Archive for December, 2007

Ruby on Rails 2.0 Released

December 8, 2007

It’s here it’s here!  Ruby on Rails 2.0 has been released, loaded with lots of new features and enhancements. I have not had a chance to load it up on one of my servers yet, but I am definitely looking forward to playing with it. Since I started using Rails again a couple [...]

Truly Scary

December 3, 2007

There is a piece of legislation in Congress that has quietly moved through the House of Representatives without so much as a whimper from the media. It passed by a vote of 404-6-22 and will now be sent to the Senate. The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 is not [...]

The Tea Party is Coming

December 2, 2007

If you don’t know what the Boston Tea Party is, it is time to go back to history class or do some reading.  It was one of the pivotal events that sparked the American Revolution and the fight for independence from British rule.  Now, 234 years later, another tea party is coming — Tea Party [...]