sethbc’s (infrequent) blog…

And Again…

Well, I suppose I should mention the flurry of announcements that Apple made at WWDC.

First, I’m very pleased with the new hardware. When you apply the ADC Hardware Discount, the prices on the Mac Pro are actually very reasonable. I’m definitely interested in one of the Mac Pros, but only if I get much more into the rails development. I’m really liking the way they do things BTO now. It’s nice that they don’t have multiple configurations. I think the stock one is good enough for most people, and you can go from there!

Second, Leopard rocks. I’m definitely looking forward to playing with it. There were a number of innovations steve mentioned, but what everyone seems to be abuzz about is what he didn’t mention. What were the “Supar Sekrat Features” that he said we couldn’t see? Who knows. I am a little annoyed that they bumped the release date until spring ‘07, however. I think they should be gunning for Vista for real, and vista will have a head start on them when it comes out (unless steve knows something we don’t know).

Finally, I’m pleased to see Apple picking up where OpenDarwin left off. I know they closed their doors, and I know why. Still, its good to see that the code is out there. Certainly the “Open Source” aspect of Apple development is minor when compared to a full project like the Linux kernel. Still, I feel like it was important for the xnu Kernel to be out there. Apple (recently) has been making headway in the super-computing field, and this will only better their foray into that (lucrative) area of computing.

I hadn’t had a chance to blog about it yet, but I was so happy to see Bruce Sutter inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. I love Bruce. He was one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met. His induction speech indicated that; reading the transcript was like a who’s who for good guys in baseball.

I’m at a time in my life where I don’t miss playing baseball any more, but I do miss going to the ball park every day. I miss seeing all the special people that do the jobs off the field, the people that make a baseball player’s job easier as you go through the long season. So to traveling secretaries Bill Acree and CJ Cherre, clubhouse guys Yosh Kawano, Butch Yakeman, Buddy Bates, Casey Stephensen, trainers Tony Garofalo, Gene Geiselman, Dave Pursley, Jeff Porter, Doctors Stan London and Joe Chandler, and to all the visiting clubbies, I’m truly grateful for all that you’ve done. You guys were more important to my career than anyone will ever know. I’d like to say thank you to all my Major League coaches and managers. Without you, all this wouldn’t have been possible.

Its nice to see my dad got a shout out, but also Bill Acree (one of the most dependable guys I know – throughout the years he’s done a lot for us), Jeff Porter, and of course Dave Pursley. I grew up around these guys, and they devoted large portions of their lives to the Braves. Good to know that their (largely unseen) efforts are appreciated.

I’ve been absolutely going nuts on Rails. Very Soon Now™ I’m going to be be posting a bunch of Articles on Rails.

I think the HABTM/has_many :through association (which was given a good treatment here) is first. I’m not going to be comparing them, but I’m going to be talking about exactly how you use them.