Eagerly awaiting a few books from Amazon. Hopefully they don’t come to my house and steal them while I’m sleeping.

• The Rails Way: Do it Later With Delayed Job.
  If you struggle, like I sometimes do, to identify good candidates for async jobs, Koz advises “to look through all your after_save, after_create and after_destroy methods, and evaluate which of them could be off-loaded.” Good stuff.
• Rip 0.0.2
  Second alpha of rip pushed. Starting to see this used some in the wild.
• Consuming OAuth intelligently in Rails
  OAuth plugin was updated today. Here’s a good guide for consuming multiple OAuth services like Twitter, etc in a DRY way.
• Coding Horror: Nobody Hates Software More Than Software Developers
  Too true. Although I will say that I worry much more about installing software for my wife than I do about myself. My expectations are usually low.
• Giles Bowkett: Do You Believe In Magic?
  I don’t think language features should be “off-limits” because they are “magic,” but there is definitely such a thing as being too clever.