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If you want to explore Rails, heroku.com offers an easy way to get started, using a web-based interface that neatly hides the complexity of installation and database management.

simonstl's status on Tuesday, 02-Dec-08 16:27:17 UTC

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Sungiva just keeps getting cuter.

Sungiva talks during a meal.

Sungiva investigates carpentry.

Sungiva dressed for Thanksgiving.

As always, there's a gallery of photos for those want to see more Sungiva!

simonstl's status on Saturday, 29-Nov-08 14:34:13 UTC

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simonstl's status on Wednesday, 26-Nov-08 19:31:36 UTC

I've been slack lately on Dryden, but it's good to see that someone's taken up regular blogging in Cortland. It looks like they just started, but it's a great start!

(Thanks to NYCO for pointing it out.)

simonstl's status on Tuesday, 25-Nov-08 16:25:40 UTC

Once you have Rails installed, it's time to explore the foundations of how Rails applications are put together. It's not quite programming yet - it's more looking around to figure out how the pieces fit together.

simonstl's status on Monday, 24-Nov-08 22:56:08 UTC

This morning's Ithaca Journal reports on the public meeting the Planning Board held last Thursday to discuss upcoming changes to Dryden's zoning laws.

Zoning meeting.

Much of the meeting was background, discussing the already-written Comprehensive Plan and residential and commercial design guidelines. When the discussion turned specifically to zoning, it was still pretty abstract: a list of zones, with no map yet.

If I have the list right, they're planning on Agriculture, Rural Residential, Conservation, Neighborhood, Hamlet, and Light Industrial & Office zones. The only one of these that sounded particularly surprising was Neighborhood Residential, and that mostly because it sounded like it will be a "floating zone", an option the Planning Board can use to allow denser development when appropriate.

I suspect this will get more interesting - and probably more contentious - when the details of those zones come into clearer focus, and when the map actually gets drawn. I'll be especially curious to see what happens to my own small stretch of 366, as always.

simonstl's status on Friday, 21-Nov-08 15:39:12 UTC