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  1. for the first time in ages, i'm getting to write smalltalk code again instead of doing product machine building etc. 2 minutes ago from Echofon
  2. #ruby has a whole mess of wtf moments. i remember when i discovered this one: http://bit.ly/8wBOGb about 10 hours ago from Echofon
  3. time warner "wide band" is going to turn out to be a great investment. upload speed is now 10x faster sustained than with "standard" about 10 hours ago from Echofon
  4. @dhenrichs thanks for all the hard work and help during your vacation. about 11 hours ago from Echofon
  5. nice little one... 'on commit messages' => http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-commit-messages.html #scm about 12 hours ago from Echofon
  6. @peter_c_william i run a team of 7 people. 2 programmers, 2 front end html, 1 js, 2 sys admin. i've never wanted to work in a large dept. 4:37 PM Dec 27th from Echofon in reply to peter_c_william
  7. @peter_c_william and yet those principles are largely abused by non craftsmen. 3:17 PM Dec 27th from Echofon in reply to peter_c_william
  8. @haruki_zaemon would you agree that a language can hinder through lack of expressiveness? 3:17 PM Dec 27th from Echofon
  9. when you visit a live journal site these days, do you feel like you've entered an internet backwater? some place that time left behind? 9:30 AM Dec 27th from Echofon
  10. an "orm" that doesn't have an awful design. uses ruby mixins. mongomapper => http://bit.ly/7HDAhS <= thanks @capotej 9:27 AM Dec 27th from Echofon
  11. @capotej now that is a design i can get behind. 9:26 AM Dec 27th from Echofon in reply to capotej
  12. stephen ducasse covers this nicely and quickly in his traits talks ( slide pdf from esug at http://bit.ly/4nd6cI ) 9:22 AM Dec 27th from Echofon
  13. seriously though, why does basically every ORM seem to be written by people who think inheritance for functionality isn't an abomination? 9:20 AM Dec 27th from Echofon
  14. @haruki_zaemon @mrowe @peter_c_william good people? as in maximally productive? 9:14 AM Dec 27th from Echofon in reply to haruki_zaemon
  15. @peter_c_william can you elaborate on that 'not slave to machines' comment? ( and this keeps @mrowe and @haruki_zaemon in the conversation ) 9:12 AM Dec 27th from Echofon
  16. @jamesladd paypal finally stopped rejecting my bank account so i finally ordered those stickers on friday. 9:09 AM Dec 27th from Echofon
  17. @jamesladd your welcome 9:09 AM Dec 27th from Echofon in reply to jamesladd
  18. more on http://bit.ly/75C7bG.. a person isn't Mongoid::Document. its a domain object. enough design abuse already. 9:09 AM Dec 27th from Echofon
  19. broken design: http://bit.ly/75C7bG. if you have mixins or traits or roles in your lang, stop using inheritance to get functionality. 9:08 AM Dec 27th from Echofon
  20. this applies to more technologies than #lisp => http://bit.ly/5T50Ud #AreYouACog 9:46 PM Dec 26th from Echofon