Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 21 Jul 2010 | 03:17 pm

Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 - Teaser from Thiago Costa on Vimeo.

Robert Martin's "Twenty-Five Zeros" Keynote at RailsConf 2010 25 Jun 2010 | 02:04 pm

Ruby Fractal Library 1.2.2 9 Mar 2010 | 05:34 pm

The Ruby Fractal Library now uses ChunkyPNG. Thanks to Willem van Bergen for creating a 100% pure Ruby PNG solution! ChunkyPNG provides full read/write capabilities of PNG files without the dependency...

Hello MongoDB 18 Feb 2010 | 05:11 pm

In an effort to jump-start my creativity, I thought I’d hop on the NoSQL train and work up a little “Hello World” app using MongoDB with Sinatra and MongoMapper. In a later project I’ll be throwing Ha...

Data Visualization in the AlloSphere 4 Sep 2009 | 02:42 am

Ruby Fractal Library 1.2.0 27 Aug 2009 | 02:36 pm

I’ve finally released version 1.2.0 of the Ruby Fractal Library. It’s still just as small and easy to use, but with a few new twists. I’ve removed most of the duplicate code, added Procs where appropr...

Subversion: Merging a Branch into Trunk 26 Aug 2009 | 01:21 pm

I can never remember how to merge a Subversion branch into trunk. So for future reference, here is how it’s done. First, get a working copy of the head revision of trunk. Next, merge the branch with...

Installing RMagick on Ubuntu* 21 Aug 2009 | 05:00 am

Because I always forget how… and you reference it in code like so: *I’ve only done this using Ubuntu 9.04. Your mileage may vary.

Where is _why? 21 Aug 2009 | 01:20 am

Why the lucky stiff speaking at the Carnegie Mellon Art and Code Symposium. If the rumors are true, you’ll be missed. ART && CODE Symposium: Hackety Hack, why the lucky stiff from STUDIO for Creative...

I'm Only Working 25 Jun 2009 | 05:13 am

When I’m not working, I read a lot of blogs. While eating lunch today, I read a quote from writer J. Robert Lennon on Wil Wheaton’s blog that instantly put a smile on my face. I can attest that the qu...