Merged Pancho's revision to the ruby post

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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-title: What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby
+title: What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby
 author: Emmanuel Delgado
 email: emmanuel.delgado@crowdint.com
 avatar: a302e7dd208f335dc67761a6db911561
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ Motivation
 ----------
 
 Everytime I'm learning a new language, the first thing I try to learn is how this new language
-implements OOP, and now its Ruby's turn. Before joining Crowd Interactive I had been playing with Java for some
-years, but when I first heard about Ruby being a fully OOP language I got really excited, but then
-when I got hands-on on some existing Ruby code thing got confusing.
+implements OOP, and now it's Ruby's turn. Before joining Crowd Interactive I had been playing with Java for some
+years; then I first heard about Ruby being a fully OOP language I got really excited, and
+when I got hands-on some existing Ruby code, things got confusing.
 
 I would've liked to know all of this before looking at any Ruby code:
 
 First things first: Ruby Objects
 -------------------------------
-Things that we have to know:
+Things that we must know:
 
 * And object is formed by: State + Behavior = Object
 * Everything in Ruby is an object, even nil which is *NilClass*, false *FalseClass*, true *TrueClass* and modules
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ ruby-1.8.7-p299 > B.class.superclass
  => Object 
 {% endhighlight %}
 
-* Do you remember those called static classes in languages other than Ruby? They're objects too, 
-and when I say objects I really mean it. Consider following stored in test.rb file:
+* Do you remember those so-called 'static classes' in languages other than Ruby? They're objects too, 
+and when I say objects, I really mean it. Consider the following code stored in test.rb file:
 
 {% highlight ruby %}
 class A
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ user@user-desktop:~$ ruby test.rb
 "Welcome"
 {% endhighlight %}
 
-That's it I hope this gives you some good overview and if you are ready for the whole package I 
+That's it. I hope this gives you some good overview and if you are ready for the whole package I 
 suggest you start with:
 
 * Some good metaprogramming screencasts [Pragmatic Programmers screencasts](http://pragprog.com/screencasts/v-dtrubyom/the-ruby-object-model-and-metaprogramming)

_site/2010/07/11/git-initial-configuration.html

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ <h1>Related Posts</h1>
 
   <li><span><b>18 Jul 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/07/18/setting-up-automation-with-cucumber-rspec-autotest.html">Setting up Automation with Cucumber, RSpec, Autotest in RoR 2.3.8</a></li>
 
-  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</a></li>
+  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby</a></li>
 
   </ul>
 </div>

_site/2010/07/18/setting-up-automation-with-cucumber-rspec-autotest.html

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ <h1>Related Posts</h1>
 
   <li><span><b>06 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/06/our-git-workflow.html">Our git workflow</a></li>
 
-  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</a></li>
+  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby</a></li>
 
   <li><span><b>17 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/17/use-a-project-specific-ruby-version-rvm.html">Use a project specific Ruby version with RVM</a></li>
 

_site/2010/07/28/getting-started-with-rvm.html

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ <h1>Related Posts</h1>
 
   <li><span><b>02 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/02/instant-blog-using-jekyll-and-heroku.html">Instant blog using Jekyll and Heroku</a></li>
 
-  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</a></li>
+  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby</a></li>
 
   <li><span><b>06 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/06/our-git-workflow.html">Our git workflow</a></li>
 

_site/2010/08/02/instant-blog-using-jekyll-and-heroku.html

@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ <h1>Related Posts</h1>
 
   <li><span><b>11 Jul 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/07/11/git-initial-configuration.html">First Things First... Our initial git configuration</a></li>
 
-  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</a></li>
+  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby</a></li>
 
   <li><span><b>06 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/06/our-git-workflow.html">Our git workflow</a></li>
 

_site/2010/08/06/our-git-workflow.html

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ <h1>Related Posts</h1>
 
   <li><span><b>02 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/02/instant-blog-using-jekyll-and-heroku.html">Instant blog using Jekyll and Heroku</a></li>
 
-  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</a></li>
+  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby</a></li>
 
   </ul>
 </div>

_site/2010/08/13/fix-incompatibility-with-attachment-fu-and-acts-as-list.html

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ <h1>Related Posts</h1>
 
   <li><span><b>18 Jul 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/07/18/setting-up-automation-with-cucumber-rspec-autotest.html">Setting up Automation with Cucumber, RSpec, Autotest in RoR 2.3.8</a></li>
 
-  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</a></li>
+  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby</a></li>
 
   <li><span><b>28 Jul 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/07/28/getting-started-with-rvm.html">Getting started with Ruby Version Manager (RVM)</a></li>
 

_site/2010/08/17/use-a-project-specific-ruby-version-rvm.html

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ <h2>Final thoughts</h2>
       <div class="previous span-8"><a href="/2010/08/13/fix-incompatibility-with-attachment-fu-and-acts-as-list.html"><< Improve performance between attachment_fu and acts_as_list</a></div>
 
 
-      <div class="next span-8 last"><a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby >></a></div>
+      <div class="next span-8 last"><a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby >></a></div>
 
   </div>
 </div>
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ <h1>Related Posts</h1>
 
   <li><span><b>13 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/13/fix-incompatibility-with-attachment-fu-and-acts-as-list.html">Improve performance between attachment_fu and acts_as_list</a></li>
 
-  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</a></li>
+  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby</a></li>
 
   <li><span><b>02 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/02/instant-blog-using-jekyll-and-heroku.html">Instant blog using Jekyll and Heroku</a></li>
 

_site/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html

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-  <h1>What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</h1>  
+  <h1>What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby</h1>  
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     <span class="date"><b>Aug 20</b><br />2010</span>
   </p>
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ <h1>What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</h1>
     <h2>Motivation</h2>
 
 <p>Everytime I'm learning a new language, the first thing I try to learn is how this new language
-implements OOP, and now its Ruby's turn. Before joining Crowd Interactive I had been playing with Java for some
-years, but when I first heard about Ruby being a fully OOP language I got really excited, but then
-when I got hands-on on some existing Ruby code thing got confusing.</p>
+implements OOP, and now it's Ruby's turn. Before joining Crowd Interactive I had been playing with Java for some
+years; then I first heard about Ruby being a fully OOP language I got really excited, and
+when I got hands-on some existing Ruby code, things got confusing.</p>
 
 <p>I would've liked to know all of this before looking at any Ruby code:</p>
 
 <h2>First things first: Ruby Objects</h2>
 
-<p>Things that we have to know:</p>
+<p>Things that we must know:</p>
 
 <ul>
 <li>And object is formed by: State + Behavior = Object</li>
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ <h2>First things first: Ruby Objects</h2>
 
 
 <ul>
-<li>Do you remember those called static classes in languages other than Ruby? They're objects too,
-and when I say objects I really mean it. Consider following stored in test.rb file:</li>
+<li>Do you remember those so-called 'static classes' in languages other than Ruby? They're objects too,
+and when I say objects, I really mean it. Consider the following code stored in test.rb file:</li>
 </ul>
 
 
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ <h4>Call all instance methods of a certain class whenever you call a method whos
 </div>
 
 
-<p>That's it I hope this gives you some good overview and if you are ready for the whole package I
+<p>That's it. I hope this gives you some good overview and if you are ready for the whole package I
 suggest you start with:</p>
 
 <ul>

_site/archive.html

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   <h1>Archives</h1>
   <ul class="archives">
 
-  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</a></li>
+  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby</a></li>
 
   <li><span><b>17 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/17/use-a-project-specific-ruby-version-rvm.html">Use a project specific Ruby version with RVM</a></li>
 

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  <link href="http://blog.crowdint.com/"/>
- <updated>2010-08-20T16:35:19-07:00</updated>
+ <updated>2010-08-20T16:39:41-07:00</updated>
  <id>http://blog.crowdint.com</id>
 
 
  <entry>
-   <title>What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</title>
+   <title>What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby</title>
    <link href="http://blog.crowdint.com/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html"/>
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    <content type="html">&lt;h2&gt;Motivation&lt;/h2&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;Everytime I'm learning a new language, the first thing I try to learn is how this new language
-implements OOP, and now its Ruby's turn. Before joining Crowd Interactive I had been playing with Java for some
-years, but when I first heard about Ruby being a fully OOP language I got really excited, but then
-when I got hands-on on some existing Ruby code thing got confusing.&lt;/p&gt;
+implements OOP, and now it's Ruby's turn. Before joining Crowd Interactive I had been playing with Java for some
+years; then I first heard about Ruby being a fully OOP language I got really excited, and
+when I got hands-on some existing Ruby code, things got confusing.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;I would've liked to know all of this before looking at any Ruby code:&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;h2&gt;First things first: Ruby Objects&lt;/h2&gt;
 
-&lt;p&gt;Things that we have to know:&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Things that we must know:&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;And object is formed by: State + Behavior = Object&lt;/li&gt;
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ when I got hands-on on some existing Ruby code thing got confusing.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 
 &lt;ul&gt;
-&lt;li&gt;Do you remember those called static classes in languages other than Ruby? They're objects too,
-and when I say objects I really mean it. Consider following stored in test.rb file:&lt;/li&gt;
+&lt;li&gt;Do you remember those so-called 'static classes' in languages other than Ruby? They're objects too,
+and when I say objects, I really mean it. Consider the following code stored in test.rb file:&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;/ul&gt;
 
 
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ of &lt;em&gt;A&lt;/em&gt; would have.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/div&gt;
 
 
-&lt;p&gt;That's it I hope this gives you some good overview and if you are ready for the whole package I
+&lt;p&gt;That's it. I hope this gives you some good overview and if you are ready for the whole package I
 suggest you start with:&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;ul&gt;

_site/index.html

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <div class="left-side span-17">
 
 <div class="post prepend-1">
-  <h1><a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</a></h1>
+  <h1><a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby</a></h1>
   <p class="author">
     <span class="date"><b>Aug 20</b><br />2010</span>
   </p>
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ <h1><a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.htm
     <h2>Motivation</h2>
 
 <p>Everytime I'm learning a new language, the first thing I try to learn is how this new language
-implements OOP, and now its Ruby's turn. Before joining Crowd Interactive I had been playing with Java for some
-years, but when I first heard about Ruby being a fully OOP language I got really excited, but then
-when I got hands-on on some existing Ruby code thing got confusing.</p>
+implements OOP, and now it's Ruby's turn. Before joining Crowd Interactive I had been playing with Java for some
+years; then I first heard about Ruby being a fully OOP language I got really excited, and
+when I got hands-on some existing Ruby code, things got confusing.</p>
 
 <p>I would've liked to know all of this before looking at any Ruby code:</p>
 
 <h2>First things first: Ruby Objects</h2>
 
-<p>Things that we have to know:</p>
+<p>Things that we must know:</p>
 
 <ul>
 <li>And object is formed by: State + Behavior = Object</li>
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ <h2>First things first: Ruby Objects</h2>
 
 
 <ul>
-<li>Do you remember those called static classes in languages other than Ruby? They're objects too,
-and when I say objects I really mean it. Consider following stored in test.rb file:</li>
+<li>Do you remember those so-called 'static classes' in languages other than Ruby? They're objects too,
+and when I say objects, I really mean it. Consider the following code stored in test.rb file:</li>
 </ul>
 
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ <h4>Call all instance methods of a certain class whenever you call a method whos
 </div>
 
 
-<p>That's it I hope this gives you some good overview and if you are ready for the whole package I
+<p>That's it. I hope this gives you some good overview and if you are ready for the whole package I
 suggest you start with:</p>
 
 <ul>
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ <h2><a href="/2010/08/13/fix-incompatibility-with-attachment-fu-and-acts-as-list
   <h1>Recent Posts</h1>
   <ul class="archives">
 
-  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved to know when I first met Ruby</a></li>
+  <li><span><b>20 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/20/what-i-would-ve-loved-to-know-when-i-first-met-ruby.html">What I would've loved I had known when I first met Ruby</a></li>
 
   <li><span><b>17 Aug 2010</b></span> &raquo; <a href="/2010/08/17/use-a-project-specific-ruby-version-rvm.html">Use a project specific Ruby version with RVM</a></li>