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Go the fuck home...

2 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Jeff Atwood (of CodingHorror) recently left StackExchange after four years of really hard work. He gave his reasons in a farewell to StackExchange - explaining...

Acts-as-taggable-on

5 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Tagging is pretty popular these days, and it was time to add it to our site. Unfortunately, lots of the gems are old, and it's had to know if that means...

Emerald isle and censorship link

9 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Hi all - sorry I've been quiet... I've been away on holidays in Ireland, learning how to pour the perfect pint of Guinness :) There's several comments I...

Link: training self-discipline

9 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
As a telecommuter, I well know the struggle with self-discipline. It's very hard to keep away from all the regular home-distractions and actually get down...

Links: The Truth (and Myth) about passive income

8 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
I've also read The 4-hour work week and dreamed about relaxing on a tropical island while the money pours in... but the truth is that it's actually a lot...

Rendering an rjs partial from a controller action

8 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
I've recently been working on sharing some AJAXy controller actions between an admin and non-admin controller set up in completely different parts of a...

Jobs lost to the world

8 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
A moment of silence for the passing of Steve Jobs. :( They always say of businessmen that "oh he was a visionary and great leader"... but Steve Jobs really...

Does Linux Tech Support exist?

7 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
I recently had some trouble with my internet broadband connection. I changed to another provider while overseas, and when I got back, discovered that something...

( sad world (dead (John McCarthy)))

6 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
It's been a sad month for the computing world as we lose another great icon. John McCarthy invented LISP and in doing was a pioneer of AI - contributing...

Link: How to avoid ghetto jobs

6 months ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
A great post on women 2.0 about how to avoid what she terms "pink ghetto" jobs. These are jobs that are just as bad for men as for women, and are often...