From glasse at cs.rpi.edu Wed Apr 11 03:18:58 2007 From: glasse at cs.rpi.edu (Ethan Glasser-Camp) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 03:18:58 -0400 Subject: Preeventualist servers down Message-ID: <461C8BE2.1090409@cs.rpi.edu> Hi, I was rereading the Poignant Guide again for like the 80th time today and discovered that the preeventualist.org site is down. I know this isn't something you can directly affect but it does kind of ruin your examples in chapter 6. Maybe you can let the Preeventualist Youth Group know or recommend them a good hosting service? Ethan -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/poignant-stiffs/attachments/20070411/8bd949cd/attachment.bin From why at poignantguide.net Wed Apr 25 16:38:33 2007 From: why at poignantguide.net (why the lucky stiff) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:38:33 -0500 Subject: + Hackety Hack + Message-ID: <20070425203833.GE28530@beekeeper.hobix.com> Friends of the (Poignant) Guide, Any of you remember that /SECRET PROJECT/ from the beginning of March? I needed some folks using Windows to shell out some precious time to see if I could help them learn Ruby. The secret project is: Hackety Hack. It's a Windows program for learning Ruby with lots of fun examples: downloading mp3s, writing blogs, chatware, and so on. AND, WELL, >>MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS<< IT WORKED!! I ended up with 50 participants, about half stuck with it and we saw some amazing progress. I've asked the participants to blog about their experiences, here are the first few: * http://www.greaterbostonrubyandrails.com/HacketyHackBlog.html * http://ostracons.com/entry/272/programmed * http://willscott.name/2007/04/23/HacketyHack Thankyou to the fine, fine people who applied themselves to make this happen. It was one of those beautiful, unforgettable times that really changed my life!! Truly adventure-sized!! _why From why at poignantguide.net Wed Apr 25 17:10:56 2007 From: why at poignantguide.net (why the lucky stiff) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:10:56 -0500 Subject: + Hackety Hack + In-Reply-To: <20070425203833.GE28530@beekeeper.hobix.com> References: <20070425203833.GE28530@beekeeper.hobix.com> Message-ID: <20070425211056.GF28530@beekeeper.hobix.com> On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 03:38:33PM -0500, why the lucky stiff wrote: > The secret project is: Hackety Hack. It's a Windows program for > learning Ruby with lots of fun examples: downloading mp3s, writing > blogs, chatware, and so on. I should also mention that Brian DeLacey, who has been an instrumental force in building Hackety Hack (and whose three young kids have been learning Ruby as we speak,) will be showcasing H-ety H in Boston: This next meeting will be on Tuesday, May 8th from 7 to 9pm at 1 Broadway St, Kendall Square, Cambridge. We plan to spend about 45 minutes on an introductory demonstration and discussion of _why's latest creation, Hackety Hack. The tour will be led by a tag-team of beta testers (including Eric Mill, Kevin Driscoll and Brian DeLacey) who have been using this since early March. Oh, wow, Eric Mill and Kevin D. as well. These guys _get_ HH!! If you see them at the meeting, jog their hands fiercely and say THANKS to them!! _why From hotdog003 at gmail.com Wed Apr 25 19:01:40 2007 From: hotdog003 at gmail.com (Michael Wilber) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:01:40 -0600 Subject: + Hackety Hack + In-Reply-To: <20070425203833.GE28530@beekeeper.hobix.com> References: <20070425203833.GE28530@beekeeper.hobix.com> Message-ID: <462FDDD4.7030808@gmail.com> Ok, now that is Seriously Awesome ! *drools* I'm guessing that the link is http://hacketyhack.net/ ? > Friends of the (Poignant) Guide, > > Any of you remember that /SECRET PROJECT/ from the beginning of March? > I needed some folks using Windows to shell out some precious time to > see if I could help them learn Ruby. > > The secret project is: Hackety Hack. It's a Windows program for > learning Ruby with lots of fun examples: downloading mp3s, writing > blogs, chatware, and so on. -- -Hotdog003 From cdcarter at gmail.com Wed Apr 25 19:10:23 2007 From: cdcarter at gmail.com (Chris Carter) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:10:23 -0500 Subject: + Hackety Hack + In-Reply-To: <20070425203833.GE28530@beekeeper.hobix.com> References: <20070425203833.GE28530@beekeeper.hobix.com> Message-ID: <86987bdf0704251610k4009f83frb63a462a990a97d3@mail.gmail.com> On 4/25/07, why the lucky stiff wrote: > Friends of the (Poignant) Guide, > > Any of you remember that /SECRET PROJECT/ from the beginning of March? > I needed some folks using Windows to shell out some precious time to > see if I could help them learn Ruby. > > The secret project is: Hackety Hack. It's a Windows program for > learning Ruby with lots of fun examples: downloading mp3s, writing > blogs, chatware, and so on. > > AND, WELL, >>MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS<< IT WORKED!! > > I ended up with 50 participants, about half stuck with it and we saw > some amazing progress. I've asked the participants to blog about > their experiences, here are the first few: > > * http://www.greaterbostonrubyandrails.com/HacketyHackBlog.html > * http://ostracons.com/entry/272/programmed > * http://willscott.name/2007/04/23/HacketyHack > > Thankyou to the fine, fine people who applied themselves to make > this happen. It was one of those beautiful, unforgettable times > that really changed my life!! Truly adventure-sized!! > > _why > _______________________________________________ > poignant-stiffs mailing list > poignant-stiffs at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/poignant-stiffs > hi _why! Will the source for Hackety Hack be opened. I would love to see how it is implemented, and do crazy shit with it. Like support for JRuby, or Lisp. I dunno, but it would be cool! -- Chris Carter concentrationstudios.com brynmawrcs.com From jaime at railes.net Thu Apr 26 06:43:27 2007 From: jaime at railes.net (Jaime Iniesta) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:43:27 +0200 Subject: + Hackety Hack + In-Reply-To: <20070425203833.GE28530@beekeeper.hobix.com> References: <20070425203833.GE28530@beekeeper.hobix.com> Message-ID: <1177584207.9073.14.camel@zimpa> Hi! El mi?, 25-04-2007 a las 15:38 -0500, why the lucky stiff escribi?: > The secret project is: Hackety Hack. It's a Windows program for Sounds nice. I tried to install it using Wine on Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn) GNU/Linux, and it installs but then doesn't work properly. It says "uninitialized constant Camping". Nope, I haven't installed camping on my computer, should I? Do you think it will work on Ubuntu? Thanks, -- Jaime Iniesta From deps81 at gmail.com Thu Apr 26 06:55:47 2007 From: deps81 at gmail.com (deps) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:55:47 +0200 Subject: + Hackety Hack + In-Reply-To: <20070425203833.GE28530@beekeeper.hobix.com> References: <20070425203833.GE28530@beekeeper.hobix.com> Message-ID: <6e48c9ee0704260355t1460bd04o2b2c04501cffbf76@mail.gmail.com> Is the registration turned off? HH told me to signup but all I got was a white page that told me that there was no user called signup. On 4/25/07, why the lucky stiff wrote: > > Friends of the (Poignant) Guide, > > Any of you remember that /SECRET PROJECT/ from the beginning of March? > I needed some folks using Windows to shell out some precious time to > see if I could help them learn Ruby. > > The secret project is: Hackety Hack. It's a Windows program for > learning Ruby with lots of fun examples: downloading mp3s, writing > blogs, chatware, and so on. > > AND, WELL, >>MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS<< IT WORKED!! > > I ended up with 50 participants, about half stuck with it and we saw > some amazing progress. I've asked the participants to blog about > their experiences, here are the first few: > > * http://www.greaterbostonrubyandrails.com/HacketyHackBlog.html > * http://ostracons.com/entry/272/programmed > * http://willscott.name/2007/04/23/HacketyHack > > Thankyou to the fine, fine people who applied themselves to make > this happen. It was one of those beautiful, unforgettable times > that really changed my life!! Truly adventure-sized!! > > _why > _______________________________________________ > poignant-stiffs mailing list > poignant-stiffs at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/poignant-stiffs > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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