SapphireSteel :: How To Create a Ruby On Rails Blog - Part One

SapphireSteel :: How To Create a Ruby On Rails Blog - Part One: "How To Create a Ruby On Rails Blog - Part One
by Huw Collingbourne
Part One: Entering Posts

For many people, the one thing that really ‘turned them on’ to Ruby On Rails was the twenty minute demo given by Rails’ creator, David Heinemeier Hansson in which he showed how to create a weblog complete with user-submitted comments. You can watch his original demo online here: http://www.rubyonrails.com/screencasts."

Interesting combination :: using a .Net version of Ruby; generating a popular reference application.

Com-Pac Yachts: Trailerable Cat Boats, Trailerable Cruisers, and Cruising Sailboats

Com-Pac Yachts: Trailerable Cat Boats, Trailerable Cruisers, and Cruising Sailboats: "Welcome to the Com-Pac Idea

Com-Pac Yachts began business in 1974 with our first boat, the Com-Pac 16. The idea then was to build a seaworthy yacht with a strong commitment to value. (For the full story, see Hutchins Company Profile.) Since then we have expanded our line and today we have nine models, four cat-rigged and five sloop rigged. The Com-Pac line covers a wide range of sizes from a 14' day sailor to a 35' bluewater cruiser. Each model, regardless of size, is built with the same exacting attention to detail and that same commitment to value."

These trailerable boats, especially the cats that look like they have a lot of room for living and simple rigging seem very attractive. Can they sail? If so they might be perfect for the Delta and Baja.

FiveThirtyEight.com: Politics Done Right: For Obama, Will Familiarity Erode Contempt?

FiveThirtyEight.com: Politics Done Right: For Obama, Will Familiarity Erode Contempt?

This is, flat out, one of the most interesting comments on the election I've seen. A taste:

My focus is on the South in particular, because it's not clear if there are especially meaningful patterns in this data outside of that region; Obama had no trouble winning over white voters in relatively black non-southern states like Michigan, New York, or Maryland. There are fifteen states that I define as Southern. Obama drew a larger percentage of the white vote than John Kerry in five of them, a smaller share (sometimes substantially smaller) in four of them, and got exactly the same percentage in the other six.

The driving factor in determining how Obama performed vis-à-vis John Kerry, however, appears as though it might not be race, but rather how much Obama camaigned in a given state. According to the New York Times candidate tracker, Obama campaigned extensively -- by which I mean, he actually went out and spent a lot of time on the ground -- in 6 of the 15 Southern states. These include Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, and Missouri (where Obama campaigned extensively in the general election cycle), as well as South Carolina and Texas (where Obama campaigned extensively in the primaries). The other nine Southern states, Obama did not have more than a couple of apperances in, and several he did not visit at all.

I said 'interesting'. I'm not sure if I believe it. I'd like to.

Adobe Acrobat.com

The adobe tool suite enters a new phase with air-based tools like Buzzword (word processing) and AdobeConnect (desktop sharing & communication).
Buzzword is quite slick, but I'm not. My spelling is poor and I would not consider use of a word processor w/o a reasonable spell checker. Buzzword has spell check on a menu, but it is lame, lame, lame.

Adobe Acrobat.com

Gmail: Voice and video chat

Nice. Especially if it works.

Gmail: Voice and video chat

Live Election Coverage?