Archive for October, 2007

Ben in Italy

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

That's right - after a mere 16 hours from (home) door to (hotel) door, I'm settled in Pisa for a couple of days of Rails (that's Italian for Rails, btw). I'm excited, but also dead tired - so I think I'll take a nap. Expect a conference recap soon!

It’s a girl!

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Lacie and I went to the hospital yesterday for an ultrasound, and we found out we're having a girl! We're very excited, as you might well imagine. And now, my daughter:

Or for my birthday?

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Hot on the heels of last week's announcement of acts_as_conference, Scotland on Rails has opened its call for papers. If you're not, say, expecting to have a 3-week-old newborn to help take care of on April 4-5 and you think you might like a Rails conference in Edinburgh, you should ...

So what’re you doing in February?

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Rails conferences are springing up all over (happily!) The latest one to announce is acts_as_conference, in Orlando this February 8th and 9th. I can think of a much worse travel destination for the middle of winter, so if you're free (as I most likely am not, unfortunately) check it out. ...

Werewolf Strategy

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Giles Bowkett just wrote a couple of posts on Werewolf. I'd like to dig deeper into one particular strategy that, like most, could be used to good effect by both werewolves and their opponents. In a game with a healer, it can be very interesting for the seer to reveal in ...