Only in San Francisco

From Matier & Ross: Police ended up releasing all three suspects with misdemeanor citations for offenses ranging from fare evasion to assault and resisting arrest. On the way out, grandma ripped a wanted poster off the wall. No, she wasn’t angry. “Hey, I know where this guy lives,” she told the cops, politely providing them …

HOWTO install the rjb gem on Ubuntu and Mac OS X

Here’s how to install the Ruby Java Bridge (rjb) gem on Ubuntu Linux and Mac OS X: Ubuntu Linux (10.10) # aptitude install openjdk-6-jre-headless openjdk-6-jdk # JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk gem install rjb Mac OS X 10.6.4 # JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home gem install rjb Note: rjb 1.3.2 requires the Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 Developer Package. If …