bigwheeler

This is super cool, thanks for sharing it!

I’d run through PragProg’s Agile Web with Rails first, and then The Rails 8 Way if you want a reference. Books are good, but jumping into videos from GoRails or Drifting Ruby might help more with real world patterns and problem solving with Rails.

I think I read somewhere else that it is not publicly launched yet, but should be very soon.

Only when there are no roadrunners to be found.

Absolutely. I’ve been using rails for almost 20 years, and it’s been mostly a joy to watch it evolve. I will say- there was a short period of time (the webpacker era) where it was losing its allure, but that already feels like a distant memory. For the last decade that I’ve been doing freelance/contract development, I’ve always been able to find plenty of Rails/Ruby work, so it still feels like a valuable thing to specialize in as well. And the Ruby community is just incredible. Rails motto should be “come for the productivity, stay for the community”.

If the drones were “authorized to fly by the Federal Aviation Administration”, then why did the same FAA feel the need to temporarily put in place dozens of drone bans over critical infrastructure?

There seems to be a gofundme set up for the author’s benefit. I can’t vouch for the authenticity of it, but I donated to it anyway https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-empower-patrick-fealeys...

I get months out of my boox tablet, it’s incredible.

I uploaded a photo of a helicopter cockpit, flying up the Talkeetna River in alaska, which was very out of focus in the background. It knew exactly where I was, and even mentioned I was in a helicopter. And that it was fall!

Tip for Meta engineers: when your service is failing, don't just log people out and prevent logins. Display a cute image that shows that the service is drastically failing (like a whale or something), and then people will know to stop trying to repeatedly log in. The public might even come up with a catchy name for the whale.

I was logged in on mac, and the page refreshed and logged me out without any interaction from me, while I was reading a post. Then I went to check on my phone and I got the "We had a problem with the page you tried to reach." dialog box.

When I read this description, I assumed the skate was attached to the feet like a rollerblade, but after looking at YouTube, it’s more like each foot gets a little foot-sized skateboard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuR-uxPTGzI

My 2008 Rav-4 has 327k miles on it and is showing no signs of quitting. I was planning on giving it up at 300k, but now it’s (by far) my longest relationship, and I’m getting sentimental about it…

I’m at 14TB now. I shoot 4k (and even some 8k) video, and often send all the unedited clips to clients through Dropbox. Once it’s up there and I’ve suffered through the multi-day upload process, why wouldn’t I leave it up there as an off-site backup?

It wasn’t that difficult to get to 14TB either- that’s basically 14 3-camera full-day shoots when shooting in 4k.

I can see how the first two do, but I'm not so sure about the third...

Somehow the McD coffee is better too.

It definitely helped that Denver (and these days Colorado in general) has one of the largest networks of bike paths in the United States. Well beyond bike lanes, the paths are separate from roads and don’t intersect with roads. So all of these e-bikes can zip around without worrying about lunatics Zooming while driving. I’d love to use an e-bike to get around, but I’m not a fan of sharing the sidewalkless, shoulderless roads that seem to be everywhere in the state I currently live in.

Sheeeit, if it’s gonna be that kinda party…

I forgot that Apple was having an event yesterday, and when I saw “Apple Vision Pro“ in headlines everywhere, my first thought was that they were opening an eyeglass store…

I remember seeing the news about this at the time, and wondering how the phrase “Ball’s Deep Impact…” in some headlines made it past the copy editors desk.

Practice makes perfect- I’ve launched and landed while sitting in a floating touring kayak at sea dozens of times with the Mini 3 Pro. I’ve only knicked myself once so far!

This was the plot of Brewster’s Millions

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088850/

After getting hooked by DHH’s “Blog in 10 minutes” (or whatever it was at the time, 2008 or so), I spent a few days in Denver with Mike and Dave (and Nicole!) for Pragmatic Studio’s Rails crash course, and that really opened my eyes to how powerful the framework could make me. But when I was done with those few days, I spent so much time feeling like I couldn’t figure things out, or like I wasn’t productive enough as a programmer. I think RailsCasts was mostly responsible for getting me past that.

It was so helpful to follow along with Ryan as he explained his decision making processes, and how he would solve specific problems. Prior to then, all I really had was self-experimentation, and a lot of great books that seemed to get out of date faster than they could be printed. Even today it’s still a huge help to have Chris Oliver and Dave Kimura sharing their expertise, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned in 15 years of web development, it’s that I need whatever help I can get to stay on top of what is currently going on.

So thank you Ryan, I am looking forward to Part 2 of the series.

No matter what batshit crazy things I stumble upon while running around the internet today, none of them will be as insane as “Chris Coyier was never passionate about coding”. Being “business minded” and “having passion for coding” is not exclusive. Chris is a living breathing coding resource, and that definitely came before he realized that the blogging and conferences and book writing was going to lead to a multimillion dollar payout. He was in the right place at the right time, and willing to put in an overwhelming amount of effort. But it all started with the passion.

I have a 4-cup Mr Coffee maker (definitely purchased for less than $25) that has been chugging along for about 15 years now. I just bought a Breville Nespresso Creatista Plus over the holidays because I got spoiled in Italy a few months ago. Which one will die first? I know what my money is on...

I tried this on a couple of speeches that were recorded in front of an artificial waterfall, and the output is not just bad - it’s not the English language. Nor any language on earth that I’m aware of. Haha

The tool that now comes with the latest updates to FCPX handled them without a problem. (Still some background noise, but you can clearly hear every word.) I think Adobe has a long way to go on this.

I personally think that publications like Adventure Journal are where magazines are heading. They should be able to be a sustainable business, as long as the people running the show truly care about the subject and the medium, AND there is a large enough niche audience willing to pay for it. AJ seems to follow 3 rules:

1. Ultra high quality content 2. Severely limited advertising 3. Print content is never published online/digitally

I am glad you posted here! I stumbled across the print edition at my local BN, thought it would make a great gift subscription for someone I know, went home to the website to order one, but I couldn’t quite figure out how to confirm that there was going to ever be a new issue (I think the one at BN was the 4th), or any related info that looked “current.” Actually, I couldn’t even find evidence that the 4th issue existed I don’t think! Haha But now that I know there will be more, I can order one.

I was in Seattle for 5 days and had my $8500 mountain bike stolen from within my car (they broke a window to get in), parked in the lot of a 4 Points Sheraton.

I love the idea of editing on an iPad if it means not always having to carry a laptop around, especially on set or while out shooting. But there’s a pretty significant roadblock preventing that workflow- there’s still no way to get your footage off of your camera and on to an external drive (to plug into the iPad) without a laptop.