Postmodern LOL*s
I dig the postmodern image
macros. Like lolcats, but the words have little if anything to do with
the subject of the photo.
Posted at 19:18
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Advanced Rails Recipes It's pretty cool to get this published. It's my first dead-trees
publication. Yes, of course I will be happy to autograph your copy. ;-)
The story behind the writing to the recipe is an interesting one. I found
out that my recipe had been accepted for the book just before I left for
Europe for my 6-week long trip. The deadline was early July, so I had to
write the whole thing at internet cafes in various states of decrepitude
all over Europe.
Thank god for poorly secured Windows computers! Without them, I wouldn't
have been abled to install Putty and log into a server to test out the
code I was writing about. Another challenge was trying to write a
technical document on Google Docs with foreign keyboards revolting
against me like French peasants. Another fun fact: Copying and pasting
in Google Docs crashes IE 6. Oops!
Despite these challenges, I got it done on time. In the end, the book was
delayed, so I probably didn't need to sweat it. But I think it was worth
it.
I'm happy to report that my contribution to
Advanced Rails Recipes edited by
Mike Clark has been published. If you buy the beta book, you can read my
recipe: "Receiving E-mail Reliably via POP or IMAP."
Posted at 12:00
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