This is a LONG post. :) You have been warned. Intro (you can skip to the next section for just the review): A few weeks ago my trusty Dell XPS M1210 laptop died. The screen went all wonky and from what I could tell either the display itself was the problem, or the video card. The machine was three years old and had done great during that time. I really liked the laptop, but the quest was on to find a new machine as I didn’t want to invest the cash to fix the issue (which after some experimentation was definitely hardware related) just to have something else go out.

Gaslight software is sponsoring a Day of Ruby in Cincinnati on Sept 11th, 2010. You can check out the specifics on their website, or just go register. Jim Weirich will be teaching Ruby basics in the form of the infamous Ruby Koans in the morning, then Chris Nelson and Doug Alcorn will jointly cover the Rails framework in the afternoon. I’ve sat through the Ruby Koans with Jim at a previous CodeMash and it was a great way to lean Rubyisms and get understanding behind why things are the way they are in Ruby.

If you did miss out on the Cincinnati Day of Agile a few months back, then you certainly missed out on some great content. The good news is that they are hosting another Cincinnati Day of Agile event on August 14th! This is mostly a repeat of the original material. Since there was a long waiting list for people the first time around the staff of the Day of Agile decided to throw another one!