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diff --git a/content/posts/2006-01-14-sweep-gruff-under-the-rug.html b/content/posts/2006-01-14-sweep-gruff-under-the-rug.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..16b9bb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2006-01-14-sweep-gruff-under-the-rug.html @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +date: "2006-01-14T17:45:26Z" +title: Sweep Gruff Under the RUG +--- + +<p><em>Finally</em>, a <acronym title="Northern Virginia">NoVA</acronym> Ruby users group! Here's the brief post from +<code>ruby-talk</code>:</p> + +<blockquote> + <p>January 25...details can be found here: <a href="http://www.novarug.org">http://www.novarug.org</a></p> + + <p>I will be posting an itinerary soon, but we will be showing the app + were are working on at InfoEther (Ruby + Flash).</p> +</blockquote> + +<p>I'll be there, although that means forfeiting my previously sacrosanct +poker night. </p> + +<p>As you know, a user group meetup, regardless of the topic, isn't +complete without a nutty guy waving his arms and ranting about some +petty grievance, I'm already prepared with my crazy pedant rant.</p> + +<p>Why the hell, and I'm looking at you, <a href="http://gruff.rubyforge.org/" title="A graphing library, written in Ruby, that doesn't freakin work.">Gruff</a>, would you ship a +library that doesn't even work? It's got a bit of documentation, some +sample code, and examples of pretty output. Except it doesn't work. At +all. Why?</p> + +<p>Anyway, "novarug" — or is it written "NOVARUG" — has to be +one of the less sexy names I've heard recently. Hopefully +<a href="http://richkilmer.blogs.com/" title="This guy logs in and out of AIM more than anyone else I know.">Rich Kilmer</a>'s presentation in a couple weeks is as interesting as it +was at <a href="http://paulduncan.org/gallery/200410-rubyconf/" title="Pictures from RubyConf 2004 in Virginia.">RubyConf 2004</a>.</p> + +<p><b>Update:</b> Apparently the <a href="http://gruff.rubyforge.org/" title="A graphing library, written in Ruby, that doesn't freakin work.">Gruff</a> +library isn't broken, but the <a href="http://gruff.rubyforge.org/" title="A graphing library, written in Ruby, that doesn't freakin work.">Gruff</a> +gem is. It doesn't check for or require the RMagick gem. +</p> + |