Who is Jay Ruby? Oh, “JRuby”…
I went to the local Barnes and Noble to check out JRuby on Rails and was amused when the clerk started an author search for “Jay Ruby” when I asked if it was in stock.
Archive for November, 2007
IPDemocracy on Amazon’s Kindle: It’s for the students, stupid.
Tens of millions of people do have immediate needs for books and they’re called students. Or the parents of students. From high school on up, students are frequently asked to read or access scholarly or important books not available at Barnes and Noble or even the campus book store or even school libraries. [...]
The right tool for the job is not often a shotgun.
SOUTHWORTH, Wash. - A man trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut blasted the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both legs, Kitsap County sheriff’s deputies said. Seattle PI: Kitsap County man uses shotgun to loosen lug nut, is hospitalized
Overheard in Seattle
The Seattle Metro Blog has a good overheard quote today:
At the Hollywood Video on Broadway: Clerk: Would you like to buy candy for our children’s charity? Customer: Candy? For a children’s charity? That’s not a charity for children [...]
Developers: It’s good to know the business domain, but don’t fool yourself into believing that you’re the domain expert instead of the business.
Remember: You are a developer… unless you are paying yourself to develop software.
It’s good to know the business domain, but don’t fool yourself into believing that you’re the domain expert instead of the business. Jeremy Miller