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Wimbledon! And no blogging for some time.

Yes, that’s right. Wimbledon started today (though NBC coverage doesn’t start until Saturday). I have strawberries. I have cream. I have tea. Heck, I even have Pimms. Life is good.
On the whole coding front, it seems that in my excitement to learn how to code by picking a project and diving right in, I’ve forgotten […]

Coding begins!

So, I’ve posted a small roadmap at this page on Dan’s/everybody’s wiki, and am now in the process of installing Ruby on Rails locally on OSX, using the guide linked to from the Ruby on Rails homepage.
Anyway, the guide recommends having a tasty beverage to drink while waiting for things to compile. In that vein, […]

What’s wrong with RailsPlayground?

This has been a long time (I haven’t measured, but at least several weeks) since railsplayground.com is having difficulties. I can’t seem to even load http://railsplayground.com/cpanel, and that has nothing to do with my account. It simply won’t load. I don’t even have the opportunity to put in a bad password. Arrgggh.
On the bright side, […]


Loyalty Oath

Though wagging his tail,
Dan barked, "Throw the traitor in jail!"
So to soothe the bulldog,
I insist I won't blog, but


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