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Good Stuff

Ruby on Rails is great with a clean framework, fun language, and an active community.

Why the Lucky Stiff

Ruby on Rails

Ruby

Two things melt my face: fire, and Nine Inch Nails. Their latest album Ghosts is very nice.

Nine Inch Nails

I love this site. Play ’’Bammi’’.

PointlessSites.com

Want to train and don’t know how, or don’t want to pay for an on-line e-coach? Meet Athlo. It’s my latest project. We just rolled out an alpha with tons of development forecasted for the next few months.

Athlo

OmniNerd is like my first child. It the first “real” site I ever wrote. I play a much smaller role these days, but it’s still a great site.

OmniNerd

Women's Roller Derby

Bay Area Derby Girls

Last night was a new experience for me. We went down to the Herbst Pavillion on Fort Mason in San Francisco to watch the Bay Area Derby Girls tear up the circle track (and each other). The basic concept is this: There’s a pack of girls from both teams that start on one line, and one girl from each team start about a quarter track-length back. The single girls have to fight their way through the pack and then lap the pack to score. The round ends, repeat. You can read all about the jammers and blockers and the rest of the rules if you’d like, but that’s the gist of it.

It’s a pretty grueling sport. Both from a single-round perspective, and from a endure-the-whole-hour-of-playtime perspective. I was impressed. I got tired just watching them.

If some derby girls are skating in your neighborhood, I recommend you go see them.

Posted 13 July 2008