I know why people like rails so much…
One of the radio clubs I belong to finally moved their website to a host which allows you to-do something besides post straight html. Somewhere the web master got the idea I could actually program, so I got looped in on trying to automate some of the pages which are a pain to generate. (Lists of scores from contests and stuff like that) Initially I was going to use PHP, because I thought that was the new sexy tool (along with mySQL), but I guess I’m out of touch. The other person who is helping out said they’d really rather use ruby.
So I’m sitting on the couch last night and downloaded a couple of the video’s from the ruby on rails site. I sitting here watching them and following along on my Macbook. I can’t believe how damn simple it is to build stuff. This shit is really amazing. The other thing I couldn’t believe, I didn’t have to install anything on my mac, everything appears to come standard with OSX, even the development stuff.
So on another topic, I’ve discovered that the only “quiet” time I get anymore is after Rosie and Isaac have gone to bed. I’ve sort of noticed / heard that to be the case from other people, but never really got it until right now. Maybe it is just what happens when your old, married and have kids?