Projectionist: A tumblelog

Fri Apr 28

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Rails core

Nicholas S. - can't wait to ride this bike

Nicholas S. - it'll be like having sex

Nicholas S. - only last 3 hours

Rick O. - sounds hot

Michael K. - sounds like your sex life is lame

Nicholas S. - sounds like your bike life is lame

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“ This is Rails’ greatest contribution, the one that will last longest, because eventually Rails itself will be usurped and something else will come along to pick at its sun-bleached carcass. But the ecosystem it will have left behind will be healthier because of its contributions. ”

Justin Gehtland

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Rails core

Chad F. - David Heinemeier Hansson: what does "JAOO" stand for?

David H. - Java Object Oriented Conference or something

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“ It looks like Microsoft is going to war with Google ”

Analyst in The Times

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Rails core

David H. - Checked in the inspector

Nicholas S. - totally sleeping, night gents

Nicholas S. - *checks into his bed*

Nicholas S. - *PDI's the ordinality of imaginary sheep*

Thu Apr 27

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“ Some things about Io aren’t totally hot yet. ”

Nicholas Seckar

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Henry’s friend from Minnesota

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#rubyonrails

17:43 <htonl> sup bitsweat

17:43 <htonl> how's tricks?

17:43 <bitsweat> turning fewer lately, all the johns are wise

Wed Apr 26

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“ Io is the new lisp in that it’s freaking hot and still crashes a lot. ”

Nicholas Seckar

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37signals

Ryan S. - ich bin ein Irving Berliner!

Tue Apr 25

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Rails core

Chad F. - wow, someone said something in #ocaml

Chad F. - that's the first time i've ever seen that happen

Mon Apr 24

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USA National Gas Temperature Map

I might be movin’ to Montana soon

Sun Apr 23

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“ I always thought Smalltalk would beat Java, I just didn’t know it would be called ‘Ruby’ when it did. ”

Kent Beck

Sat Apr 22

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“ In general, I try to stay away from databases as much as I can. ”

Hal Fulton’s closing statement in a presentation on Oracle/Ruby integration at The Silicon Valley Ruby Conference

Fri Apr 21

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Rails core

Rick O. - hey guys, if anyone wants my 512MB ram for my MBP its yours if you pay shipping

Chad F. - oh cool. how should i pay for the shipping?

Scott B. - pay WITH BLOOD

Thu Apr 20

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Hector

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“ Awareness in technology works exactly the same way as it works in fashion. If the popular guys do it everyone else cargo cults off it. ”

Tobias Luetke

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Writing DSLs in Ruby

Jamis Buck answers the question, “How do you get to the point where you are writing Domain Specific Languages?”

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“ Americans seem to have an insatiable appetite for smut and garbage. ”

“Magazine consultant” in The New York Times

Wed Apr 19

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Unroll an iterator when no block is given

class Module
  def unroll(iterator, unrolled = iterator)
    old_iterator = "iterator_#{iterator}"
    alias_method old_iterator, iterator
    class_eval <<-EVAL, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
      def #{iterator}(*args, &block)
        collection = [] unless block_given?
        send(:#{old_iterator}, *args) do |*objects| 
          # No room for a ternary ;_;
          if block_given?
            yield(*objects)
          else
            collection.push(*objects)
          end
        end
        collection unless block_given?
      end
    EVAL
    alias_method unrolled, iterator
    unless iterator == old_iterator
      alias_method iterator, old_iterator
    end
  end
end

module ObjectSpace
  class << self
    include Enumerable
    unroll :each_object, :objects
    alias_method :each, :each_object
  end
end

p ObjectSpace.objects.size
=> 368
p ObjectSpace.objects(Array).first
=> [:iterator_each_object, Array]
p ObjectSpace.objects.last(3)
=> [Class, Module, Object]

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Rails core

Marcel M. - the best part of that is the "limbering up" part

Dave T. - If they don't limber up, they tend to pull muscles

Marcel M. - esp. the older ones i'd imagine

Dave T. - the older ones we eat

Marcel M. - pragmatic

Mike C. - geriatric

Dave T. - balsamic

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“ Teams of PDF-aware gerbils are this very moment limbering up to deliver your content. ”

After requesting a PDF from the Pragmatic Programmers

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37signals

Jason F. - 7 color sharpies in the hizzie

Jason F. - look out Pointalists

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Rails core

Dave T. - Anyone heard of a filesharing network called Winny?

Dave T. - Like bad English rock bands, it's apparently big in Japan

Mon Apr 17

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“ Relax, it isn’t fair. ”

Doug Martsch in Liar

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“ Rails appears to have reached some sort of critical mass of productivity where ideas that live in the hearts and minds of most people have a chance of getting out and onto the screen. ”

Eric Knapp

Sun Apr 16

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Sat Apr 15

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“ [David Sedaris] says he is acutely conscious of how much of his life has already slipped by waiting for the bill, leading him to conclude that self-service is the answer: ‘I wish I could have all those years back.’ ”

FT

Wed Apr 12

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37signals

Jason F. - isn't that what the customer wants? choice?

Ryan S. - the customer wants dictatorship over a small country, if possible

Tue Apr 11

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“ Yes, UTC really does stand for Coordinated Universal Time. There was a committee involved. ”

Pickaxe II footnote

Fri Apr 7

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Blogosphere Linkology (PDF link)

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“ To me, mainstream is mostly about reaching people who just don’t care. ”

DHH

Thu Apr 6

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Rails core

Sam S. - we should submit an RFC for PDI

Michael K. - recipient MUST do it immediately

Marcel M. - Protocol for Distributed Delegation

Michael K. - instructor SHOULD be extremely arrogant

Michael K. - sorry, 'widely considered extremely arrogant'

Wed Apr 5

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“ The power adapter port on your Macbook Pro contains a magnet that could erase data on a credit card or other magnetic device, if it gets too close. In order to preserve and protect your data, Apple recommends that you keep magnetic media away from the power adapter port. ”

MacBook manual

Tue Apr 4

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Tip Screenshots to the clipboard in Mac OSX

In Mac OSX you can take a screenshot that will be saved directly to your clipboard.

ctrl-shift-cmd-4 will change your cursor to a cross-hair. Drag to select a region of the screen. When you finish dragging, the image data will be saved to your clipboard, reading for pasting into iChat, Mail, or whatever you like.

To capture an entire window, use cmtrl-shift-cmd-4-space.

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Rail Travel proportional map

Sun Apr 2

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“ when a cessation of our connexion was hinted at, that we were untasted on the chimney-piece. She came to her door, with even his mind is troubled with it, that he used all his power to deceive head gently, that she’s a most extraordinary affectionate little… ”

Spametry: “teach or judas”

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Fri Apr 28

Rails core

Rails core

Analyst in The Times

Rails core

Thu Apr 27

Nicholas Seckar

Henry’s friend from Minnesota

#rubyonrails

Wed Apr 26

Nicholas Seckar

37signals

Tue Apr 25

Rails core

Mon Apr 24

Sun Apr 23

Kent Beck

Sat Apr 22

Hal Fulton’s closing statement in a presentation on Oracle/Ruby integration at The Silicon Valley Ruby Conference

Fri Apr 21

Rails core

Thu Apr 20

Hector

Tobias Luetke

“Magazine consultant” in The New York Times

Wed Apr 19

Unroll an iterator when no block is given

Rails core

After requesting a PDF from the Pragmatic Programmers

37signals

Rails core

Mon Apr 17

Doug Martsch in Liar

Sun Apr 16

Monome (video)

Sat Apr 15

Wed Apr 12

37signals

Tue Apr 11

Pickaxe II footnote

Fri Apr 7

Blogosphere Linkology (PDF link)

Thu Apr 6

Rails core

Wed Apr 5

Tue Apr 4

Tip Screenshots to the clipboard in Mac OSX

Rail Travel proportional map

Sun Apr 2

Spametry: “teach or judas”