http://blakeshannon.com Peaches and Cream! Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:42:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Web 2.0 has been killing my blog. Recently I've been very active on Twitter and Friendfeed so if your looking for me I'll be there. I'll save the blog for my long winded ideas and rants. Bye http://blakeshannon.com/bs/im-not-dead Today I was delayed twice on my way back to Charleston from Salt Lake City. While I waited for my plane (it was four hours late) I pulled out Agile Web Development with Rails, put on some Coldplay and started learning. Four hours later I almost missed my flight because ... http://blakeshannon.com/bs/time-well-spent Since I had a +10 hour travel day yesterday I decided to start reading Agile Web Development with Rails. This book covers the basics of programing rails and implementing it into design. So I've jumped into programing Rails, which makes me an official Rails programmer. ( Or a ... http://blakeshannon.com/bs/digging-into-rails http://blakeshannon.com/bs/here-comes-another-bubble http://blakeshannon.com/bs/yay-new-media http://blakeshannon.com/bs/huckchuck-facts http://blakeshannon.com/bs/apples-new-adds-make-me-giggle Pownce finally got an API (application programming interface) today so now people can create widgets for me to use. Get started! http://blakeshannon.com/bs/yay-pownce-gets-an-api After finishing a great book a couple days ago, I went out an bought Stephen Colbert's new book I Am America (And So Can You!. So far I've read about 30 pages and its by far the funniest book I've ever read. I hoping to get it autographed since ... http://blakeshannon.com/bs/i-got-it Well as I was exploring my inbox today I saw that I had a new e-mail message. Oh great I thought no one ever e-mails me! (blake@blakeshannon.com if your wondering.) Well turns out it was from the Army apparently I get spam from them now. Yay! http://blakeshannon.com/bs/go-army-i-think-not