Author Archives: ianmacd
Long Day
Well, I landed safe and sound in San Francisco amidst thunder and lightning. Most odd; the weather in Amsterdam this morning was decidedly better. Geoff picked me up from the airport, where I had been given the third degree over … Continue reading
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Hello, Goodbye
We arrived back from Paris Sunday evening. What can I say? All of the clichés of wildly gesticulating Parisians and angry, arrogant, rude people have been grossly exaggerated. We found the French to be courteous, polite, helpful and kind to … Continue reading
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Nous Allons à Paris
Hurray! The family leaves for Paris on the 12:56 train Wednesday afternoon. Four hours later, we’ll all be in gay Paris (well, its Gare du Nord to be precise). It’s going to be fun to go exploring the French capital. … Continue reading
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Ruby/Google Fix Fix
Patches are supposed to fix things, not leave them broken in new and interesting ways, so I thought I should redo yesterday’s patch in such a way that it would actually have value. If you are scratching your head after … Continue reading
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Ruby/Google Fix
If you’re a Ruby/Google user and recently discovered that the library had stopped working, you’ll probably be interested in this patch to version 0.5.1 that fixes things. It appears that Google made some silent changes at their end, probably to … Continue reading