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boston _posts/2007-12-13-snowocalypse-boston-12-13-2007.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/simple-caching-of-markdown-markdown-in-your-model +permalink: /posts/simple-caching-of-markdown-markdown-in-your-model.html title: Simple caching of markdown markdown in your model tags: - markdown _posts/2007-12-18-simple-caching-of-markdown-markdown-in-your-model.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/git-links-for-2007-01-05 +permalink: /posts/git-links-for-2007-01-05.html title: "git: links for 2008-01-05" tags: - git _posts/2008-01-06-git-links-for-2007-01-05.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/gitosis-on-gentoo +permalink: /posts/gitosis-on-gentoo.html title: Gitosis on Gentoo tags: - gentoo _posts/2008-01-18-gitosis-on-gentoo.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/more-git-links-2008-02-14 +permalink: /posts/more-git-links-2008-02-14.html title: "More git: links 2008-02-14" tags: - git _posts/2008-02-14-more-git-links-2008-02-14.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/guide-to-gentoo-announcements +permalink: /posts/guide-to-gentoo-announcements.html title: Guide to Gentoo Announcements tags: - announcements _posts/2008-02-20-guide-to-gentoo-announcements.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/gentoo-prefix-as-an-alternative-to-macports-fink +permalink: /posts/gentoo-prefix-as-an-alternative-to-macports-fink.html title: Gentoo Prefix as an alternative to MacPorts, Fink tags: - cvs _posts/2008-02-21-gentoo-prefix-as-an-alternative-to-macports-fink.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/meet-merb-action-methods-taking-arguments +permalink: /posts/meet-merb-action-methods-taking-arguments.html title: "Meet Merb: Action methods taking arguments" tags: - merb _posts/2008-02-28-meet-merb-action-methods-taking-arguments.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/meet-merb +permalink: /posts/meet-merb.html title: Meet Merb tags: - merb _posts/2008-02-28-meet-merb.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/hacking-on-wikipedia-links-for-2008-03-20 +permalink: /posts/hacking-on-wikipedia-links-for-2008-03-20.html title: "Hacking on Wikipedia: links for 2008-03-20" tags: - api _posts/2008-03-20-hacking-on-wikipedia-links-for-2008-03-20.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/shoulda-and-assert-2-0-make-swell-bedfellows +permalink: /posts/shoulda-and-assert-2-0-make-swell-bedfellows.html title: Shoulda and assert{2.0} make swell bedfellows tags: - assert2.0 _posts/2008-04-06-shoulda-and-assert-2-0-make-swell-bedfellows.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/haml-be-blowing-my-spot +permalink: /posts/haml-be-blowing-my-spot.html title: Haml be blowing my spot tags: - haml _posts/2008-04-07-haml-be-blowing-my-spot.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/follow-up-haml-no-longer-be-blowing-my-spot +permalink: /posts/follow-up-haml-no-longer-be-blowing-my-spot.html title: "Follow up: Haml no longer be blowing my spot" tags: - haml _posts/2008-04-08-follow-up-haml-no-longer-be-blowing-my-spot.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/shoulda-macros-allows-you-to-embrace-your-inner-slacker +permalink: /posts/shoulda-macros-allows-you-to-embrace-your-inner-slacker.html title: Shoulda macros allows you to embrace your inner slacker tags: - rails _posts/2008-04-09-shoulda-macros-allows-you-to-embrace-your-inner-slacker.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/tell-hoe-what-tests-to-run +permalink: /posts/tell-hoe-what-tests-to-run.html title: Tell Hoe what tests to run tags: - hoe _posts/2008-04-10-tell-hoe-what-tests-to-run.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/meet-merb-ezra-s-mountainwest-rubyconf-talk +permalink: /posts/meet-merb-ezra-s-mountainwest-rubyconf-talk.html title: "Meet Merb: Ezra's MountainWest RubyConf Talk" tags: - merb _posts/2008-04-11-meet-merb-ezra-s-mountainwest-rubyconf-talk.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/ensuring-you-get-credit-where-credit-is-due-with-creative-commons +permalink: /posts/ensuring-you-get-credit-where-credit-is-due-with-creative-commons.html title: "Ensuring you get credit where credit is due with Creative Commons " tags: - gentoo _posts/2008-04-12-ensuring-you-get-credit-where-credit-is-due-with-creative-commons.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/bdd-with-shoulda-talk-from-mountainwest-rubyconf +permalink: /posts/bdd-with-shoulda-talk-from-mountainwest-rubyconf.html title: BDD with Shoulda talk from MountainWest RubyConf tags: - bdd _posts/2008-04-13-bdd-with-shoulda-talk-from-mountainwest-rubyconf.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/github-forking-a-project +permalink: /posts/github-forking-a-project.html title: "GitHub: Forking a project" tags: - git _posts/2008-04-14-github-forking-a-project.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/github-requesting-your-changes-be-pulled-from-a-fork +permalink: /posts/github-requesting-your-changes-be-pulled-from-a-fork.html title: "GitHub: Requesting your changes be pulled from a fork" tags: - git _posts/2008-04-15-github-requesting-your-changes-be-pulled-from-a-fork.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/github-forking-versus-being-a-committer +permalink: /posts/github-forking-versus-being-a-committer.html title: "GitHub: Forking versus being a committer" tags: - git _posts/2008-04-16-github-forking-versus-being-a-committer.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/dead-easy-nginx-configuration-on-gentoo +permalink: /posts/dead-easy-nginx-configuration-on-gentoo.html title: Dead easy nginx configuration on Gentoo tags: - gentoo _posts/2008-04-18-dead-easy-nginx-configuration-on-gentoo.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/how-to-raise-the-bar-for-contributing-to-your-open-source-project +permalink: /posts/how-to-raise-the-bar-for-contributing-to-your-open-source-project.html title: How to raise the bar to contribute to your open source project tags: - open source _posts/2008-04-20-how-to-raise-the-bar-for-contributing-to-your-open-source-project.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/boston-rb-hackfest-4-15-post-mortem +permalink: /posts/boston-rb-hackfest-4-15-post-mortem.html title: Boston.rb Hackfest 4/15 Post Mortem tags: - boston _posts/2008-04-22-boston-rb-hackfest-4-15-post-mortem.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/piston-and-git-for-the-win +permalink: /posts/piston-and-git-for-the-win.html title: piston and git for the win tags: - git _posts/2008-04-23-piston-and-git-for-the-win.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/boston-rb-hackfest-4-29-post-mortem +permalink: /posts/boston-rb-hackfest-4-29-post-mortem.html title: Boston.rb Hackfest 4/29 Post Mortem tags: - boston _posts/2008-04-30-boston-rb-hackfest-4-29-post-mortem.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/managing-rubygems-on-gentoo +permalink: /posts/managing-rubygems-on-gentoo.html title: Managing RubyGems on Gentoo tags: - gems _posts/2008-05-05-managing-rubygems-on-gentoo.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/boston-rb-hackfest-5-07-post-mortem +permalink: /posts/boston-rb-hackfest-5-07-post-mortem.html title: Boston.rb Hackfest 5/07 Post Mortem tags: - boston _posts/2008-05-07-boston-rb-hackfest-5-07-post-mortem.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/using-a-gentoo-prefixed-shell-as-your-login-shell +permalink: /posts/using-a-gentoo-prefixed-shell-as-your-login-shell.html title: Using a Gentoo Prefixed shell as your login shell tags: - gentoo _posts/2008-05-08-using-a-gentoo-prefixed-shell-as-your-login-shell.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/better-partials-with-better-partials +permalink: /posts/better-partials-with-better-partials.html title: Better partials with better-partials tags: - better-partials _posts/2008-05-13-better-partials-with-better-partials.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/more-gentoo-development-links-than-you-probably-need +permalink: /posts/more-gentoo-development-links-than-you-probably-need.html title: More Gentoo development links than you probably need tags: - gentoo _posts/2008-05-14-more-gentoo-development-links-than-you-probably-need.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/notes-from-barcampboston3 +permalink: /posts/notes-from-barcampboston3.html title: Notes from BarCampBoston3 tags: - barcamp _posts/2008-05-19-notes-from-barcampboston3.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/site-updates +permalink: /posts/site-updates.html title: Site updates tags: [] _posts/2008-05-22-site-updates.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/managing-svn-ignore-with-impunity +permalink: /posts/managing-svn-ignore-with-impunity.html title: Managing svn:ignore with impunity tags: - rails _posts/2008-05-23-managing-svn-ignore-with-impunity.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/playing-with-heroku +permalink: /posts/playing-with-heroku.html title: Playing with heroku tags: - git _posts/2008-05-25-playing-with-heroku.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/ebuild-protip-know-when-to-not-define-your-own-src_unpack +permalink: /posts/ebuild-protip-know-when-to-not-define-your-own-src_unpack.html title: "Ebuild Protip: Know when to NOT define your own src_unpack" tags: - ebuild _posts/2008-05-27-ebuild-protip-know-when-to-not-define-your-own-src_unpack.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/ebuild-protip-use-emerge-debug-to-figure-out-what-s-happening-2 +permalink: /posts/ebuild-protip-use-emerge-debug-to-figure-out-what-s-happening-2.html title: "Ebuild Protip: Use emerge --debug to figure out what's happening" tags: - ebuild _posts/2008-05-29-ebuild-protip-use-emerge-debug-to-figure-out-what-s-happening-2.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/my-bad-planet-gentoo +permalink: /posts/my-bad-planet-gentoo.html title: My bad, Planet Gentoo tags: - gentoo _posts/2008-05-29-my-bad-planet-gentoo.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/ebuild-protip-only-fetch-from-src_uri +permalink: /posts/ebuild-protip-only-fetch-from-src_uri.html title: "Ebuild Protip: Only fetch from SRC_URI " tags: - ebuild _posts/2008-05-31-ebuild-protip-only-fetch-from-src_uri.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/embracing-your-paranoia-with-acts_as_paranoid +permalink: /posts/embracing-your-paranoia-with-acts_as_paranoid.html title: Embracing your paranoia with acts_as_paranoid tags: - acts_as_paranoid _posts/2008-05-31-embracing-your-paranoia-with-acts_as_paranoid.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/software-development-practices-and-lessons-seen-while-moving-into-a-new-apartment +permalink: /posts/software-development-practices-and-lessons-seen-while-moving-into-a-new-apartment.html title: Software development practices and lessons seen while moving into a new apartment tags: - software development _posts/2008-06-06-software-development-practices-and-lessons-seen-while-moving-into-a-new-apartment.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/boston-ruby-group-meeting-june-2008-summary +permalink: /posts/boston-ruby-group-meeting-june-2008-summary.html title: Boston Ruby Group Meeting June 2008 Summary tags: - boston _posts/2008-06-11-boston-ruby-group-meeting-june-2008-summary.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/configure-git-to-globally-ignore-some-files +permalink: /posts/configure-git-to-globally-ignore-some-files.html title: Configure git to globally ignore some files tags: - gentoo _posts/2008-06-13-configure-git-to-globally-ignore-some-files.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/getting-back-to-my-vim-roots-with-macvim +permalink: /posts/getting-back-to-my-vim-roots-with-macvim.html title: Getting back to my vim roots with MacVim tags: - macvim _posts/2008-06-17-getting-back-to-my-vim-roots-with-macvim.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/a-walk-through-of-test-driven-development-with-shoulda +permalink: /posts/a-walk-through-of-test-driven-development-with-shoulda.html title: A walk through of test-driven development with shoulda tags: - rails _posts/2008-06-23-a-walk-through-of-test-driven-development-with-shoulda.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/refactoring-a-activerecord-callback +permalink: /posts/refactoring-a-activerecord-callback.html title: Refactoring an ActiveRecord callback tags: - activerecord _posts/2008-07-03-refactoring-a-activerecord-callback.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/manage-your-markup-with-has_markup +permalink: /posts/manage-your-markup-with-has_markup.html title: Manage your markup with has_markup tags: - markdown _posts/2008-08-02-manage-your-markup-with-has_markup.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/making-factory_girl-even-easier-on-rails +permalink: /posts/making-factory_girl-even-easier-on-rails.html title: Making factory_girl even easier on Rails tags: - factories _posts/2008-08-18-making-factory_girl-even-easier-on-rails.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/creating-a-svn-authorsfile-when-migrating-from-subversion-to-git +permalink: /posts/creating-a-svn-authorsfile-when-migrating-from-subversion-to-git.html title: Creating a svn.authorsfile when migrating from subversion to git tags: - git _posts/2008-09-07-creating-a-svn-authorsfile-when-migrating-from-subversion-to-git.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/shoulda-2-0-0-now-with-gem-power +permalink: /posts/shoulda-2-0-0-now-with-gem-power.html title: shoulda 2.0.0, now with gem power tags: - gem _posts/2008-09-15-shoulda-2-0-0-now-with-gem-power.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/determine-if-content_for-was-used +permalink: /posts/determine-if-content_for-was-used.html title: Determine if content_for was used tags: - content_for _posts/2008-09-17-determine-if-content_for-was-used.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/textmate-bundle-management +permalink: /posts/textmate-bundle-management.html title: TextMate Bundle Management tags: - haml _posts/2008-09-23-textmate-bundle-management.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/use-actioncontroller-testcase +permalink: /posts/use-actioncontroller-testcase.html title: Use ActionController::TestCase tags: - rails _posts/2008-09-25-use-actioncontroller-testcase.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/rails-special-sauce-test-unit-setup-and-teardown +permalink: /posts/rails-special-sauce-test-unit-setup-and-teardown.html title: "Rails special sauce: Test::Unit setup and teardown" tags: - activesupport _posts/2008-09-28-rails-special-sauce-test-unit-setup-and-teardown.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/shoulda-can-automatically-load-custom-macros +permalink: /posts/shoulda-can-automatically-load-custom-macros.html title: Shoulda can automatically load custom macros tags: - rails _posts/2008-09-29-shoulda-can-automatically-load-custom-macros.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/helper-testing-using-actionview-testcase +permalink: /posts/helper-testing-using-actionview-testcase.html title: helper testing using ActionView::TestCase tags: - helper _posts/2008-10-05-helper-testing-using-actionview-testcase.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/introducing-flockup-find-similar-users-on-twitter +permalink: /posts/introducing-flockup-find-similar-users-on-twitter.html title: "Introducing FlockUp : Find Similar Users on Twitter" tags: - rails _posts/2008-10-23-introducing-flockup-find-similar-users-on-twitter.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/rcov-for-almost-any-occasion +permalink: /posts/rcov-for-almost-any-occasion.html title: RCov for almost any occasion tags: - rcov _posts/2008-10-28-rcov-for-almost-any-occasion.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/implementing-a-simple-logging-irc-bot +permalink: /posts/implementing-a-simple-logging-irc-bot.html title: Implementing a simple logging IRC bot tags: - chat _posts/2008-11-14-implementing-a-simple-logging-irc-bot.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/snif-tag-has-launched +permalink: /posts/snif-tag-has-launched.html title: SNIF Tag has launched! tags: - sniftag _posts/2008-11-24-snif-tag-has-launched.markdown @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -permalink: /posts/presentation-rake-the-familiar-stranger +permalink: /posts/presentation-rake-the-familiar-stranger.html title: "Presentation: Rake, The Familiar Stranger" tags: - boston _posts/2008-12-13-presentation-rake-the-familiar-stranger.markdown @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ title: Portfolio Here you can find some of my finest works, in the form of websites and presentations. </p> <div id='quicklinks'></div> -<h2>Quick links</h2> + +<h1>Quick links</h1> <dl> <dt>Websites</dt> @@ -22,11 +23,13 @@ title: Portfolio <dd><a href="/portfolio#rails_rumble_2008_presentation">RailsRumble 2008 Retrospective</a></dd> <dd><a href="/portfolio#rake_presentation">Rake: The Familiar Stranger</a></dd> </dl> + <div id='websites'></div> -<h2>Websites</h2> + +<h1>Websites</h1> <div id='technicalpickles'> - <h3><a href="/posts">Technical Pickles</a></h3> + <h2><a href="/posts">Technical Pickles</a></h2> <div> <p>You're looking at it!</p> <p>One of the goals of this site is to be my central web presence. To that end, you can find my resume and portfolio, and link to my content on other sites.</p> @@ -59,8 +62,9 @@ title: Portfolio <p>I host the source for this on <a href="http://github.com">GitHub</a> in a private repository.</p> </div> </div> + <div id='bostonrb'> - <h3><a href="http://bostonrb.org">Boston.rb</a></h3> + <h2><a href="http://bostonrb.org">Boston.rb</a></h2> <div> <p>This site was built to serve as a portal for everything having to do with Ruby in the Boston area. Among other things, we currently provide:</p> @@ -75,12 +79,12 @@ title: Portfolio </div> </div> <div id='sniftag'> - <h3><a href="http://sniftag.com">SNIF Tag</a></h3> + <h2><a href="http://sniftag.com">SNIF Tag</a></h2> <p>I came onboard at <a href='http://sniflabs.com'>SNIF Labs</a> a few months before their big launch. A large portion of my work was preparing for this, usually in the form of improving the site's infrastructure and maintainability.</p> </div> <div id='flockup'> - <h3><a href="http://flockup.com">FlockUp</a></h3> + <h2><a href="http://flockup.com">FlockUp</a></h2> <p>FlockUp is a tool for helping connect users on <a href='http://twitter.com'>Twitter</a>. Twitter is a big place, so it can be hard to find the right people to associate with. FlockUp's goal is to help people find others with similiar interests.</p> <p>FlockUp was built in 48 hours as part the <a href='http://2008.railsrumble.com'>RailsRumble 2008 competition</a>, collaborating with fellow Boston Rubyist and Twitterer <a href='http://twitter.com/explodingtrees'>Wyatt Greene</a>. We did all the interface design, feature planning, and general technical direction in the weeks before the competition. The 48 hours was used for graphic design, implementation, and deployment.</p> @@ -101,17 +105,17 @@ title: Portfolio <p>It was deployed to a Linode slice running nginx and MySQL on Gentoo Linux</p> </div> <div id='presentations'> - <h2>Presentations</h2> + <h1>Presentations</h1> <div id='git_presentation'> - <h3>git as a subversion replacement</h3> + <h2>git as a subversion replacement</h2> <p>I gave this talk at the June 2008 Boston Ruby Group meeting. The slides are available:</p> <div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_461544"><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=git-as-a-subversion-replacement-1213205019180775-9"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=git-as-a-subversion-replacement-1213205019180775-9" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/?src=embed"><img src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/logo_embd.png" style="border:0px none;margin-bottom:-5px" alt="SlideShare"/></a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/technicalpickles/git-as-a-subversion-replacement?src=embed" title="View Git As A Subversion Replacement on SlideShare">View</a> | <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/upload?src=embed">Upload your own</a></div></div> <p>It was also included on the 'featured' section of SlideShare on June 12th, 2008.</p> </div> <div id='extracting_plugins_presentation'> - <h3>Extracting Plugins and Gems from Rails application</h3> + <h2>Extracting Plugins and Gems from Rails application</h2> <p>I gave this talk at the October 2008 Boston Ruby Group Meeting. The slides are available:</p> <div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_658828"><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=extracting-plugins-and-gems-from-rails-apps-1224042444095073-9&stripped_title=extracting-plugins-and-gems-from-rails-apps-presentation" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=extracting-plugins-and-gems-from-rails-apps-1224042444095073-9&stripped_title=extracting-plugins-and-gems-from-rails-apps-presentation" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></div> </div> @@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ title: Portfolio <p><a href='http://dancroak.com'>Dan Croak</a>, <a href='http://twitter.com/explodingtrees'>Wyatt Greene</a>, and myself gave this presentation at the November 2008 Bosotn Ruby Group Meeting.</p> </div> <div id='rake_presentation'> - <h3>Rake: The Familiar Stranger</h3> + <h2>Rake: The Familiar Stranger</h2> <p>I gave this talk at the December 2008 Boston Ruby Group Meeting. The slides and video are available:</p> <object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2496890&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2496890&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object></p> portfolio.html 77b6a56dadb3fdac90f3e9e26b5f595c544621f9 Josh Nichols josh@technicalpickles.com http://github.com/technicalpickles/technicalpickles.github.com/commit/f15c42b68bc38a27fc70824b2c30c9ffad601569 f15c42b68bc38a27fc70824b2c30c9ffad601569

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We may be cool with the new design. e2889bf31083df2c506def9130ec67e44e325149 Josh Nichols josh@technicalpickles.com