It’s that time of year again. The Call for Papers for RubyNation 2011 is now open! If you’d like to speak at the conference on April 1 -2, get your proposals in now.
Garbage Collection and the Ruby Heap
I just published this detailed Ruby internals talk from Joe Amato and Aman Gupta, which is available at Blip.tv. From RubyNation 2010.
Search Now Available
It’s long overdue, but I just added a search capability to this blog site. I leveraged Google’s AdSense-supported search capability, which was painless and easy, with only a few minor quirks (easily corrected via CSS).
Persistence Smoothie: Blending SQL and NOSQL in Ruby Applications
I just published this RubyNation video about NOSQL databases from Michael Bleigh (of Intridea fame), which is available at Blip.tv.
DevIgnition!!!
I’m at DevIgnition 2010 in Reston, VA. There are great talks on Java, JavaScript, JRuby, Clojure and other topics. Plus, I’m responsible for videotaping all of the conference sessions.
WordPress and Zombies
This is a an excellent WordPress presentation from Brad Williams, the author of “Professional WordPress Design and Development.” The presentation provides detailed examples for creating custom post types and custom taxonomies in WordPress 3+, but with a distinct and humorous zombie flavor.
Jeremy McAnally Interview
In this interview, Gray Herter talks with Ruby expert Jeremy McAnally about his Rails 3.0 talk at RubyNation 2010.
Note: The link has been removed because the video is no longer available. Mostly because Blip.tv sucked as a hosting platform.
The Ruby Insurgency
The Joe O’Brien and Jim Weirich talk, “The Ruby Insurgency,” is now available on Blip.tv, featuring imaginative skits to show Rubyists the mindset of customers. And, of course, our own Dave Bock makes a special guest appearance in the video. Check it out!
Lexie Hayden Album Cover
My friend, Dave McVicar, did a photo shoot for singer Lexie Hayden, who is the daughter of a friend of his. Two of his pictures became the front and back covers of her new album.
Fixed IE Glitches, Finally
I hate Internet Explorer, especially older versions. Getting CSS to work properly with IE is painful. However, I’m happy to say that I just finished stomping out a few KeenerTech CSS glitches that affected ONLY IE, but worked in every other browser in existence.