Adhearsion at Ruby Hoedown '07

by jpreardon on August 22, 2007

I first heard about Adhearsion at GoRuCo ’07. Jay’s talk at GoRuCo was great and I think it got a lot of people excited about VoIP. Since then, he has really polished his presentation. At the Ruby Hoedown, he introduced (…)

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ReCycling at NYU

by jpreardon on August 21, 2007

NYU and Time’s Up! are working together to reclaim and repair bikes that are abandoned on the NYU campus. NYU sophomore, Emily Allen, and others won a $5,000 grant from NYU to start the program. The grant money goes towards (…)

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ActiveRecord Tutorial

by jpreardon on August 21, 2007

Rails Envy has a great screencast tutorial on ActiveRecord. Gregg does a great job explaining a couple concepts that can be difficult to grasp like has many :through and polymorphic relationships. This is well worth watching for anyone new to (…)

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My Motorcycle Touring Essentials

by jpreardon on August 21, 2007

This is an ongoing list of things I’ve learned to bring along on longer motorcycle trips. Most of the things listed here are luxury items that one can certainly do without. I, however, prefer not to rough it too much. (…)

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Its Electric!

by jpreardon on August 21, 2007

Curious about which plugs you’ll need to connect your electronic gear to the grid in another country? Check out Electricity Around the World which covers pretty much everything you need to know. All countries are listed along with the voltage (…)

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(Really) Getting Started with Ruby

by jpreardon on August 6, 2007

About a year ago, my curiosity was piqued by Ruby on Rails. I picked up a copy of Agile Web Development with Rails and built a quick sample site. But, I realized that more than a cursory knowledge of Ruby (…)

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Intro to Abject-Oriented Programming

by jpreardon on August 4, 2007

You know about object-oriented programming and all its goodness. Now, step up to abject-oriented programming. Learning to work in an abject-oriented (AO) environment is important since there is a high demand for people that can maintain existing abject code (there (…)

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Amsterdam Notes

by jpreardon on August 3, 2007

Amsterdam is a wonderful city that I never seem to tire of. It has been several years since my last visit and my notes are terrible so, I have only a couple actual recommendations listed below. My best advice is (…)

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Amazon Flexible Payments Service

by jpreardon on August 3, 2007

Amazon has added payments to its stable of web services. The Amazon Flexible Payments Service (FPS) gives developers a way to send and receive payments between credit cards, bank or Amazon accounts. In addition to making basic payment transactions, developers (…)

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