Louisa and I am announcing our latest project: Compost This. It’s a directory of items with information about it’s compostability.
For example Tea and Flour can be put on the compost heap, but Bindweed and Walnuts cannot. And it’s not always a good idea to put Orange peel on there either.
For geeks: I wrote Compost This using Ruby on Rails, which is one of the best web frameworks I’ve used, and I’m really starting to love the Ruby language too. I’ll release the code soon as an example.
A couple of months ago I was having an IM conversation with an old web developer work friend and asked him if he’d played with Ruby on Rails yet. He told me not and I enquired as to whether he’d been living in a mud hut within a rain forest for the last year. He told me not. I pointed him in the right direction and he said he’d take a look sometime.
Today, after no further conversion, I got this message from him:
(16:14:48) Sid: Hey John!! Just wanted to say thanks for introducing me to Ruby on Rails.. I’ve picked up on it and its changed my life. Now I’m working a contract for the government and dating a hot american chick from new york. btw – like the photo. its class.
(16:16:16) Sid logged out.
He used to be a Coldfusion developer. After finding Ruby on Rails he must look back on Coldfusion and laugh up hard matter from his lower intestine.
Anybody else want to comment on how I’ve changed their life? If you only met me once and had to spend the rest of your life avoiding me it still counts.