If you are a Git user and deploying using Capistrano, you might be interested in this article from GitHub:
Deployment Script Spring Cleaning

Rails 3 is a rewrite / merger with Merb, and includes Yehuda Katz, Merb lead developer working on it full-time. Here are some posts which were published recently:
http://yehudakatz.com/2008/12/23/rails-and-merb-merge/
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/7/30/community-highlights-yehuda-katz
http://yehudakatz.com/2009/03/06/alias_method_chain-in-models/
http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/6-steps-to-refactoring-rails-for-mere-mortals/
There are lots of lessons and techniques in ruby, rails and general programming to be learnt from these posts. Enjoy!

Google has just released their new version of their Google Maps Flash API, the big feature in this is their 3D map view perspective. This allows the map to be controlled similar to what is found in Google Earth, but with simple tiled maps, rather than complex terrain.
More info and demos can be found here: [...]