links for 2008-02-14

Technology
[20 Things I'm Glad Life Taught Me](https://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/02/20-things-im-glad-life-taught-me.html) A good list to remind one of keeping things in perspective. (tags: [inspiration](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/inspiration)) [JetS3t offers another option for Amazon S3 access - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)](https://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/12/jets3t-offers-another-option-for-amazon-s3-access/) A client application for storing anything on Amazon S3 (tags: [mac](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/mac) [s3](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/s3))

What I learned from Charles Nutter about JRuby

Ruby
The acts_as_conference has passed and was a great time to relax and learn some things related to Ruby. One of talks I was looking forward to was the talk about JRuby from Charles Nutter. I was aware of the JRuby project but never really paid close attention to it but...

acts_as_conference is now history

Ruby on Rails
It’s Saturday night here in Orlando, FL and I just finished listening to Obie Fernandez give the final keynote of a busy two days of talks about Ruby and Ruby on Rails development. The conference was very good, it was hard to believe it was the first time the Rails...

37Signals - Holding the future in your hand

Technology
A recent post over at the 37Signals blog by David about how new products from Apple make you feel like you are holding the future in your hands, reminded me of some of the thoughts I have had over the past year or so since I bought my first iPod....

MarsEdit 2.1 is the best blogging software on the Mac

Apple
I know the title is a bit subjective but I had to make the claim. You see, I am one of those Windows converts to the Mac you read about and I really like it. I admit I am not a 100% convert as my daily work includes writing applications...

links for 2008-02-04

Technology
[Ruby on Rails Website Development Blog from Atlantic Dominion Solutions](https://rorblog.techcfl.com/2008/02/01/merborial-getting-started-with-merb-and-datamapper/) A nice tutorial on getting started with Merb and DataMapper. (tags: [Ruby](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/Ruby) [merb](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/merb) [datamapper](https://del.icio.us/rbazinet/datamapper))

My thoughts on Microsoft buying Yahoo

Microsoft
I have heard over the past year or so rumors about Microsoft buying Yahoo and it never seemed to materialize. You know how rumors get started, it is a good story against the monster Google. Strictly from a shareholder’s point of view this is good news. It’s good news if...