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  1. And yes I'd have to say [1,2,3].each(&method(:process_item)) which would convert the method to a block
  2. Is there anything wrong with passing a call to Object#method(:my_meth) to a method that expects a block/proc? #ruby
  3. Today in the car I decided to write the book "Capturing Your Audience: Creating Book Titles That Explain Exactly What Your Book Is About"
  4. @Michigania which book? I have the same feelings about The Pragmatic Programmer - written in 1999, wish I had found it then!
  5. need to break the "sudo gem install" habit with rvm
  6. Enjoying rvm
  7. @cwinters but gem install {package} is much easier IMHO :)
  8. @cwinters I kind of thought you might be able to drop in a cpan config on a server then be able to install via cpan {module}
  9. @cwinters my only complaint with CPAN is that I haven't found a way to install a package with a one-off command. Forced to use CPAN shell.
  10. Ugh, the Pythonistas are seriously considering a CPAN-like package directory? http://bit.ly/4gZfrD
  11. @mattyoho that's why @hypomodern and I have a postit note on our monitor saying "expectations BEFORE executions"
  12. Anyone have Ruby Enterprise Edition installed on Snow Leopard? REE seems to think iconv is missing, despite compiling --with-iconv-dir=/sw
  13. @DocOnDev will you be at the RubyConf 5k?
  14. Plain Text and Papers - I was reminded of the value of plain text recently as my wife was working on an... http://tumblr.com/xrt3wletn
  15. Check out Ari's essay on the long-forgotten fruit, the paw paw in this month's Atlantic Monthly. http://j.mp/3r5rEi (via @zingermans)
  16. If all the people playing farmville actually planted a real garden, we'd have a helluva lot more local produce. (RT @lancecarlson
  17. Or not... I guess just a few useful gems
  18. Super Cool: Ruby Enterprise Edition installs all of the gems you have installed under another version of Ruby
  19. @zachdennis how long did that take to run?
  20. San Francisco seems simultaneously very well planned and full of horrible sprawl