chaosophist (kay-os-o-fist)
Chaosophistication – the subtle art of change
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Bucket List
I've had a long running mental list of things I want to eventually do, but I thought it might be fun to post a few examples. This is only an "includes but is not limited to" sample, my list is pretty much endless, No order of priority implied: Learn to fly a plane Get reasonably good at Parkour Visit Antarctica Vist Tibet Go flying in a wingsuit Become competively good at Chess Get a Phd in Physics Go on a non-religuous service mission Release a Musical Album that sells at least 1000 copies Publish a fiction...
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XML, Violence, Nokogiri and Xpath
I love Xpath. It makes XML easy to use and easy to query. Gone are the days of parsing things with a SaxParser unless you're really hard up for control of you text. Also, I love the Ruby Nokogiri Gem. XML is like violence - if it doesn’t solve your problems, you are not using enough of it. - Nokogiri docs But I do have to say that there is a lack of good examples and documentation for anything particularly advanced. I found a working solution to my issue, but thought I'd paste here what I wanted...
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Rails Rake tips
This is the Hay Magnum-Hay CCM-8 Max Wheel Rake. Now you might think it should have a name like: Hay Magnumator 8000 but it doesn't. It doesn't take long playing with Rake before you starting...
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Judge Not lest Ye Be Judged - Gigabit Google Challenge
UPDATE: So the BIG news I had was about Gramercy Private Equity's prize offer. See below the fold for details. Google is rolling out its experimental Gigabit Broadband Fiber networks across the country in lab like experiments. One of the early locations is Kansas City and Think Big Partners, a local Incubator that has sponsored a Business Plan competition worth $100,000K. The Gigabit Challenge. I'm honored to be a part of the judging panel with some very esteemed folks from both local KC Enterprises like...
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biz-technologist, data lover who dotes on his family, plays with tech. Europhile, travel junkie, startup-addict, CTO @ Flextrip (Tours & Activities Tech); Founding CTO of Everbread (Travel Search Tech).
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biz-technologist, data lover who dotes on his family, plays with tech. Europhile, travel junkie, startup-addict, CTO @ Flextrip (Tours & Activities Tech); Founding CTO of Everbread (Travel Search Tech).
