My name is Rob Conery and this is my blog. I am the Co-Founder of Tekpub.com Creator of This Developer's Life, an Author, Speaker, A bit of a malcontent, and care for many, many Open Source libraries such as Massive, SubSonic, and Manatee

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I’m A Piece of Trash: Recycle Me

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I stare at the bottom of my drained coffee cup – the stray grounds settle on the bottom in a final stand against the tyranny of filtration. The quiet of the morning is leaving me – the minivans, SUVs, hybrid/crossover/family cars are pulling up in front of our house: it’s Go Time. I’m Mr. Trash today – and the children in my daughters’ class are about to get thrown away with me…

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Sublime Text: The text editor you’ll fall in love with

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The title of this post is the tagline from the Sublime Text 2 website. A tad lofty, and altogether very accurate.

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Understanding the Rails Asset Pipeline

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Rails 3.1 marks a strange turning point in the evolution of Rails: many hard-core fans are feeling the framework is losing its edge and becoming over-engineered. That might be a premature opinion.

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Rails Has Turned Me Into a Cannibalizing Idiot

You're a mean man, Mr. Myers :)

Some interesting posts flying around about how ActiveRecord is rotting people’s brains and how Rails is “pants on head retarded”. I figured I might as well respond.

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Happy Holidays to You and Yours

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It’s been a very fun year – hoping you’re relaxing with friends and family … or having some well-deserved quiet time to yourself…

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Dear HBO

I’d gladly pay you upwards of $19.99 a month for direct access to HBO Go without a cable subscription. Netflix charges $7.99 a month for their streaming service right now, but thanks to your original programming, you’re worth a lot more. Count me in. via parislemon • Dear HBO.

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