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Systems engineer deemed best job in America - CNET News

A deep and detailed survey by Focus.com concludes that the best job in the United States is a tech job: systems engineer. No. 2: physician assistant. No. 3: college professor.

Open Source Bridge: The conference for open source citizens / June 1-4, 2010 / Portland, OR

2010 Call for Proposals is open!

We would love to hear all of those interesting ideas you have in your head---and so would everyone else. That's why we will be accepting your proposals for Open Source Bridge through March 18.

Like, Python

Like making computers do your bidding?
Enjoy Python features like lambdas? Indent-grouping? List comprehensions?
Tired of Old Man Python telling you what you can and can't say to your computer?

It's about time programming languages understood what the kids are typing these days. So let's start with a baby step in that direction: Like, Python.

Rails 3.0: Release Notes

Rails 3.0 is ponies and rainbows! It’s going to cook you dinner and fold your laundry. You’re going to wonder how life was ever possible before it arrived. It’s the Best Version of Rails We’ve Ever Done!

Riding Rails: Rails 3.0: Beta release

You thought we were never going to get to this day, didn’t you? Ye of little faith. Because here is the first real, public release of Rails 3.0 in the form of a beta package that we’ve toiled long and hard over...

Rails 3.0 Beta: 36 Links and Resources To Get You Going

Clojure

Clojure links on Reddit

weavejester's compojure at master - GitHub

Compojure Web Development Framework

Clojure - getting_started

Tutorial

Clojure - home

Clojure is a dynamic programming language that targets the Java Virtual Machine (and the CLR ). It is designed to be a general-purpose language, combining the approachability and interactive development of a scripting language with an efficient and robust infrastructure for multithreaded programming.