Summer TV starting in 3..2..1- May 31, 2008 SwingtownJune 5CBSLaw & Order: Criminal IntentJune 8USASecret Diary of a Call GirlJune 16ShowtimeBurn NoticeJuly 10USAStargate AtlantisJuly 11SciFiThe CleanerJuly 15A&EMonkJuly 18USAEurekaJuly 29SciFiPrimevalAug 9BBC AmericaThe ShieldSep 2FXhttp://billsaysthis.com/2008_05_01_blog_archive.phtml#7126062509992574235 Insoshi: Open Source Social Networking- May 25, 2008 What seems like a long time ago but is really less than two and a half years I went down to Pasadena for one of the first Ruby on Rails classes from Mike Clark and Dave Thomas of Pragmatic Studios. While there I met Michael Hartl, at the time working as a consultant at CalTech and IdeaLab but interested in doing his own thing soon.We kept in touch and I was very happy last Summer when the book he co-authored, RailsSpace: Building a Social Networking Website with Ruby on Rails, came out.Michael..http://billsaysthis.com/2008_05_01_blog_archive.phtml#5502461130025842154 Playing with Toluna: A music poll- May 20, 2008 A friend of mine is now at an Israeli startup called Toluna, a web service where anyone can create polls and opinion topics at no cost. What you create can be embedded in a blog, as I've done in this post, or hosted on Toluna.com. Either way the results are tracked for you.Members can earn redeemable rewards points from a list of well-known partners and participate in prize drawings. So far the members and partners are mainly in the UK but I'm told expansion to the US is imminent.Here's my...http://billsaysthis.com/2008_05_01_blog_archive.phtml#2499653508696986551 A Good Thing: California lifts gay marriage ban- May 15, 2008 I really have never understood the arguments against same gender marriages so today's ruling from the California State Supreme Court seems both logical and right.All arguments against this change come down to religious, emotional or straw man fallacies:The Bible says its wrong. Not being Christian or particularly religious in any mainstream sense I'm probably not qualified to say if it does or doesn't, though the evidence of which I'm aware seems weak. Either way, the First Amendment precludes..http://billsaysthis.com/2008_05_01_blog_archive.phtml#4394756094210688772 Family Visit- May 10, 2008 We're in New Jersey for the weekend, celebrating Mother's Day, our nephew Jake's 3rd birthday and our 5th wedding anniversary with my parents and my sister and her family.http://billsaysthis.com/2008_05_01_blog_archive.phtml#4168817178921823953 Another year comes off the shelf- May 5, 2008 So we were out with the Big Guy, Pam and Henry, Colleen, Jim and Tanya last night for dinner and Iron Man. Fun movie and Robert Downey as Tony Stark Good casting idea even if you didn't expect it.The Big Guy took a few pics, here are some cute ones... Got to watch the Reds overwhelm Man City this morning in the season's last home game; don't let the 1-0 score fool you, at one point Liverpool was outshooting the Citizens 19-1.http://billsaysthis.com/2008_05_01_blog_archive.phtml#4534907766774585181 |