All the best hackers I know are gradually switching to Macs. – Paul Graham A week has gone by since I received my 15” MacBook Pro from Apple. In this post I’ll share my first impressions about the whole experience especially for those who are considering the switch. Ordering the Mac I placed my
Continue ReadingIf there is one thing that politics teaches us, it is that humans have different views on how to approach and solve problems. In politics no party has the solution for all problems that affect society. Some ideas are objectively more promising than others and have a track record of being implemented with success,
Continue ReadingDespite the somewhat disappointing announcements (from a hardware standpoint), I appreciated Steve Jobs’ focus on the new features of the Mac OS X Leopard during yesterday’s keynotes at WWDC. I’ve been using Windows Vista for a few months now (albeit Ubuntu is my main OS) and the impression that I’ve gotten really hasn’t been
Continue ReadingA few days ago I received a new laptop from work, it’s a nice IBM Thinkpad X60 tablet, an ultra-portable 12” that offers up an honest performance. It is a fine machine, and when hooked up to a large widescreen monitor it can be used for development in most environments. If I’m on the
Continue ReadingDuring the last two months I haven’t updated this blog. This calls for a thorough explanation and some planning for the future. Let’s take a look at the latest articles that I’ve published: How to run Ruby from Komodo Edit 4 Acts As Suggest plugin Top 10 Ruby on Rails performance tips Ruby Implementations
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