Once again, Ruby is revealing itself as a delivery tool. This time in the form of CruiseControl.rb – ruby continuous integration tool/application. CruiseControl.rb was the topic for this month’s Calgary Ruby Users Group (CRUSERS) meeting. Accorindg to core-contributor Alexey Verkhovsky, from Thoughworks (Calgary), it’s an ‘incarnation’ [A carefully chosen word, over ‘port’] of Cruise Control (the famous continuous integration...
Couple of quick thoughts: A man sentenced to death in Kuwait for the 1983 bombings of the U.S. and French embassies now sits in Iraq’s parliament, according to U.S. military intelligence — via cnn Does it take a “Military Intelligence” to say that a man who’s ‘publicly’ a member of the Iraqi parliament is actually ‘publicly’ convicted in Kuwait?...
Last Friday was my Ruby on Rails presentation at Commerx Corporation (in Lunch and Learn series). It wasn’t as good as I wanted, but, wasn’t too bad either. Some keys on the laptop were in the on-again-off-again mode, so, I had to rely on an external keyboard and use the touchpad at the same time (not a very recommended...
Yesterday I attended my first ever ice-hockey game (Hitmen vs Kootenay), courtesy of Robert Kulhawy, Commerx Corporation, or simply my boss. Dave was so kind in accompanying me to the game. The game was a thrill in many ways, especially when experiencing, first-hand, how the sport is loved and cheered by many. I’m planning to take some lessons in...