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That brief mention of PigLatin makes me remember Perligata -- Perl with Latin grammar:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian...
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.@rgordon0 Wait, PigLatin is a programming thing? Oy. If there's a programming language called Ubbi Dubbi, please don't tell me.
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Given how common it is in describing OO languages, is there a language that actually uses a hash delimiter, as in obj#method?
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.@rerouse I don't think I have a strong preference, though I've always liked Smalltalk just having a space as a separator.
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I always thought the use of a dot as a separator between object and method was a weird analogy to a decimal point.
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This became "Noel is ranty" day on Twitter rather quickly. Although, @
avdi
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searls
, I am older than both of you and get off my lawn.
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Apparently today is my day to agree with people about parentheses related programming topics.
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Any day that starts with The Decemberists Calamity Song going through my head has at least one thing going from it right off the bat.
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.@pragdave I once got delayed because somebody drove a luggage truck into the plane while we were boarding. Good luck.
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And Monday starts with groveling for access to a conference room...
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.@redsquirrel @
jasonfried
Tried that once in a high school Freshman game, ball was stolen by other team, I was benched.
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I may have just set a land speed record buying the iPad version of @
tweetbot
. Yay!
February 8
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RT @
tapbots
: How about one more thing? If this tweet gets retweeted 1000 times we'll release something brand new.
http://tapbots.com/blog...
February 8
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.@ryanbriones My experience on a large scale perl app was hands down the worst professional experience of my career.
February 7
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Over/under on the number of times I hit my head on the shelf above the desk in the hotel room this week: 15.
February 6
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As far as I know, my @
mwrc
workshop has sold out. I'm not sure if they have a waiting list. Thanks! Can't wait to see you there.
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RT @
dmoulton
Looks like the @
noelrap
workshop at @
mwrc
is full. Not being offered anymore. // Yes, I think we hit the capacity of the room.
February 3
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I don't think that it is customer friendly to make me cancel my online subscription via phone call. @
nytimes
February 3
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That's two votes for me accidentally lowering my chair as comic-relief. You must think my coworkers are easily entertained. Which is true.
February 1
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.@fredlee Sitting on front edge of chair with legs bent back underneath. Lever is right above my leg. Okay, it's weird. Nevermind.
February 1
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Jeez, just hit the lever again. I think that's four times in the last five hours. I should not be allowed near office furniture.
February 1
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Why do office chairs all have the chair hight lever in a place where I can accidentally hit it with my leg and sink down to the floor?
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Promotional note: my @
mwrc
workshop on Fancy OO in Rails is now more than half full. The conference looks great:
http://mtnwestrubyconf.org/
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It's hard to calibrate how paranoid I am that I will accidentally book air travel for the wrong days.
January 30
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Out of curiosity: Say you attend a 3 hour workshop. What is your expectation of how much is hands-on vs how much is presented material?
January 30
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Looks like my @
mwrc
workshop is about 1/3 full already. If you are, you know, interested.
January 26
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Excited that I'll be doing a workshop: "Advanced Rails Design: Use Fancy OO Techniques Without Turning Ruby into Java" at @
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3/17.
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So, um, didn't get a chance for much feedback. How was the @
geekfest
talk? Felt like I went too fast at the end...
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People in Chicago, I'm doing a presentation at @
geekfest
tomorrow about why you should try Smalltalk, RSVP:
http://geekfest.gathers.us/events...
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Okay, I bought a sublime text 2 license. Not sure it will become my 100% go-to editor, but worth supporting to see where it goes.
January 23
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