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Stretch of tunnel called full of defects. An inspection by Big Dig officials has found a 1,500-foot stretch of the tunnel near the North End to be the most problem-plagued area of the project, with weaknesses in the tunnel walls that exceed even those in the section of tunnel that erupted in a gushing leak… Continue reading Stretch of tunnel called full of defects

London Transport Bombings. I am on vacation today and this weekend, and won't be able to read about the London Transport bombings in depth until Monday. For now I would just like to express my sympathy and condolences to those directly affected, and the good people of London, England, Europe, and the world. Targeting innocents… Continue reading London Transport Bombings

Agile Web Development with Rails leaves beta. Our very first book on Rails is leaving beta and is in the process of going into print. Agile Web Development with Rails is now ready in its final form as a PDF and it’ll be ready in paper in time for OSCON. That’s pretty damn rocking! And… Continue reading Agile Web Development with Rails leaves beta

Rails 0.13: 225+ features/fixes in 75 days!. After the longest gap between releases since Rails was made public and after more than 225 fixes and new features, the final major release before the 1.0 milestone has arrived. We’ve basically put in three new features or fixes every single day for the past 75 days. But… Continue reading Rails 0.13: 225+ features/fixes in 75 days!

Olympic Committee Chooses London for 2012 Summer Games. London snatched the 2012 Olympics from Paris today. New York was eliminated in the second round of voting. By LYNN ZINSER. [NYT > Home Page]

Rails 0.13. It looks like Rails 0.13 has been released. There's a lot of nifty-looking stuff in there, but the one that really grabs my eye is the new migration facility. Rails now has the ability to make schema changes when you upgrade your app. So, when version 1.1 of your app comes along, and… Continue reading Rails 0.13

Writeboard: The “app-less” web-app. What makes a web-app an app? I’d argue it’s not the functionality — there’s a lot of functionality on the web that we wouldn’t explicitly consider a “web-app.” I’d argue it’s the account, the infrastructure, the multi-page UI, the navigation between elements, the billing, the overview pages, etc. That’s the stuff… Continue reading Writeboard: The “app-less” web-app

Bird flu: World is on the edge. Asia's bird flu outbreak is at a critical stage where it could easily become a human pandemic, health experts warned yesterday, urging mass poultry vaccinations to prevent a crisis. [The Scotsman]

Business Owners and CEO's: Do You REALLY have control of your IT Systems?. I've seen it happen first hand. The company loses access to their entire network due to administrative reasons which results in company downtime and sometimes complete loss of business. Think it can't happen to you? Think again. [Security Awareness for Ma, Pa… Continue reading Business Owners and CEO's: Do You REALLY have control of your IT Systems?

Jefferson sez. “Error has often prevailed by the assistance of power or force. Truth is the proper and sufficent antagonist to error.”—Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Religion, 1776. “The judges should always be men of learning and experience in the laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness and attention; their minds should not be distracted with… Continue reading Jefferson sez