Pilot's Gun Fired on Plane

by jpreardon on March 25, 2008

I always thought the let’s arm the pilots idea was a bad one. Case in point: A Pilot’s Gun discharged on a US Airways flight last weekend.

City Hall Station Tour

by jpreardon on March 15, 2008

I’ve wanted to visit the abandoned City Hall Station for many years. Today, I got my chance; thanks to the New York Transit Museum and the MTA. There are some grainy photos of the abandoned station posted on my photoblog.

Installing Rails on Leopard

by jpreardon on March 8, 2008

Leopard comes with Rails, but I prefer to roll my own in an effort to keep my environment stable. As always Hivelogic has the goods: Installing Ruby, Rubygems, Rails, and Mongrel on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Special bonus: Why (…)

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