ruby -rcurses -e"include Curses;i=0;loop{setpos 12*(Math.sin(i)+1),40*(Math.cos(i*0.2)+1);addstr'.';i+=0.01;refresh}" #ruby

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I’m a productive, tax-paying, native-born American with inadequate health insurance for myself and my family. Oh, we tried to purchase private insurance, but no one will underwrite us because my wife had major surgery too recently. We wound up having to settle for a $250-a-month out-of-pocket plan. We pay an additional $300 a month for medications because there’s no prescription benefit.

I’ve gone from contractor to salaried status with my employer, so the situation will improve for me. In June, when my benefits start. Until then, I have to wait and worry about my family.

Senator Kyl, I ask you, is this an acceptable situation? Is it acceptable for the millions of Americans who won’t have a reprieve in a few months?

-Jay McGavren, Mesa

Given Kyl’s voting record on this issue I doubt it will even be read. By Senator Kyl, that is. But at least it’ll make the topic a little harder for him to ignore.

I did this as part of MoveOn.org’s virtual march for healthcare reform. Please consider doing the same!

about 23 hours ago via web

ruby -rtk -e "w=TkCanvas.new(TkRoot.new{title:paint});w.pack.bind('B1-Motion',proc{|x,y|TkcOval.new(w,x,y,x+4,y+4)},'%x %y').mainloop" #ruby

about 3 hours ago via web

Almost got this one short enough to tweet:

ruby -rtk -e"v,w=0,0;a=[1]*9;c=TkCanvas.new;c.pack.bind('Motion',proc{|x,y|a<<TkcLine.new(c,v,w,v=x,w=y,:arrow=>'last');a.shift.delete rescue 1},'%x %y').mainloop"

Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005
From: Me
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317)
To: John
Subject: Re: New job!

John McGavren wrote:
 > What level are you now, and what did you put your stat points into?
 > Oh! I'm curious about the loot you got from killing the pegasus too.
 > Any tomes of knowledge? Or swords?

Um, no.  But I am gonna take my stapler with me.

-Jay

Be sure to visit jemini.org for help on starting your own game!

You can view part 1 here.

Jemini Tutorial (Part 2 of 2)

Part 1 shows creating a project, setting up a game state, loading animations, music and sound effects, and setting up keyboard input and event handlers. (Not bad for 22 minutes, right?)

You can view part 2 here.

Jemini Tutorial (Part 1 of 2)

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Here’s a few samples. I’m sure I could produce more consistently pretty results with more SVG expertise, but that’s something I’ll have to play with another time.

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