Cach finished quietly with a long, static shot of a school and absolutely no resolution – effectively taking the “who” out of whodunnit. I just sat there, watching the credits roll, dumbfounded that it left me with *nothing* to go on. Who was secretly filming Georges and leaving the ominous voyeuristic video tapes and violent drawings? Was it Madjid? His son? Were the nightmares actually vivid memories? I had no idea.

Sometimes while reading a book, I set it down and for one reason or another never pick it up again. When that happens, it’s just an accidentally unfinished book. There are other cases where I deliberately don’t finish – a deliberately unfinished book. This is rarely due to not liking the book, but instead because I’ve gotten everything I’m going to get from it before it decides the story is over.

The attendees at RailsConf are the super geeks. They are the brilliant early adopters, and they have highly-tuned bullshit detectors. In some ways they determine where all things technical are heading. It’s interesting to note, then, that nearly all of them use Apple hardware. Powerbooks and MacBooks completely dominated the conference. Also, there were Nintendo DS Lites *everywhere*. Photos by chiology

Apparently, Bryan H. was having a bit of fun with the conference name tag of none other than DHH when he heard someone clearing his throat. Turning around, there was David, holding an empty lanyard, waiting patiently for his identity to be returned to him. I wasn’t there, but the look on Bryan’s face must’ve been priceless.

Opening Keynote with Dave Thomas Originally uploaded by JackBaty. Dave hit on a number of issues keeping Rails from being *everywhere*. Of course the biggie was deployment. Amen to that.

I’m at at RailsConf in Chicago until Sunday. This is what I would describe (affectionately) as geek heaven. Most of the #caboose folks are here, Rails Core is somewhere around, and so on. Not an empty lap or AC outlet in the place.

I’ve been crazy for Angelina Jolie for as long as I can remember. When she was married to Billy Bob, I couldn’t imagine a more interesting place to want to have dinner than their house. (Not so much now with Brad, though.) What I liked, other than the obvious, is that she looked to be pretty much a no-bullshit type of gal. At first I was just a teeny bit worried when she seemed to have found a “cause.

So I get back to my laptop at the office, and here’s the IM window waiting for me… Funny. Or isn’t it?

The team at Fusionary has been hard at work for nearly 12 hours now. I’m not competing, just ordering Pizza and making sure the server stays running and nothing catches fire. Everyone’s getting a little silly. 36 hours without sleep tends to do that. These guys have gotten an amazing amount of code coded and designs designed so far. 12 more hours to go.

Flock has released its first public beta. I really like the del.icio.us integration, and I’m writing this post right from the browser.

I’m planning to marry Sarah Silverman. My guess is it will last about three days – two of which will be fantastic. I'd love to credit this photo. Anyone know the source?

If you’re gonna rant, you should be pretty good at it. Like this guy. Here’s one on Salmonella Hysteria There are a million and one ways to die, and eating poultry isn’t exactly at the top of the list. There are a billion and one ways to live your life, and I choose not to live mine worrying about some mythical bug that may or may not be present in under-cooked meat.