Robby on Rails: The Argon Express!thoughts.sort_by{|t| t[:topic]}.collect tag:www.robbyonrails.com,2005:TypoTypo2006-09-05T22:12:47-04:00Robby Russellurn:uuid:27dcb8ce-4cb9-470e-b147-71f65e3423732006-02-07T19:34:00-05:002006-09-05T22:12:47-04:00The Argon Express!<p><span class="caps">WOW</span>! The Rails community is awesome. Last week, I finally got a chance to get a web site up for <a href="http://www.theargonexpress.com">The Argon Express</a> and the response has been phenomenal. We have people from Canada, California, North Dakota, Washington, and Idaho… all interested in joining us in Portland, Oregon… or hoping the train somewhere in between here and Chicago.</p>
<p>There are currently about <strong>25 people</strong> involved in the project!</p>
<p>A few logistical problems have come up… that we’re working on.</p>
<ul>
<li>Seems Amtrak doesn’t have as many outlets as we’d like… so we might have to get Rooms so we can have charging stations for our laptop batteries! heh</li>
<li>How many geeks can fit on a train… and will they kick us off?</li>
<li>Does Wifi work through train cars very well? (likely going to setup our own private wifi lan)</li>
<li>Who is bringing the shuttle server for hosting a <span class="caps">SVN</span> repository and webserver for playing with?</li>
<li>Will RailsConf give us a special discount as a group. <span class="caps">ANSWER</span>: <strong><span class="caps">YES</span></strong> We got a discount! ;-)</li>
<li>Will we trip the circuits on Amtrak if we run power stips and extension cords? heh</li>
<li>Can we find sponsors to help cover the costs for these recharging station rooms? (gets expensive for private rooms)</li>
</ul>
<p>... if you’re interested in giving us some good ideas… and even if you can’t join us on the trip…but want to help promote it and plan it, please contact me via the email link on <a href="http://theargonexpress.com">theargonexpress.com</a> to join the basecamp project. :-)</p>
<strong><span class="caps">UPDATES</span></strong>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/articles/2006/02/06/the-argon-express-to-railsconf"><span class="caps">DHH</span> blogged about us on the Rails weblog</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.railsconf.com/articles/2006/02/08/start-railsconf-2000-miles-early">Chad Fowler mentioned us on the RailsConf blog</a>!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The PA team is signed up for RailsConf!</li>
</ul>
<p>:-D</p><p><span class="caps">WOW</span>! The Rails community is awesome. Last week, I finally got a chance to get a web site up for <a href="http://www.theargonexpress.com">The Argon Express</a> and the response has been phenomenal. We have people from Canada, California, North Dakota, Washington, and Idaho… all interested in joining us in Portland, Oregon… or hoping the train somewhere in between here and Chicago.</p>
<p>There are currently about <strong>25 people</strong> involved in the project!</p>
<p>A few logistical problems have come up… that we’re working on.</p>
<ul>
<li>Seems Amtrak doesn’t have as many outlets as we’d like… so we might have to get Rooms so we can have charging stations for our laptop batteries! heh</li>
<li>How many geeks can fit on a train… and will they kick us off?</li>
<li>Does Wifi work through train cars very well? (likely going to setup our own private wifi lan)</li>
<li>Who is bringing the shuttle server for hosting a <span class="caps">SVN</span> repository and webserver for playing with?</li>
<li>Will RailsConf give us a special discount as a group. <span class="caps">ANSWER</span>: <strong><span class="caps">YES</span></strong> We got a discount! ;-)</li>
<li>Will we trip the circuits on Amtrak if we run power stips and extension cords? heh</li>
<li>Can we find sponsors to help cover the costs for these recharging station rooms? (gets expensive for private rooms)</li>
</ul>
<p>... if you’re interested in giving us some good ideas… and even if you can’t join us on the trip…but want to help promote it and plan it, please contact me via the email link on <a href="http://theargonexpress.com">theargonexpress.com</a> to join the basecamp project. :-)</p>
<strong><span class="caps">UPDATES</span></strong>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/articles/2006/02/06/the-argon-express-to-railsconf"><span class="caps">DHH</span> blogged about us on the Rails weblog</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.railsconf.com/articles/2006/02/08/start-railsconf-2000-miles-early">Chad Fowler mentioned us on the RailsConf blog</a>!</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>The PA team is signed up for RailsConf!</li>
</ul>
<p>:-D</p>
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<p>/me wishes he were coming….</p>