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After waiting … and waiting … and waiting some more, it looks like the series 3 tivo might be coming out soon.  There was this letter to the FCC that came out in July talking about the fact that testing was underway and a unit is out soon.  Yesterday, HDBeat had some pictures of the a series 3 unit in beta test.  After seeing the list of fall tv premiere dates, I can’t wait to get one of these when it comes out.

I’m a big fan of HDMI as a way to reduce cable clutter.  At some point, I found this article on HDMI on ElectronicHouse.com, and I thought that other people might find it interesting.

Lately, I’ve been playing with Ruby on Rails a lot since I wasn’t sure I could bring myself to do more java coding after work. I’ve run across a few interesting articles and sites that I thought you might find useful if you’re interested in RoR.

• 10 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know About Ruby
• Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know
• 19 Rails Tricks Most Rails Coders Don’t Know
• Understanding Ruby Symbols
• RubyGarden’s Wiki
• Rails Recipes