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new atom parser -- in ruby

[image] Martín has released a super-cool Atom 1.0 parser in Ruby, hosted at RubyForge and available under an MIT license. It's a really good showcase of the flexibility of Ruby. Extending it is very easy. If you're into Ruby (or Atom :)) check it out, the extensibility mechanism he's put in place is quite something.

Apropos (?):

Professor Farnsworth: "Let me show you around. That's my lab table and this is my work stool and over there is my intergalactic spaceship. And here is where i keep assorted lengths of wire."
Fry: "Wow, a real live space ship!"
Farnsworth: "I designed it myself. Let me show some of the different lengths of wire I used."

:-)

Categories: soft.dev
Posted by diego on April 9, 2006 at 12:19 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

promenade

For the last two days I've been humming Promenade non-stop, even though I haven't listened to it, or to most of The Unforgettable Fire in a long time. I figured that a way of exorcising whatever obsession has it pegged it to my mind, I could write down the lyrics here, and so it goes:

Promenade

Earth sky sea and rain
Is she coming back again
Men of straw sneak a whore
Words that build or destroy
Dirt dry bone sand and stone
Barbed-wire fence cut me down
I'd like to be around
In a spiral staircase
To the higher ground

And I, like a firework, explode
Roman candle lightning lights up the sky

In the cracked streets trampled under foot
Sidestep, sidewalk
I see you stare into space
Have I got closer now
Behind the face

Oh...tell me...
Charity dance with me
Turn me around tonight
Up through spiral staircase
To the higher ground

Slide show sea side town
Coca-Cola, football radio radio radio
Radio radio radio...

Hm. That's much better. :)

Categories: art.media
Posted by diego on April 9, 2006 at 11:28 AM | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

did you know...?

... that Ning is hiring? But of course you did! Well, here's a reminder then. :) If you're looking for something, go check out our list of current openings at http://jobs.ning.com/. From Java developers/architects to QA engineers and product management, there's something for everyone!

(Did I say Java? Wasn't Ning about PHP? Well, the apps are written in PHP. But there's a ton of Java in there --some really cool stuff-- even if it's not obvious... but that's a topic for another post).

And, hey, if you don't find what you want in there, but you think you want to work with us, send us an email anyway. :)

Categories: ning, soft.dev, technology
Posted by diego on April 4, 2006 at 9:08 PM | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

top 24 jack bauer facts

Just got this from my brother, one of these email chains that's going around. Heee-larious! Must read.

Top 24 Jack Bauer Facts

If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Mayers, and he had a gun with 2 bullets, he'd shoot Nina twice. 1.6 billion Chinese are angry with Jack Bauer. Sounds like a fair fight. Jack Bauer could get off the Lost island in 24 hours. Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up the location of the keys. Jack and Jill went up the hill. Only Jack came down. Jill was a fucking terrorist. The only reason you're conscious right now is because Jack Bauer doesn't want to carry you. Killing Jack Bauer doesn't make him dead. It just makes him angry. There were originally five horsemen of the apocalypse. Jack Bauer said he would travel by foot. Jack Bauer sleeps with a gun under the pillow. But he could kill you with the pillow. When Kim Bauer lost her virginity, Jack found it and put it back. After running out of ammo, Jack stood in the line of fire, took 3 shots to the chest, and used them to reload. A Priest, a Rabbi, and a Minister walked into a bar... and Jack Bauer is going to find out why... Jack Bauer has no friends, because as a child when he would play cops and robbers, the robbers would all be interogated and killed. Nostradamus once predicted in his journal: "In the century 21st, the one known as Jacques will be the savior of the world... five seasons in a row." Moments later, Jack Bauer knocked down the door, shot Nostradamus in the kneecaps, and yelled "WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR?!" When life hands Jack Bauer Lemons, he kills Terrorists. Jack Bauer fuckin' hates lemonade. As a boy, Jack Bauer interrogated his parents on Easter until they revealed the location and contents of each hidden egg. Jack Bauer doesn't miss. If he didn't hit you it's because he was shooting at another terrorist twelve miles away. When Kim Bauer lost her virginity, Jack found it and put it back. Jack Bauer has been to Mars. Thats why there's no life on Mars. On Jack Bauers Tax Returns, he has to claim the entire world as his dependants. Jack Bauer can eat just one Lay's Potato Chip. Don't tell Jack what he can't fucking do. It took God six days to get His job done; Jack has 24 hours. Superman has Jack Bauer pajamas. Jack Bauer is the reason Waldo is hiding.

Categories: random
Posted by diego on April 2, 2006 at 10:42 AM | Comments (4) | TrackBack (1)

da flu (or something)

Heh. Just as I was getting back into my blogging mood, I came down with some kind of flu or flu-like virus and there went everything. I spent the last week mostly in bed, and mostly sleeping. Tired as hell and all sorts of weird symptoms (dizziness, aches of various sorts), but now I seem to be getting better. At least I can stay at the computer for more than two hours without getting exhausted :)

Anyway. Let's see if I can get back in the fray.

Categories: personal
Posted by diego on April 2, 2006 at 10:37 AM | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)