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The Search for Decent Headphones

almost 5 years ago by Lyle on Lovable Lyle.
My latest travel experience has convinced me that I need to invest in a good set of noise-cancelling headphones. I couldn’t turn up my iPod’...

He was injured. Injured bad.

almost 5 years ago by Lyle on Lovable Lyle.
See the follow-up commercials here and here....

Ruby Hoedown, Day 2

almost 5 years ago by Lyle on Lovable Lyle.
By day two of the Ruby Hoedown, I had more or less gotten the hang of the whole “Inner Beltline” vs. “Outer Beltline” thing. If you know me, it...

Ruby Hoedown, Day 1

almost 5 years ago by Lyle on Lovable Lyle.
It’s about 11:15 a.m. and I’m walking up the sidewalk to Red Hat Headquarters when someone coming out of the building sees my Seaside t-shirt...

Building FOX and FXRuby on Mac OS X Leopard

over 4 years ago by Lyle on Lovable Lyle.
I’ve run into a few snags trying to build and run FOX and FXRuby on Mac OS X Leopard, and so I wanted to capture those problems (and the solutions...

Atlanta Bread’s New Logo

over 4 years ago by Lyle on Lovable Lyle.
Have the Atlanta Bread Company and Panera Bread Company merged? The picture on the left shows Atlanta Bread’s old logo, courtesy of yesterday...

Would you like to be a reviewer?

over 4 years ago by Lyle on Lovable Lyle.
Some of you may know that I’m writing a book about FXRuby for the Pragmatic Bookshelf. I’m almost finished with the first draft, and I’...

New Year’s Goals

over 4 years ago by Lyle on Lovable Lyle.
I’m not going to call them resolutions, because that implies a bit too much of a commitment, but I’ve been thinking about some of the techie...

FXRuby Book Now Available as Beta Release!

over 4 years ago by Lyle on Lovable Lyle.
I’m pleased to report that FXRuby: Create Lean and Mean GUIs with Ruby has been released as a Beta book. That means that although the book is still...

Second Beta Release for FXRuby Book

over 4 years ago by Lyle on Lovable Lyle.
An updated version of the beta book has been released today. The most visible change for this release is the inclusion of the final three chapters of the...