Beginning Ruby: The Book to Learn Ruby Programming http://peterc.org/beginningruby/

Sinatra, a simpler Ruby web framework http://www.sinatrarb.com/intro.html

Padrino - The Elegant Ruby Web Framework http://padrinorb.com/

What is ruby? http://www.rubyist.net/~slagell/ruby/

The Udacity Flying Car Nanodegree Program https://www.udacity.com/flying-car -- this appears to be a real thing, people of the world

Run your Meteor app anywhere with Meteor Up http://meteor-up.com

I wouldn't be using Ode at the 1,000+ post mark if I didn't think it was the best thing out there

A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms from @pragprog https://pragprog.com/book/jwdsal/a-common-sense-guide-to-data-structures-and-algorithms

WordPress is dumping React over Facebook patent clause https://ma.tt/2017/09/on-react-and-wordpress

I'm working on a program that connects to a server via FTP. I tried hacking at it in Node, Java and now Ruby. Good thing Ruby is magic.

Rob Eshman, longtime Jewish Journal editor-in-chief and publisher, to leave post for writing projects http://jewishjournal.com/opinion/rob_eshman/223784/rob-eshman-long-time-jewish-journal-editor-chief-publisher-leave-post-writing-projects

LA School Report: Equity and urgency beat out respect and transparency as board chooses core values for LAUSD http://laschoolreport.com/equity-and-urgency-beat-out-respect-and-transparency-as-board-chooses-core-values-for-lausd

When Firefox started shipping with http://getpocket.com, I wasn't terribly interested. But I keep coming across web pages I'd like to read later, and I decided to install it on Chrome. So far it's great.

I updated my Fedora laptop after not touching it for more than a month. I miss the Fedora Linux environment, but Windows 10 hasn't given me a reason to dump it just yet.

Vue.js compares itself to other JavaScript frameworks https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/comparison.html

Paul Shan: Why I prefer Ember.js over Angular & React.js http://voidcanvas.com/prefer-ember-js-angular-react-js

WordPress developers debate JavaScript frameworks https://make.wordpress.org/core/2017/05/24/javascript-chat-summary-for-may-23rd

It's one of the last Blockbuster Video stores, and its Twitter feed is hilarious https://twitter.com/loneblockbuster

The Mystery of L.A. Billboard Diva Angelyne's Real Identity Is Finally Solved http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/angelyne-la-billboard-diva-30-years-1025678

We had a meeting on Google Meet yesterday -- was surprisingly good, even with crappy WiFi connection https://meet.google.com

The Twitter web site looks different today https://twitter.com

The nit-picking glory of the New Yorker's Comma Queen https://www.ted.com/talks/mary_norris_the_nit_picking_glory_of_the_new_yorker_s_comma_queen

The crippling problem restaurant-goers haven't noticed but chefs are freaking out about https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/12/the-crippling-problem-people-who-eat-at-restaurants-havent-noticed-but-chefs-are-freaking-out-about

Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia and the Jews http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/music/242079/happy-birthday-jerry-garcia

My Windows Subsystem for Linux blog workflow: Vim, Unison, wget, curl (and I can probably eliminate one of the last two)

I'm still running Windows 10 and doing my blog workflow in the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Reddit raised $200 million, is going on a hiring spree and redesigning web site https://www.recode.net/2017/7/31/16037126/reddit-funding-200-million-valuation-steve-huffman-alexis-ohanianv

I just turned off link shortening in https://ifttt.com/settings. Hope this works for Twitter.

At the present moment, I am feeling good about my IFTTT applets.

I now have IFTTT applets for social and 'normal' posts, and I am testing them.

Now that dlvr.it is limiting posts per day per social account to 10, I am revisiting IFTTT for my automatic social posts.

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/238195/zuckerberg-public-enemy-no-1

What happens when you leave the subject line blank in an Ode post and start it on line 3?

Answer: It works, but it also messes up my archive page because there is no title to put in the listing that serves as text for the link.

The lack of a title doesn't stop the site from working, and the permalink at the bottom of the post still works.

I see other bloggers doing this with the "micro blog" posts they write in their traditional blogs, and a few systems/themes provide support for title-less posts.

But in the interest of not breaking my archive page, I'm going to stick with titles for my Ode-generated social media posts.

Should I sell my ham radio gear? Maybe. If I had the time, I'd do more homebrew (as in making my own equipment from parts, not anything to do with intoxicating beverages).

VE7SL leads me to http://www.amateurradio.com, which has a killer URL and is a pretty good site.

There's a lot of good reading at http://ve7sl.blogspot.ca, the VE7SL Amateur Radio Blog. Love the homebrew and old gear articles!

Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, Plots a Radical Overhaul of His Creation https://www.wired.com/2017/04/tim-berners-lee-inventor-web-plots-radical-overhaul-creation

Been a long time since I used PuTTY in Windows to ssh into a server. Using it again and looking into plink.

Learning to code when you’re busy https://medium.com/the-odin-project/learning-to-code-when-youre-really-dang-busy-e223a7f84758

Read all of http://manton.org. Deep thoughts on the social and personal web.

I install a Netgear AC750 WiFi Range Extender http://stevenrosenberg.net/hugo/post/2017_0304_wifi_range_extender

Whiteboard interviews ensure biased hiring in tech, and programmers are calling them out https://theoutline.com/post/1166/programmers-are-confessing-their-coding-sins-to-protest-a-broken-job-interview-process

Tim Buchwaldt: Rails is f*cking boring! I love it. https://medium.com/@timbuchwaldt/rails-is-boring-thats-great-f896e9ab2cb#.djk89skub

.@netlify positions itself as a beast on static-site delivery https://www.netlify.com/features/

Choosing a Hugo theme, Part 1 http://stevenrosenberg.net/hugo/post/2017_0219_choosing_a_hugo_theme_part_1/ @golang #Hugo @gohugoio http://gohugo.io

Hugo community: Alternatives to Disqus needed more than ever https://discuss.gohugo.io/t/alternative-to-disqus-needed-more-than-ever/5516

Aaron Patterson: I am a 'puts' debugger https://tenderlovemaking.com/2016/02/05/i-am-a-puts-debuggerer.html

The @washingtonpost is becoming my go-to. Packed with news and intrigue, costs less than @nytimes.

I got 7-Eleven coffee today, it wasn't bad

Is this guitar worth $131,000? https://reverb.com/item/4209723-gibson-goldtop-1957-100-original

Free Code Camp computer science and web development pathways https://forum.freecodecamp.com/t/computer-guide-web-development-with-computer-science-foundations-comprehensive-path/64516 https://forum.freecodecamp.com/t/computer-guide-computer-science-and-web-development-comprehensive-path/64470

How focused do you have to be to become a software developer? https://firstdevjob.com/stories/taylor-milliman/

Just did a Java update on my workplace Windows desktop. From Sun to Oracle and decades in, the Java updater is still pushing crapware, this time an Amazon app.

George Orwell's '1984' is the No. 1 seller on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/1984-Signet-Classics-George-Orwell/dp/0451524934 It's also sold out.

Why you might not be getting 5G data service anytime soon https://www.wirelessweek.com/article/2017/01/why-carriers-are-secretly-anxious-about-leap-5g

Free Meteor.js hosting is back with meteor-now https://forums.meteor.com/t/super-simple-and-free-meteor-deployments-using-zeit-now/33214

Photos: Cruising Van Nuys Boulevard in the '70s http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/autos/gallery/tbt-cruising-van-nuys-los-angeles

PulseAudio 10.0 now available for Fedora 25 https://fedoramagazine.org/pulseaudio-10-0-fedora-25 (And I can report that it is working)

Dell’s new professional-grade laptop is $100 cheaper if you buy it with Ubuntu http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/01/dell-precision-3520-ubuntu-laptop

Ross Mayfield: The coming tech backlash https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coming-tech-backlash-ross-mayfield