Double Shot #546

Are you ready for the BugMash this weekend?

• SecureRandom -- Stop writing your own random number and string generators - Just a reminder that Rails provides this amenity too.


• Ruby on Rails Event - A RailsBridge-inspired workshop for women coming up in Boston.


• Introducing Google Chrome Frame - Plugin that hosts Google Chrome inside the IE shell. I frankly don't expect to see huge uptake of this; seems like more grandstanding than anything else, and organizations set on IE6 will just block it.


• TweetStream: Ruby Access to the Twitter Streaming API - More Ruby goodness for those trying to write Twitter-backed services.


• ProPay CartLite - At $40/yr, this looks like it might be an easy alternative for sites that only need a tiny bit of ecommerce.


• Rackspace Move Scheduled for Sunday, September 27th at 5PM Pacific Time - The great GitHub relocation is on.

Comments

[Jaime]

Hey Mike, the Google Chrome Frame will be necesary to use the upcoming Google Wave.

Adios.

[Mike Gunderloy]

Jaime - Sorry, that doesn't do anything to convince me that Chrome Frame will catch on. I expect Wave to be a huge flop except for some niches, with no mass adoption. Once you step out of the echo chamber, no one is interested.