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My three year old son just managed to print something of the Backyardigans web site and yelled out “Dad! We got mail!”

Given what I have previously written about SOA, I really like these facts.

For some reason, there has been very little fuss over the fact that TextMate now offers code completion for Ruby using the rcodetools gem. It is all still in svn, so you have to check it out manually.

Log for r6455

[NEW] The Ruby bundle now includes an rcodetools-backed completion command on option-escape.  This command is capable of very accurate completion for any accessible Ruby objects and methods, without needing to see you type it first (as TextMate’s default completion requires).

Once I got my hands on my new MacBook Pro, I did what mostly everybody else does - I bought a copy of Parallels Workstation for Mac. I need it mainly for running local servers so I can do demos of server environments etc.

For various reasons, we (Valtech) bought the license from the local retailer at the same time as the laptop. Big mistake. You see, if you buy Parallels from a local retailer in a non-english speaking country, you get a special, international, version. This version is not downloadable from the site, and has it’s own line of activation keys, so you cannot use the regular downloads from the site.

For a long time, I’ve wanted to make the switch and start using online apps, but there has always been reasons that have kept me back. It seems that Dion and I share the same opinion on this one, and he sums up the problem very well.

If I could ask for one thing in Leopard, it would be the ability to answer Exchange invitations directly from Mail.app. As it is now, I either have to use the heavily dysfunctional non-IE Outlook web interface or fire up Entourage for the sole purpose of clicking ‘Accept’.

I spent yesterday evening at Javaforum. Ola Bini held a great presentation of JRuby that really showed what can be accomplished today and what we can expect in the future.

Ola is not only an über hacker, he is a great guy too. When asked what work is done with Ruby in Sweden today, he was kind enough to mention the work we’ve done at Valtech with Rails, which of course got him a well deserved beer later.

This is written on a spanking new MacBook Pro, the 2.33 GHz, 2GB version. Company issued, mind you. Now if that is not a good reason to work for Valtech, I do not know what is.

The main reason I upgraded from my trusty 1.67 GHz G4 PowerBook was not speed, it was the possibilities of Parallels. I do quite a bit of evaluating and demoing of server configurations, and having it all available locally is a complete killer.

Almost all large companies I have come across have some standards regarding the technology stack that they are using.

The main reason behind this is economy, that developers should be able to rotate between projects and that operations should only have to worry about a limited number of software products. Something like that anyway

However nice this seems, it never delivers on its promise. It is much like the Gantt charts - looks nice, promises a lot, delivers zilch. Not counting the enormous upgrade cost when the whole stack is upgraded after 20 years - COBOL anyone?

Oh so brilliant.

Alan Francis: Quite the best pop video I’ve seen for AGES: " OK Go on YouTube

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