Tweets from this day in history… or maybe just today: 2008-12-14
Posted by Matt Polito in Personal on December 14, 2008 | No Comments
@trevorturk I don’t even remember the last time I was down there :-( in reply to trevorturk #
Tweets from this day in history… or maybe just today: 2008-12-12
Posted by Matt Polito in Personal on December 12, 2008 | No Comments
@kristn http://twitpic.com/s5vs - what application is that? in reply to kristn #
@kristn thanks! in reply to kristn #
@redsquirrel mazel tov! ;-) in reply to redsquirrel #
Looking for a ruby/rails plugin/library to read and write image metadata. Anyone got suggestions? #
@kristn xbmc is so awesome! I wish my xbox didn’t break… now i have no more media center. in reply to kristn #
@dgiunta really? i knew it could read metadata but didn’t know that it would write as well. cool, i’ll look into that in reply to dgiunta #
@trevorturk excellent… i’ll shoot you...
Tweets from this day in history… or maybe just today: 2008-12-11
Posted by Matt Polito in Personal on December 11, 2008 | No Comments
@redsquirrel Is the book finished? in reply to redsquirrel #
Too Many Choices
Posted by Matt Polito in Personal, Technology, Video on October 20, 2008 | No Comments
Recently my wife and I were given the opportunity to go out and get a new TV. This has proved to be a more daunting task than I first thought. We however have narrowed our selection down. This is what we’re looking at… please chime in with your thoughts to help us out!
Sony KDL-52XBR6
Samsung 52A650
I personaly love the Samsung, but it has a high glare and I know it will drive my wife nuts! There is one more option as well. The LG 52inch Scarlet. I was not able to find any videos with it so that’s why it is not featured here.
Chime in and let me know which one I...
The Man with Many Fabulous Prizes
Posted by Matt Polito in Personal on September 19, 2008 | No Comments
Although I’ve helped in many ways over the course of the last year in preparing the Windy City Rails conference, tomorrow I will perform the most important task of the day. I know, I know… you’re probably thinking “you’re not David Hansson, or David Chelimsky“. Yeah I’m not those guys, but… I’m the guy that’s gonna be giving you your prizes! And what glorious, might I even say fabulous, prizes they are!
Throughout the day we will be raffling off various O’Reilly and Addison Wesley books, screencasts from Pragmatic, and a free...