Google 1337. The Google search engine, translated to H4×0r. For more fun, here’s the pR1V@CY poLICY. (Via Phil Windley)
Apropos Google …
Suggestive. Antonio Cangiano brings us acts_as_suggest. I don’t think people get it: ActiveRecord is Web 2.0.
I heard people argue about the merits and drawbacks of ActiveRecord, mostly drawbacks compared to their ORM of choice. But I know of none that can be tweaked as easily, and has an increasing collection of plugins and extensions. A thriving community of users that do not work on the codebase, yet are contributing to the overall and deriving immediate value. Sounds familiar?
It’s all technically possible because …
Everytime you meta-program, God kills a for loop. Just wanted to say that, no particular reason.
Speaking of for loops …
In one line or less. This week’s Ruby Quiz is all about one-liners. Some functional iterations involved.
And, from our “because you have too much time” department …
Cats or dogs? “People who prefer spaces to tabs are 2.0 times more likely to prefer less to more.” And other pearls of wisdom from our collective taste buds.