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@yokofakun JRuby is supposed to be faster now that the current Ruby interpreter.

@mza Just bought practical Rails Recipes. Looks pretty good for the intermediate level. Wouldn't recommend agile web development with rails.
@mza Vim for me. Easier to switch back to the command line than NetBeans, and TextMac isn't free.
@mndoci I see Google Adsense being location sensitive. Different adverts at home, and at work based on the search history for each location.
@freesci So my point would be, if I was working on my own I can share everything, otherwise I have to compromise with collaborators needs.
@freesci Plus, as work becomes more interesting, and therefore 'increases in publication value', collaborators are less willing to share.
@freesci A problem I have, is that I don't own all the data I'm using to make it available. So it's difficult to make my 100% research open.
@freesci Cameron, Hooray!
@freesci Watching it too, streaming seems ok on a Mac. What time is Cameron talking?
@yokofakun This amazing, I just checked the survey, and there have just been 70 new entries from France. The number of results is now 471.
@yokofakun Thanks Pierre, much appreciated
I'm starting to use Google Docs more and more as a dumping ground for anything text based.
Google Docs now allows PDF uploads http://tinyurl.com/5ntrck
@freesci Agree with @adamk about kitchen sink. I recommend Ramaze and Sinatra as even smaller Ruby frameworks. Ruby also has mod_rails too.
@mza Me too. On a weekend would be best so I don't have to take time off.
@mza Saw that, it looks interesting but I'm not sure I can justify the time. Will you go?
Had a look at the science blogging schedule, and I'm quite excited to be able to meet in person all the people whose blogs I read.
July 1 tommorrow - nine months of my (funded) PhD left.
My housemate persuaded me to go to the gym on Tuesday, three days later I've got serious bicep strain in both arms.
Just processed 300k database records in about 10 minutes using 20 nodes