Mike Clark is offering everyone[^1^](#fn1){#fnref1 .footnote-ref role=”doc-noteref”} in the Ruby community Mardis Gras beads… in exchange for showing everyone your sexy gems. Chad and Bryan showed us theirs, so I figured it was my turn to show you all what I’ve been hiding beneath this shell.
```bash
# gem list|grep '^[a-zA-Z]'
actionmailer (1.2.5)
actionpack (1.12.5)
actionwebservice (1.1.6)
activerecord (1.14.4)
activesupport (1.3.1)
asset_compiler (0.2)
BlueCloth (1.0.0)
builder (2.0.0)
camping (1.5)
capistrano (1.4.0, 1.3.1, 1.2.0)
capistrano-ext (1.1.0)
cgi_multipart_eof_fix (2.0.2)
cheat (1.2.1)
chronic (0.1.6)
color (0.1.0)
daemons (1.0.3, 0.4.4, 0.4.2)
diff-lcs (1.1.2)
facets (1.4.5)
fastercsv (1.2.0)
fastthread (0.6.2)
feedtools (0.2.26)
flexmock (0.5.0)
gem_plugin (0.2.2, 0.2.1)
gen (0.41.0)
glue (0.41.0)
google-geocode (1.2.1)
gruff (0.2.8)
hoe (1.1.6, 1.1.2)
hpricot (0.5.110, 0.4.86, 0.4, 0.2)
livejournal (0.3.1, 0.3.0)
markaby (0.5)
metaid (1.0)
mocha (0.4.0)
mongrel (1.0, 0.3.13.4, 0.3.13.3)
mongrel_cluster (0.2.1, 0.2.0)
needle (1.3.0)
net-ping (1.2.0)
net-sftp (1.1.0)
net-ssh (1.0.10)
nitro (0.41.0)
og (0.41.0)
payment (1.0.1)
piston (1.2.1)
postgres (0.7.1)
quickbooks (0.0.2)
rails (1.1.6)
rake (0.7.1)
rc-rest (2.1.0)
rcov (0.7.0.1)
RedCloth (3.0.4)
rmagick (1.14.1)
rspec (0.7.5, 0.7.4, 0.7.0, 0.6.4)
ruby-breakpoint (0.5.0)
ruby-growl (1.0.1)
rubyforge (0.3.2, 0.3.1)
RubyInline (3.6.2)
shipping (1.5.0)
sources (0.0.1)
superredcloth (1.160)
sydparse (1.2.0)
syntax (1.0.0)
tattle (1.0.1)
unicode (0.1)
uuidtools (1.0.0)
xml-simple (1.0.10, 1.0.9)
ZenTest (3.4.3, 3.4.1)
Perhaps it is time to run some updates. Been running off of Rails edge
forever and never remember to update those gems. :-)
**puts his new beads on...**
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Okay, maybe I lied about the free beads...
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