A couple blogs worth checking out...
October 27, 2005 @ 01:45 AMHarriet Miers withdrew her nomination this morning…. I have to admit, the Dems played this one out PERFECTLY… Not normally known for their good foresight, the Democratic Party as a whole basically just sat back and watched this whole thing happen. The less intelligent thing to do - and in fact what I was expecting all along - would have been to attack Miers from the very beginning. But instead they just let the whole thing fall apart without saying a word, which makes them look like they were willing to be fair and discuss the nomination, etc etc… VERY well done. We on the right would be wise to learn from that move.
For developers only…
I’ve recently ran across a couple blogs that are worth checking out, especially if you’re into software development (perhaps only if you’re into software development. I dunno, could go either way.). The first one I found while listening through some episodes of the Ruby on Rails podcast… Slash7 is a blog by Amy Hoy. I’d never heard of her until her interview on the podcast, but after doing a little looking around and reading her blog, she appears to be headed up the ladder of geek celebrity. Great writing style, and obviously a very accomplished developer/designer/geek.
Secondly, I’ve been reading a blog by David Heinemeier Hansson the last couple days (called Loud Thinking). David developed the Rails framework for Ruby. Most of you know I recently started poking around with Ruby in general, and Rails specifically, and so far I’m enjoying it. If you’re interesting in Ruby on Rails, check out LoudThinking.
Speaking of Rails... I’m thinking that I could go back and try to redo a lot of my personal projects in Ruby on Rails. I have several that I started in Java and just never quite finished… CuteTogether.com, for example…. it’s ALMOST done… just needs to respect the gender preferences, handle images properly and provide actual results. The thing is, it took me a long time to get to that point. I was trying to learn some new Java technologies in the process, but regardless it took a decent amount of time. Which is why I quit working on it. I think I could redo the whole thing in Rails in the time it would take me to figure out where I left off on the current version.
Anyway, that’s all for now!
Relevant Links
David Heinemeier Hansson – http://www.loudthinking.com
Amy Hoy – http://www.slash7.com