RubyConf, with extra Epcot action
November 10th, 2008 by ymendel 0 comments »
Another RubyConf has come and gone, and nothing really makes a conference special like driving over 10 hours in each direction. That wasn’t my specific experience because I had some other engagements that turned the trip into a Houston/Austin/Orlando flying junket, but the other two guys can tell you all about it. The drive back started with breakfast at the most amazing McDonald’s we’ve ever seen, possibly the most amazing in existence. It’s a shame we didn’t think to get proof of the crazy.
But there’s more to a conference than the travel, like staying at a resort hotel with a lazy river. And drinking beer while having testing-related conversations with wonderful members of the community. And racing go karts.
There were also talks, of course. I was on the roster as part of the “Two Turntables and a Git Repo” talk, which went swimmingly. Mr. Ben Bleything and I apparently know how to please a crowd, and I like to think maybe they actually learned something as well. This time I’m not going to bother putting up my slides on slideshare because they don’t make a lot of sense without me and without the music. Confreaks were there, so the video will do the subject more justice.
Anyway, you really want to see the video of Aaron Patterson and John Barnette presenting about Johnson.
Agile Elsewhere: github inline editing
October 23rd, 2008 by vinbarnes 0 comments »
If I recall, this feature was released back in August so I'm a little late in heaping my praise gravy on the Thanksgiving turkey that is the github crew. But this is the first time I had the need to use it. I noticed some formatting for the README.rdoc in my project was b0rked.
I clicked the little edit link. Made my changes. Added a commit message. Hit the Commit button. Voila! And all on one page. Easy as cake!
Talk about agile!
OGC electioneering adds yard signs!
October 21st, 2008 by rickbradley 0 comments »
Ready for the election to be over? Enlightened about your once and future disenfranchisement? Need more fun than getting cranked up on Olde English and driving over the McBama signs in your neighbors’ yards?
OGC, as always, is here to help.
Exercise your First Amendment rights as a fifth-year senior in the elecotral college with our brand-spankin’-new “I’ll Vote When I’m Dead” Yard Signs:
And remember: the bottom of the boot always looks the same!
