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rassed when you ship your first version you waited too long 初めのリリースで恥ずかしくないのはリリースを遅らせ過ぎた証 matt mullenweg マット マレンウェグ how many ruby gems have never seen 1 0 rubyのgemで1 0に到達しないものは幾つありますか any guesses けんとうはつきますか 17864 rubygems 86837 versions バージョン 13496 gems without a version that does not start with 0 75 percent i challenge you all to release 1 0 on your first push to rubygems next time この次にrubygemsにプッシュする時はバージョンを1 0にしましょう perfect is impossible 完璧は不可能 if you seek it you will never quite attain it 求めても得る事は難しい you will worry it s not perfect enough and it will escape your grasp あなたが完璧か心配しているうちに完璧は逃げて行ってしまう perfect keeps you too focused on one thing 完璧主義は視野を狭くする your mind will cripple you そして足枷になる you won t be able to finish it プロジェクトを完成出来ずに you ll feel helpless because nothing is ever good enough よくやったと思えずに 絶望感に襲われる perfect ruins your productivity 完璧主義では生産性が損なわれる you ll feel like your work is never done いつまで経っても仕事が終わらないように思えるから perfect is harmful to your health 完璧主義は健康に悪い we work too hard to achieve perfection 完璧を求め 働き過ぎる we set our personal standards too high 水準が高過ぎる and rarely reach them しかも滅多に到達する事もない so we worry about not being good enough だから これで充分 と思えずに心労する this makes us anxious それで不安になる anxiety can give you stress 不安はストレスに繋がり make you sick 病気に繋がることもある or even kill you 最悪の場合死ぬことすらある we can t be happy if we re anxious or unhealthy 不安だったり不健康では幸せにはなれない we can t be happy if we accept no compromises 妥協無しには幸せにはなれない we can t be happy if we re alone 独りぼっちでは幸せにはなれない we can t be happy if we strive for perfection 完璧主義では幸せにはなれない matz knows this he is wise matzはこのことを知っています 聡明なまっつ ruby is not perfect rubyは完璧ではない matz knows this too これもmatzは知っています matz made ruby so we could be happy まっつは私達の幸せのためrubyを作りました perfection keeps us from 完璧主義では making compromises 妥協は許されない getting things done 何かを成し遂げる事は出来ない enjoying each other s company 他人と同じ時間を過ごす喜びを見いだせない being happy 幸せになれない and that s why i hate it 私が完璧主義を嫌う理由です so you can either try to be 選択肢は二つ perfect and be 完璧である換わりに lonely 独りぼっちで unproductive 非生産的で unhealthy 不健康であるか or you can be happy 或いは 幸せであるか i ll choose to be happy i hope you do too 私は後者を選びます あなたはどうですか ありがとうございました tags life lightning programming ruby rubyconf new orleans live music this weekend during rubyconf posted by nick sieger thu 11 nov 2010 18 38 00 gmt my boy erik jacobson from way back and also of mama digdown s brass band is a new orleans regular and knows the local scene well he graciously gave me the lowdown for this weekend i d like to make a few of these gigs probably at least the stooges at hi ho tonight maybe hot 8 ellis and or cotton mouth kings tomorrow and one of shannon powell or wes anderson on saturday let me know if you re interested by messaging me on twitter erik also mentioned that there might be a second line happening on sunday afternoon that i might try to check out before i take off in the evening let me know too if you are up for that ok here s erik s take thursday shamarr allen irvin mayfields jazz playhouse 8 00pm he s a fantastic young trumpet player and a friend of mine this is the nice upscale club that is in the hotel on bourbon street kermit ruffins vaughn s 8 00pm you probably know but kermit is a trumpet player and is a quintessential new orleans character vaughn s is a great local dive bar that is in the bywater neighborhood out by the navy yard you ll want to take a cab there there is also free beans and rice at his shows stooges brass band hi ho lounge probably around 10 00pm i got a hold of walter from the stooges and he said they were playing tonight they are a fantastic brass band and it s a great local spot to catch them good friends of mama digdown s soul rebels brass band le bon temps roulee 11 00pm this is always a good hangout there will be a ton of people there the soul rebels are awesome and always play pretty late into the night if you felt like being adventurous you could hit either vaughn s or the playhouse from like 9 10 then take a cab to the hi ho for a set until around 11 30 and then finish with the rebels that is a lot of music it s just so hard to pick which ones to leave out friday hot 8 brass band 12bar 7 00pm hot hot brass band they are good friends who have been up north many times this is a new club that is pretty close you your hotel hot club of new orleans dba 6 00pm this is a great django style band i went to college with the violin player matt rhoady he also hails from mpls and went to henry high this club is over on frenchman street near snug harbor kid chocolate brown irvin mayfields jazz playhouse 8 00pm cool young trumpet player and singer he also plays in los hombres calientes from time to time ellis marsalis quartet snug harbor 8 00pm this is certainly worth going to and i am sure he ll have a good band with him new orleans cotton mouth kings spotted cat 10 00pm this place is really close to snug harbor and would be fun to hit after ellis great traditional band with young cats good people watching too this is a cool scene here i think it s free too saturday soul rebels dba 11 00pm if you missed them on tonight you can catch them here this would be a good place to hear them shannon powell irving mayfields jazz playhouse 8 00pm he is so badass you should really try to swing by if you can he is the drummer that was on that orchestra hall gig i played this summer cool dude too at 11 00pm there is also a brass band playing this club called the kinfolk brass band wessell andersen snug harbor 8 00pm i am sure you know him from wynton records he is amazing it is a hard decision between him and shannon powell tags nola rubyconf 2 comments activerecord jdbc adapter 1 0 0 posted by nick sieger thu 14 oct 2010 15 25 51 gmt just a quick note that activerecord jdbc adapter has finally hit 1 0 0 install it today gem install activerecord jdbc adapter included are adapters for mysql postgresql sqlite3 derby hsqldb h2 and microsoft sql server gem install activerecord jdbcmysql adapter gem install activerecord jdbcpostgresql adapter gem install activerecord jdbcsqlite3 adapter gem install activerecord jdbcderby adapter gem install activerecord jdbchsqldb adapter gem install activerecord jdbch2 adapter gem install activerecord jdbcmssql adapter you can also use activerecord jdbc adapter with oracle db2 sybase and informix just ensure that the database jdbc driver jar files are mentioned in classpath or require them directly in your script or application then configure database yml with adapter set to one of oracle db2 sybase or informix this release promises superb compatibility with rails 3 we now have the activerecord test suite running in ci and the 1 0 0 release is 100 green when run on mysql sqlite3 is right behind with just 13 failures and we hope to fix those soon as mentioned before to get started with rails 3 jruby and activerecord jdbc adapter simply run rails new app database mysql template http jruby org apply http jruby org apply http jruby org templates default rb gsub gemfile gsub config database yml cd app bundle install using activerecord jdbc adapter 1 0 0 using jdbc mysql 5 0 4 using rails 3 0 0 your bundle is complete use bundle show gemname one new feature in 1 0 0 is the ability to define an extension adapter for your proprietary jdbc database without needing to hack the activerecord jdbc adapter source code to get you started we extracted the activerecord cachedb adapter and put it on github for you to use as a template the 1 0 0 release had over 200 commits poured into it and lots of great help from the community thanks to david kellum dmitry denisov dwayne litzenberger gregor schmidt james walker john duff joshua suggs nicholas j kreucher peter donald geoff longman uwe kubosch youhei kondou michael pitman alex b and ryan bell for their contributions to this release enjoy tags activerecord jdbc jruby rails rails3 2 comments polyglot doesn t fix your messy architecture posted by nick sieger wed 15 sep 2010 20 12 00 gmt my talk last week at javazone is now available i ve put 1280x480 and 320x240 ipod sized copies of the mp4 files on s3 as well if you don t have silverlight one of the problems we have as members of the jruby team is to convince a java based audience that programming in a new language is worthwhile as a result we consider ourselves proponents of so called polyglot programming one of the opening points i made in my talk addressed arguments for and against polyglot programming i usually try to make a case along the lines of learning a new language is good for you anyway which can come off sounding a little patronizing like i m reminding the audience that they should take their vitamins while i do believe practicing multilingualism or polyglotism with computers is good for your programming career i wouldn t like to be admonished by the speaker if i was in the audience this time i took a different tack i m not sure if it s a convincing or even supporting argument in favor of ruby or polyglot but true nonetheless first i likened a software project to a physical workspace when you use a new language in your project you make a new space for stuff maybe like adding a bookshelf or some binders or a filing system problem is if your idea of organization is analogous to the cluttered desk below adding a new language is just going to pile one more binder onto the mess on the contrary if you have a well organized project adding a new language also doesn t necessarily automatically make your project better but it does give you capabilities that you didn t have before in the end polyglot programming won t fix the messy architecture and organization of your project if you think adding ruby to the project will make things better by itself you probably shouldn t be thinking about it in the first place ruby can be used as a tool to clean up the mess but only if you actually clean up and remove it and not just paper over it tags polyglot 1 comment jruby at javazone 2010 posted by nick sieger mon 30 aug 2010 17 12 07 gmt i m pleased to be able to return to oslo for javazone 2010 whether you re checking out jruby for the first time or a veteran jruby user i ll have something for you and if i don t i encourage you to come badger me after the talk is finished jruby now with more j additionally if you re interested in meeting up for some jruby discussion next week in oslo do drop me a note at the address in the upper right tags javazone jruby 1 comment deploying monitoring and troubleshooting rails on jruby posted by nick sieger mon 30 aug 2010 17 06 52 gmt i am pleased that my engine yard webinar on jruby and deployment is available for general viewing while the jruby deployment story is still evolving and maturing and the 60 minute time frame is too short to cover the issues in depth i hope you ll find the content at least gives you some ideas or directions to look as always feel free to contact me with any questions deploying monitoring and troubleshooting rails on the jvm with jruby from engine yard on vimeo tags jruby rails 1 comment i was paul gonsalves posted by nick sieger sat 10 apr 2010 16 40 00 gmt i was paul gonsalves in the shower this morning most people sing in the shower but when i get going i play air sax for a fleeting moment i felt like i was blowing with the ellington band at newport in 1956 the way obscure things flow in and out of consciousness is a weird thing if you haven t checked out the 1956 ellington at newport live recording of diminuendo and crescendo in blue you really should i hadn t heard the recording for years until my lovely wife put it on a great jazz mix playlist that we listened to on the road last weekend the recording is completely infectious my foot was tapping within a few moments of the start of the song the newport concert is infamous in jazz lore gonsalves blew 27 choruses and put the crowd into a frenzy the great thing about the recording even though it s a little bit scratchy is that you can hear and feel the energy of the crowd coming through although it s probably a bit hyperbolic some jazz writers claim that gonsalves single handedly revived ellington s career that day why was my mind in that state at that moment i wish i knew the mystery of heightened awareness that is flow is an elusive quality at lunch at rubynation yesterday a discussion arose of just how rare it is to attain that awareness glenn vanderburg described how only a few times in his double digit year career as a conference speaker has he felt like he has had that hyper aware state where he was receiving feedback from the crowd during a talk and able to adjust mid stream and feel completely on the difference of timing and how that affects an audience s response is striking the difference between being on and having a joke or a point fall flat is incredibly sensitive as any performance artist will tell you just to think about it gives me a newfound respect for stand up comedians where timing is so crucial i myself haven t quite felt that heightened state while delivering a conference talk but i have felt it while playing jazz still it has happened only once or twice in my life if you ve felt that flow you know rare it is and how you absolutely cannot manufacture it at will the feeling is such a high that i suspect it leaves artists performers and creative types feeling unfulfilled and half desperately searching for it for the rest of their careers i m not very well read in this area but i d like to learn more any suggestions for reading material i tend to stew on these things for a while but fail to put together a coherent digestible conclusion i thought i d at least write something up get it out there and start a conversation when have you felt that flow and have you noticed how you get into it other tangential thoughts swirling around in my head is flow related to a search for perfection instead should we coach ourselves to cope with life s imperfections dave thomas gave his ruby sucks talk last night at rubynation and eloquently made the point that ruby is not perfect and that s what makes it great i ve struggled with not settling for less than perfect and it ends up usually being more detrimental to my production than anything else why americans don t like jazz have we lost an appreciation for things we can t put to words tags flow life no comments older posts 1 2 3 17 contact nick nicksieger com archives march 2012 1 january 2012 1 january 2011 1 november 2010 2 october 2010 1 september 2010 1 august 2010 2 april 2010 2 march 2010 2 february 2010 1 elsewhere twitter flickr facebook github klactoveesedstene pinboard nicksieger engineyard engineyard visualvm github photo by nicksieger instagram presidential network calls election 2012 nytimes com paths to the white house election 2012 nytimes com automate the install of jdk 5 on lion and mountain lion gist twitter coreyhaines always inspired by deadprogram twitter nicksieger at cholon with some great guys photo by nicksieger instagram photo by nicksieger 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