<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Yesterday's Thoughts</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.warmroom.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.warmroom.com</link>
	<description>Reflections on family life, software, politics and endurance sports.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:46:58 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Four Letter Life Story</title>
		<link>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/09/10/four-letter-life-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/09/10/four-letter-life-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Baxter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.warmroom.com/?p=341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this test my Meyers-Briggs Personality Type is Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging (INFJ: 33, 12, 50, 33) This page gives my possible career paths as: Clergy / Religious Work Teachers Medical Doctors / Dentists Alternative Health Care Practitioners, i.e. Chiropractor, Reflexologist Psychologists Psychiatrists Counselors and Social Workers Musicians and Artists Photographers Child Care / [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to this <a href="http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm">test</a> my Meyers-Briggs Personality Type is Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging (INFJ: 33, 12, 50, 33)</p>
<p>This <a href="http://www.personalitypage.com/html/INFJ_car.html">page</a> gives my possible career paths as:</p>
<blockquote><p>
Clergy / Religious Work<br />
Teachers<br />
Medical Doctors / Dentists<br />
Alternative Health Care Practitioners, i.e. Chiropractor, Reflexologist<br />
Psychologists<br />
Psychiatrists<br />
Counselors and Social Workers<br />
Musicians and Artists<br />
Photographers<br />
Child Care / Early Childhood Development
</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m really enjoying teaching yoga. It&#8217;s deeply satisfying in a way that neither science nor programming are. I wonder what my 18-year-old self&#8217;s type was? </p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/09/10/four-letter-life-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rails 3.1 Nested Associations</title>
		<link>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/08/30/rails-3-1-nested-associations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/08/30/rails-3-1-nested-associations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Baxter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.warmroom.com/?p=336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some cool changes here: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/3_1_release_notes.html Look at this one! &#8220;Associations with a :through option can now use any association as the through or source association, including other associations which have a :through option and has_and_belongs_to_many associations.&#8221; From the API Documentation (search for &#8220;Nested Associations&#8221;) class Author &#60; ActiveRecord::Base has_many :posts has_many :comments, :through =&#62; :posts [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some cool changes here: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/3_1_release_notes.html</p>
<p>Look at this one!</p>
<p>&#8220;Associations with a :through option can now use any association as the through or source association, including other associations which have a :through option and has_and_belongs_to_many associations.&#8221;</p>
<p>From the <a href="http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Associations/ClassMethods.html" title="API Documentation">API Documentation</a> (search for &#8220;Nested Associations&#8221;)</p>
<pre><code>
class Author &lt; ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :posts
  has_many :comments, :through =&gt; :posts
  has_many :commenters, :through =&gt; :comments
end

class Post &lt; ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :comments
end

class Comment &lt; ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :commenter
end

@author = Author.first
@author.commenters # =&gt; People who commented on posts written by the author
</code></pre>
<p>or equivalently</p>
<pre>
<code>
class Author &lt; ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :posts
  has_many :commenters, :through =&gt; :posts
end

class Post &lt; ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :comments
  has_many :commenters, :through =&gt; :comments
end

class Comment &lt; ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :commenter
end
</code></pre>
<p>The associations are read only: </p>
<blockquote><p>When using nested association, you will not be able to modify the association because there is not enough information to know what modification to make. For example, if you tried to add a Commenter in the example above, there would be no way to tell how to set up the intermediate Post and Comment objects.</p></blockquote>
<p>so you can&#8217;t do <code>@author.commenters &lt;&lt; Comment.new</code>, but still this is a nice savings for some deeply nested associations that I&#8217;ve been dealing with lately.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/08/30/rails-3-1-nested-associations/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Where&#8217;s The Octopus?</title>
		<link>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/08/05/wheres-the-octopus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/08/05/wheres-the-octopus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Baxter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natural World]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.warmroom.com/?p=334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scifri Videos: Where&#8217;s The Octopus?.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href='http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10397'>Scifri Videos: Where&#8217;s The Octopus?</a>.</p>
<p><embed allowfullscreen="true"  height="334"  width="560"  src="http://www.sciencefriday.com/embed/video/10397.swf" /></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/08/05/wheres-the-octopus/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;If I die now, just remember you are all fantastic.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/07/26/if-i-die-now-just-remember-you-are-all-fantastic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/07/26/if-i-die-now-just-remember-you-are-all-fantastic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Baxter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Living]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.warmroom.com/?p=329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Life responds: &#8220;That was one of the most disturbing things I experienced,&#8221; Esbati said. &#8220;She kept repeating that &#8216;If I die now, just remember you are all fantastic.&#8217; And this was a girl of 18 or 19 years old, and she &#8230; was repeating that &#8216;I can see in your eyes that you are afraid, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Life responds:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;That was one of the most disturbing things I experienced,&#8221; Esbati said. &#8220;She kept repeating that &#8216;If I die now, just remember you are all fantastic.&#8217; And this was a girl of 18 or 19 years old, and she &#8230; was repeating that &#8216;I can see in your eyes that you are afraid, so I know I will die.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>via <a href='http://www.npr.org/2011/07/25/138667137/suspect-in-norway-attacks-wants-open-hearing'>Norway Suspect Claims To Be Part Of Terror Network : NPR</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/07/26/if-i-die-now-just-remember-you-are-all-fantastic/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Disgrace of Everyday Life</title>
		<link>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/05/19/the-disgrace-of-everyday-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/05/19/the-disgrace-of-everyday-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 04:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Baxter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.warmroom.com/?p=326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats. George Orwell, Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.</p></blockquote>
<p>George Orwell, <em>Benefit of Clergy: Some Notes on Salvador Dali</em></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/05/19/the-disgrace-of-everyday-life/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Another Bush, A Different War, The Same Lies</title>
		<link>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/02/05/another-bush-a-different-war-the-same-lies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/02/05/another-bush-a-different-war-the-same-lies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Baxter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.warmroom.com/?p=315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OfF7FUlhg4o?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/02/05/another-bush-a-different-war-the-same-lies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What We Need to Know</title>
		<link>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/02/03/what-we-need-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/02/03/what-we-need-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Baxter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.warmroom.com/?p=307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken Robinson on Changing Education Paradigms]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ken Robinson on Changing Education Paradigms</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='614' height='376'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/zDZFcDGpL4U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;hd=1' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='opaque' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/zDZFcDGpL4U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;hd=1' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='614' height='376' wmode='opaque'></embed></object></span></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/02/03/what-we-need-to-know/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Power of Vulnerability</title>
		<link>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/02/02/power-of-vulnerability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/02/02/power-of-vulnerability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Baxter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.warmroom.com/?p=302</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Brene Brown on the Power of Vulnerability]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brene Brown on the Power of Vulnerability </p>
<p><object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/BreneBrown_2010X-medium.flv&#038;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/BreneBrown-2010X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&#038;vw=432&#038;vh=240&#038;ap=0&#038;ti=1042&#038;introDuration=15330&#038;adDuration=4000&#038;postAdDuration=830&#038;adKeys=talk=brene_brown_on_vulnerability;year=2010;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=what_makes_us_happy;theme=how_the_mind_works;event=TEDxHouston;&#038;preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/BreneBrown_2010X-medium.flv&#038;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/BreneBrown-2010X.embed_thumbnail.jpg&#038;vw=432&#038;vh=240&#038;ap=0&#038;ti=1042&#038;introDuration=15330&#038;adDuration=4000&#038;postAdDuration=830&#038;adKeys=talk=brene_brown_on_vulnerability;year=2010;theme=a_taste_of_tedx;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=what_makes_us_happy;theme=how_the_mind_works;event=TEDxHouston;"></embed></object></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2011/02/02/power-of-vulnerability/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Physicist Turns the City Into an Equation</title>
		<link>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2010/12/24/a-physicist-turns-the-city-into-an-equation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2010/12/24/a-physicist-turns-the-city-into-an-equation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Baxter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural World]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.warmroom.com/?p=299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jane Jacobs meets biology and physics!A Physicist Turns the City Into an Equation.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jane Jacobs meets biology and physics!<a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/magazine/19Urban_West-t.html?_r=4&#038;hp=&#038;pagewanted=all'>A Physicist Turns the City Into an Equation</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2010/12/24/a-physicist-turns-the-city-into-an-equation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cool. Check. Scary. Check.</title>
		<link>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2010/05/25/cool-check-scary-check/</link>
		<comments>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2010/05/25/cool-check-scary-check/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 05:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Baxter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.warmroom.com/?p=291</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This robot from USC moves amazingly. That it is funded by DARPA makes me think twice about what it might be used for.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This robot from USC moves amazingly. That it is funded by DARPA makes me think twice about what it might be used for.</p>
<p><object width="853" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nUQsRPJ1dYw&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nUQsRPJ1dYw&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="853" height="505"></embed></object></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.warmroom.com/yesterdays/2010/05/25/cool-check-scary-check/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

