum.com a PHP app?
almost 3 years C++, hello. I love you. I am hacking code at Latte::Land::West
almost 3 years push growl to your iphone with https://prowl.weks.net/
almost 3 years There is an amazingly connected rainbow on the prairie. http://twitpic.com/9gdo2
almost 3 years River http://twitpic.com/97yst
almost 3 years The mountains win again. http://twitpic.com/96xmo
almost 3 years I am approaching the colorado border. The road is hard. Beautiful thunderstorms out on the prarie.
almost 3 years I am posting this message from my mac book while driving down I-70. How? iPhone internet tethering FTW. I am also downloading a movie...
almost 3 years Preparing myself for a weekend on the rocks. I am going to bicycle down a mountain. #man #nature
almost 3 years Celebrate 10 years of Moonfruit and win a MacBook Pro http://bit.ly/96bxC #moonfruit
almost 3 years I am hacking at Muddy's Coffee for now. There will be a group bicycle ride sometime around 8:00.
almost 3 years Evaluating present.ly and yammer. Is there any other comparable service ?
almost 3 years hax0ring at @eljays this morning.
almost 3 years Bradly is preaching the Ruby. Amen! http://disq.us/qgb
almost 3 years Going to the country. http://twitpic.com/8t1tp
almost 3 years AI http://bit.ly/3rjp9Z
almost 3 years no friken way! Cake played at #wwdc ?
almost 3 years Is anyone using DelayedJob on #heroku ? #rails #ruby
almost 3 years 1337 hax0ring at LatteLand::West
almost 3 years Oh man, i forgot how much i enjoy the music of Wilco. I am really into their Sky Blue Sky album.
almost 3 years The simplicity of Delayed Job make it most desirable. I have given up on Workling & Starling.
almost 3 years oh man. these new Mac Books have amazing batteries. I have been working all afternoon on the same charge.
almost 3 years co-working at the LatteLand::West
almost 3 years Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland http://bit.ly/2xb5y
almost 3 years I use this gem to make my Java developers feel safe in my Ruby code. http://github.com/tenderlove/enterprise/
almost 3 years lookout! Heroku hates your submodules.
almost 3 years I would compare the company who operates my condo's HOA to that of a 5th grader's lawn mowing service. #businessFAIL
almost 3 years palm pre sold 50_000 phones on their debut weekend. apple sold 1_000_000 last weekend. ( two years after their debut )
almost 3 years yet another marvelous article on IRB. http://bit.ly/1280iI this time, learn how to page your irb results.
almost 3 years trade yon suv. http://bit.ly/flurA
almost 3 years Looking at Michelangelo’s early works. http://bit.ly/QOAMf
almost 3 years I am looking at some of my C++ code from my Data Structures & Algorithms university course. Man, I miss managing memory. . .
almost 3 years What exactly is a browser? http://bit.ly/14YPWc
almost 3 years just changed my twitter time settings to GMT +3.30 http://bit.ly/S8UpD
almost 3 years I didn't believe it at first, but now the page is working. I guess Microsoft really has reached a new low.http://bit.ly/1aFCz2 (via @rbates)
almost 3 years oh man. I want to fly in this thing. http://cirrusaircraft.com/vision/
almost 3 years Coffee & Code at The Roasterie. Might as well join.
almost 3 years just purchased my ticket to #railscamp
almost 3 years #protip Always wear pants when visiting a client's office.
almost 3 years Digging into OCUnit ! Gee, i wish there were OCSpec.
almost 3 years new update to www.thinkfasttank.com . Added some content to 'our work'
almost 3 years Fact: I was involved with the Seattle Seven. Basically it was me and six other guys.
almost 3 years going to bicycle down to the plaza! perhaps i can get a little Obj-C code in before my sister arrives
almost 3 years KCStart just posted list of restaurants with violations http://rubyurl.com/1nnf
almost 3 years they are playing the Big Lebowski soundtrack at the roasterie.
almost 3 years going to hang at the roasterie before #kcrug
almost 3 years heading to LatteLand::West to flex my 1337 hax0r skillz!
almost 3 years does anyone use acts_as_versioned with paperclip ??
almost 3 years safari 4 and 1password == FAIL
almost 3 years installing safari 4 :)
almost 3 years just tell us when we can buy Snow Leopard! #wwdc
almost 3 years safari 4 ships today !! #wwdc
almost 3 years #wwdc http://bit.ly/QbuNr
almost 3 years and now it is time for code! Consultant = ( + (* (0.6 !code) (*(0.5 code) ) )
almost 3 years hanging @muddyskc doing some pre-code work. @zy_on is going to join. You should too!
almost 3 years whoa! I just bought a house.
almost 3 years Riding a bicycle in the crossroads! Lazy summer night.
almost 3 years I am getting excited for WWDC !
almost 3 years re: moving app windows to main display: I will no longer do my machine's work! http://tr.im/npvI
almost 3 years anyone know of a good way to move screens from a secondary display to a primary in OSX? I am wasting time moving screens when i plug in :(
almost 3 years I just reached level 42. #dmvworker playdmvworker.com
almost 3 years Cafe Trio is reopening in the old Frondizi's location this Monday !! One of the best spots on the plaza.
almost 3 years require 'extensions/all'; "an interesting String method?".ends_with('?') #=> true
almost 3 years oh wow. They are playing #41. . . Leroi's song
almost 3 years watching the LIVE DMB concert on HULU
almost 3 years You might as well list some of your textbooks on www.bookup.org #umkc
almost 3 years writing codes at savvy. There is a surprisingly large population for a Sunday night. . . .
almost 3 years just pushed an update to www.bookup.org !
almost 3 years Is zappn kind of like twitted? #zappnlaunch
almost 3 years I like rob so yes I need him to beat up asses #zappnlaunch
almost 3 years This is sinusoidal #zappnlaunch
almost 3 years about ready to head to the Critical Mass!
almost 3 years amazon just delivered my weekend! Edward R. Tufte, my brain is a wet sponge.
almost 3 years worlfram alpha for finance research is wonderful! http://www86.wolframalpha.com/
almost 3 years working with SpreeCommerce is a delightful activity. http://spreecommerce.com/
almost 3 years Quiki: A special wiki app that seems to be very flexible. Looks like a good solution for clients who need custom wikis. http://tr.im/mFKs
almost 3 years Wow! I just realized that Pages.app has word completion via the `esc` key. This changes everything.
almost 3 years Can anyone recommend a good css gallery. I need some examples of data driven sites.
almost 3 years going to be hacking at @savvy tonight.
almost 3 years going to pull a shot with some Broadway Cafe beans. The Roasterie seems to be loosing their touch :(
almost 3 years here is a nice cheat sheet for those of us attempting to integrate VIM into our lives. http://bit.ly/fb8dP
almost 3 years api.jquery.com seems to be an excellent resource!
almost 3 years God bless America http://twitpic.com/5whzf
almost 3 years going to be banging on some code tonight. Perhaps Latte Land West? The more the merrier.
almost 3 years enough code for one day! just pushed an update to thinkfasttank.com and now i am going to bike up to the Jerusalem Cafe
almost 3 years hangin at the brand new @grandstreetcoffee! The espresso is delightful & the internet is abundant!!!!
almost 3 years Captain's Log, Stardate 43125.8. We have entered a spectacular binary star system! Also, this marks day 2 of VIM.
almost 3 years chillaxin at javanut
almost 3 years Smith's 2nd Law: People who do not use great software can not create great software.
almost 3 years slow train coming. it is electric and i like it!
almost 3 years downtown market here i come!
almost 3 years if you like to use asterisks in your text. Bascamp's WriteBoard will kick you in the shins!
almost 3 years inbox zero! First time ever!
almost 3 years going to bicycle to the plaza to meet with a business partner !
almost 3 years I am flirting with Inbox ZERO. Anyone else a believer?
almost 3 years exercising my leet hax0r moves at @eljays
almost 3 years thanks ATT for the 4 days of internet FAIL. Also, thanks to 'linksys' for giving me internet in the meantime.
almost 3 years you got to have the right tool for the job. check out all of these Ruby tools http://ruby-toolbox.com/
almost 3 years I thinking of applying at Cyberdyne Systems. Do you think they are looking for Ruby developers?
almost 3 years smoking the hookah on the rooftop with a good chap. fine.
about 3 years hookah lounge is at my place tonight! around 8. dm me for directions. Bring your laptop (or not) and your smoking lungs. dm for directions
about 3 years RT @unclebobmartin:Retweet this if you disagree with Twitter's decision to hide replies to people you don't follow #fixreplies #twitterfail
about 3 years leaving for #kcrug. I hope there will be some light affair. BBQ is good for once a year.
about 3 years sms plugins work best when they do not send 5 sms messages per http request.
about 3 years smalltalk -= [ #railsconf ] #=> boy scouting your code is still a good idea! I just cleaned up routes.rb in a legacy app!
about 3 years just added some of my books to www.bookup.org #umkc
about 3 years Just updated my weekly goals in Things.app #1 ~ Simulate cyclone with bicycle and bath towel.
about 3 years Lawrence KS > Kansas City ?? After today i am not so sure about this inequality. . .
about 3 years just pushed an update to www.bookup.org #thinkfasttank
about 3 years I have ants in my pants. They are in my keyboard too. Perhaps i will close the window to my brain ?
about 3 years anyone have a good article / advice on getting FuzzyFinderTextMate running in vim ? #railsconf
about 3 years really need power in the test & refactor session #railsconf
about 3 years using gitjour at #railsconf !
about 3 years good morning #railsconf
about 3 years protip --> make sure you add RAILS_ENV=production to your god files if you want to monitor in production
about 3 years hacking ruby at the starbucks on paradise rd. and tony bennett ave. #railsconf
about 3 years Just landed in Las Vegas. Good morning Rails Conf #railsconf !
about 3 years time to bicycle around the city market
about 3 years people who make computer algebra systems are really smart. prepare to be derivitized http://www.wolframalpha.com/ The new search
about 3 years listening to " a prairie home companion " and writing some code. I am getting a bit anxious for RailsConf!
about 3 years Find me in the crossroads !
about 3 years 9 people out of 10 who search for "post famine ireland and the bicycle" find that ryan-smith.org satisfies their curiosity.
about 3 years did facebook phish you? Good! perhaps now you will feel the pain of oauth & its scamyness nature.
about 3 years Statistics Final:problem #1 If the number of shots not taken is a poisson random distribution, how many points will wayne gretzky not score?
about 3 years going to call on customers for @treadex !
about 3 years Going to RailConf? might as well share your schedule. http://railsconf.intridea.com/
about 3 years setup my iphone to sync OTA with google.
about 3 years all right! switching from statistics -> linear algebra. #final_exams #umkc
about 3 years and the new ruby test framework is .......... (drum roll) ..... Testy! http://rubyurl.com/Fj0p
about 3 years time to load up on some espresso beans! Broadway Roasting Company here i come!
about 3 years dangit! now i have all of the twitter bots after me.
about 3 years well, hello MMS2R! Meet TreadEx. yes, that is right, MMS is coming to a bicycle courier near you.
about 3 years on that note, i will bike down to YJ's for some java
about 3 years i just effd a branch in my git repo. I need to find a better way of keeping specific directories up to date.
about 3 years time to get some BILLABLE work started. notice the keyword. unfortunately @treadex is not paying the bills. . . . yet!
about 3 years It is a tomato soup and grilled cheese kind of evening.
about 3 years wow @treadex has already smashed our sever on slicehost. Time to upgrade to a bigger slice! Look out for some transition trouble!!
about 3 years We are so hot right now. www.treadex.org @treadex #kcsw #freaking_awesome!
about 3 years I am starting to feel the NRG of #kcsw
about 3 years party on! re-factoring of OnHoliday is one day ahead of schedule. Here is to Agile Development!!
about 3 years heroku now has pricing!
about 3 years I just got DMB live at stone ridge !! LeRoi's last show. God gave LeRoi so much talent.
about 3 years leaving my bicycle behind this morning was a big mistake.
about 3 years i really like the idea of RPAN but i think calling it RPAN is an epoch failure.
about 3 years bummed that i did not make gsoc :(
about 3 years RT @IndianGuru:Geek Gang Signs - http://tinyurl.com/dgljr3
about 3 years I hate being a consumer in markets that offer no incentive for good customer service. ( DMV, umkc academic advising )
about 3 years !( quirks_mode ) FTW!
about 3 years does anyone test design with google's chrome ?
about 3 years ding ding ding ! just deployed an update for BoookUP.org
about 3 years just when i think i am getting the hang of this "css" thing, i open up my page in IE. . .
about 3 years installing MacRuby 0.4
about 3 years I need to write 3 more tests before the next release of BookUp.org #changing_the_game
about 3 years this is a great article describing how the Fed uses our tax dollars http://tinyurl.com/c8g674
about 3 years This guy is pretty good with a bicycle http://tinyurl.com/c56el3
about 3 years coworking in orlando is cool http://colaborlando.com/
about 3 years working on some erlang code for a change
about 3 years Catching up on some math @ muddy's
about 3 years I finally got an awesome message queue up and running ! I found that starling + workling + god is the hot sax! http://rubyurl.com/xYdr
about 3 years workling > backgroundDRB
about 3 years mail fail ! I hate working with smtp.
about 3 years 35 minutes of Extra Virgin happy hour left !
about 3 years wow, github has an issue tracker !!
about 3 years wow, my espresso pulling abilities are growing exponentially. I wish there existed an injective function between espresso and code.
about 3 years PaulGraham.map_reduce { a local revolution } => Startups work in CA because there is wealth and education. http://rubyurl.com/4DX1
about 3 years Kansas City Ruby User's Group is tonight! Good times will be had by all!! http://ruby.meetup.com/113/
about 3 years what a good day to short sell the market!
about 3 years BookUp got some press http://rubyurl.com/9HTY
about 3 years I wish there was a scientific version of good design.
about 3 years Ruby on Rails on Time Magazine http://rubyurl.com/aSMi
about 3 years today should be an interesting day for investors.
about 3 years going to california
about 3 years holy crap ruby's geokit lib is freaking sweet!
about 3 years Wait, am I the only one who rhymes in my code? I thought this was standard agile practice ?!
about 3 years I love TextMate's snippets! textexpander.app gives you the power of snippets in OSX.
about 3 years are there any freaking awesome PayPal on Rails Libraries that i should be aware of? So far, Papay/ruby looks the best.
about 3 years Nambe == Nambu. . . . just go here http://www.nambu.com/
about 3 years Nambe > Twitterrific
about 3 years FireFox (looks good), Safari (looks great), Opera (looks good), IE ( FAIL )!!!!
about 3 years wow, i am learning all about the math behind ISBN
about 3 years Just pulled a wicked pisser espresso shot! Thanks to Broadway for making beans that are much more tastier than Roasterie.
about 3 years feature creeping BookUp
about 3 years Download Rails, Ruby, Hpricot, Rspec, and Rack APIs in one nice 8.0mb file. http://railsapi.com
about 3 years I feel so mature. I have abandon all scaffolding in Rails. I am using BDD ( cuc & rspec) & my code has never looked better. #rmm ++
about 3 years just got to Latte Land west, there are rubyist all around!
about 3 years Heroku.com makes deploying Rails apps fun! Ultimate in Agile. I began devel on monday and deployed friday afternoon with NO problems!
about 3 years waiting patiently for heroku to bless my app . . . .
about 3 years 7 pounds is possibly the best movie i have seen.
about 3 years Think Fast Tank work is done for the day. Time to consider my school work.
about 3 years do all social networking sites need a messaging system? What ever happened to email. . .
about 3 years http://ebat.com. . . genius!
about 3 years Force Safari 4 to open links in a new tab. http://rubyurl.com/9bgd
about 3 years i HATE public radio pledge drives. They just interupted "The News From Lake Wobegon!" WTF!!
about 3 years holy mother! I just made a latte using Broadway Beans, Shatto Banana milk and sprinkles of love . . . it is delightful!
about 3 years http://rubyurl.com/CVbW
about 3 years Business school is silly.
about 3 years hacking Rails core while jamming with Jefferson Airplane
about 3 years roll your own clod with Eucalyptus. http://rubyurl.com/v8bd
about 3 years GSOC-ROR has a mailing list http://rubyurl.com/Z9tU
about 3 years Heading to mr. Hoopers
about 3 years beginning to research a GSOC project! Active Relation here i come !!
about 3 years Roxanne; Steve Martin's best movie or Steve Martin's best movie ?
about 3 years going to elljay's to begin planning on a feature creep
about 3 years Terry Tate ( a.k.a. Pain Train ) the Office Linebacker, making sure you attach cover sheets to the TPS reports http://rubyurl.com/cn5y
about 3 years BackgrounDRb FTW!
about 3 years I need to figure out how to remove all "debug" calls in TextMate. Dangling debug calls are killing my test suite.
about 3 years front section @ DMB = $3120. WTF
about 3 years I fixed a bug but cannot explain why. . . . I feel dirty.
about 3 years and i thought concurrency was natural.
about 3 years Objects are out. Concurrency is in.
about 3 years wow, moving 3 servers across the network was a lot easier than i thought. . . Thanks VMWare!
about 3 years Linear algebra is standing between me and my spring break.
about 3 years server maintenance ... yuck!
about 3 years _why's response to Nokogiri. http://rubyurl.com/V5iw
about 3 years zomg i did not have any coffee today !?
about 3 years finally studying for yet another linear algebra exam! What can be cooler than algebra??
about 3 years has used safari for three days..... I love it! Firefox??
about 3 years Biking the historic north-east
about 3 years people who search for "gordon lightfoot images" find ryan-smith.org to satisfy their curiosity 9 times out of 10.
about 3 years American Apparel clothing is ridiculous. They sell cotton exoskeletons that fit EVERY contour of the human form.
about 3 years Hirb is hot! Sometimes i forget i have a browser. http://rubyurl.com/grDJ
about 3 years working at Eljay's this afternoon
about 3 years just got my copy of Rails Magazine !!
about 3 years can you get to the params hash in a before_save method?
about 3 years tests are passing and only 4 hours begin schedule :)
about 3 years in an attempt to understand factory girl i googled " factory girl belongs to;" needless to say i did not receive an accurate result set.
about 3 years what neighborhood are you in?
about 3 years Java users group is wierd.
about 3 years preparing my twitter client to filter out SXSW tweets.
about 3 years . seven classes away from a math and cs degree!
about 3 years rake is cake! C code just became cool again.
about 3 years AIG, Where American Taxpayer's Dollars Go to Die. http://rubyurl.com/mYOu
about 3 years Fogo De Chao: 1 Ryan Smith: 0
about 3 years Working at the filling station today! Bring your own bicycle.
about 3 years is patching even more google code!
about 3 years 's portfolio is green. WTF.
about 3 years find your local ruby shop http://www.rubymash.com
about 3 years is trying to patch google.
about 3 years GData on Rails http://rubyurl.com/qAXv
about 3 years is praising God. I have been up since 3:45am and i am still solving math problems!
about 3 years Dear Week, I will seize thee.
about 3 years just ordered Rails Magazine issue #1
about 3 years is rocking with Van Morrison and doing math.
about 3 years is getting things (.app) done !
about 3 years just purchased tickets for RailsConf!!
about 3 years at the filling station
about 3 years is there a good OSX & iphone app that integrates with Basecamp's TODO ?
about 3 years the hype is real, OnTheBoard is coming!
about 3 years Just destroyed my linear algebra problem set!
about 3 years ruby by day python by night....
about 3 years working at the downtown grocery store ....
about 3 years last commit for the day! I set out to implement 2 features, ended up finding 4 bugs :)
about 3 years selling my Power Mac http://rubyurl.com/hmrS
about 3 years writing some tests @ muddy's
about 3 years http://www.umbrellatoday.com/ dead simple web app. This is what i am all about!!
about 3 years enjoying 4GB on my MBP. This was a necessary upgrade!
about 3 years http://tinyurl.com/6co7po for painless couchDB OSX install
about 3 years http://linalg.rubyforge.org/ is an excellent set of tools for Linear Algebra. Simplex method here is come!
about 3 years looking for a ruby library that will work on matrices.
about 3 years Is doing some math @ muddy's
over 3 years is studying for Linear Algebra exam
over 3 years learning objective-c ?
over 3 years http://heroku.com is the love of my rails. I just deployed in < 30 sec.
over 3 years nesting comfort in deus ex machina
over 3 years adding iphone interface for www.onemorething.biz using: iphoneonrails.com
over 3 years just integrated twitter with FB?
over 3 years code @ the filling station
over 3 years in compiled! it must work!!
over 3 years just optimized the heck out of his bandwidth consumption problem. mathematica++
over 3 years sunlight labs how i will cherish thee
over 3 years code @ Tea Drops
over 3 years cool git tips .. this one is def. going to my RSS reader http://gitready.com/
over 3 years www.onemorething.biz : never-mind my slow bandwidth or the lack of validations
over 3 years Trying the Google AppEngine tutorial
over 3 years 4.5% .... really ?
over 3 years Taking a power nap and then going to the Roasterie to code :)
over 3 years downloading windows 7 beta
over 3 years (Bicycle + kc)/December = hooray
over 3 years why does github crash ?
over 3 years Out into the evening I shall go.
over 3 years while( has_money) { mint.com }
over 3 years does rails 2.2.2 love polymorphic controllers ?
over 3 years cursing domain-name whores.
over 3 years Diffy Q final here I come.
over 3 years Going hiking in Boulder.
over 3 years Codeing the matrix !http://twitpic.com/ia69
over 3 years working on CS352 Project III
over 3 years Taking it to the max!
over 3 years learning a new test framework for c++
over 3 years Using OSX on campus :)
over 3 years Composing a symphony in C.
over 3 years Bicycle shawnee
over 3 years Is solving systems of odes
almost 4 years going to the beach.
almost 4 years reading / whatever at the K-Terminal O'Hare International Airport