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Fun behind the scenes trivia: each Railscasts episode is made up of ~20 different clips. I gave up doing single takes long ago.
weird, my macbook battery won't charge over 97%..
You don't need to organize your todo list. You need to find the motivation to do the list. And sometimes organizing it provides motivation.
Sometimes I think if I type faster I can fit more in the 140 character limit.
if a picture is worth a thousand words, a screencast must be worth a million.
@kellishaver that's cool. I can ride a unicycle as well, but I'll leave juggling hatchets and flaming things for your neighbor. ;)
I'm always amazed by the number of jugglers I meet in developer communities.
@amiel yes! Juggling is a classic example of this and where I first learned it. :)
Beginners can teach beginners better than experts can teach beginners.
http://railscasts.com uses #passenger - been running for many months with little hassle or restarts.
I have to constantly remind myself: Stop thinking so much about the implementation when writing tests.
Will 2009 be the death of many trade shows? It seems to be one of the first to go in exhibitor budget cuts in these tighter times.
@topfunky no more TextMate, Geoff? Maybe a blog post about your reason for switching?
Despite what some may say, I still think Rails is one of the nicest communities to be a part of. Thanks guys.
I'm convinced if you cut half the scenes in WALL-E it would be an improvement. It's just toooo slow.
@jrfernandez I don't think there is a console task in capistrano. But you can make one: http://tinyurl.com/5z3w76
lets be extra productive this morning
tip if you're a solo developer: ending your programming session with a single failing test can help you quickly start where you left off.
@peterc very nice background image of Sim City 2000, man I loved that game.
@lawrencecurtis there is a Railscasts episode on the debugger, you can find it here. http://tinyurl.com/5pwhym
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