I am an entrepreneur who currently makes money by being really good at developing web applications. I spend that money skiing and drinking. The runup: Senior Developer at MyPunchbowl.com. Founded MessageSling.com. Spent several years in the corporate hell of EMC Tried to found a company around a product affectionately called The Pantry Bitch Was a member of one of the first startups to make it through the first round of applications, and subsequently be rejected by, Y-Combinator I have opinions I used BR tags and inline styles on this page, and I’m not sorry for it. Ryan Angilly's BlogTumblr (3.0; @angilly)http://ryanangilly.com/Preparing…<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kydhf0uRml1qzrn30o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Preparing…</p>http://ryanangilly.com/post/410045247http://ryanangilly.com/post/410045247Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:59:02 -0500Easier debugging when refactoring Rails controllersWhen refactoring a big controller with lots of before filters, it’s common (for me anyway) to...http://ryanangilly.com/post/406076504http://ryanangilly.com/post/406076504Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:24:00 -0500rubyrailsdebuggingtipsTo be great, you must understand the competitionI was listening to Morning Edition on the way to work a couple days ago, and something caught my...http://ryanangilly.com/post/384691968http://ryanangilly.com/post/384691968Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:53:00 -0500competitionbusinessmypunchbowldesignHappy groundhog day<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxjbf3covm1qzrn30o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy groundhog day</p>http://ryanangilly.com/post/378381310http://ryanangilly.com/post/378381310Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:01:30 -0500damnit ruby.<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxi9dsTh7f1qzrn30o1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p>damnit ruby.</p>http://ryanangilly.com/post/377422627http://ryanangilly.com/post/377422627Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:20:16 -0500rubyMongoDBNerdalertwicked cool paper on erlang vs. C++ scaling<a href="http://homepage.cs.uri.edu/faculty/hamel/pubs/icfp08.pdf">wicked cool paper on erlang vs. C++ scaling</a>http://ryanangilly.com/post/374625004http://ryanangilly.com/post/374625004Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:17:44 -0500c++erlangnerdalerthpcI love Vermont.<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx2p1uWl5M1qzrn30o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I love Vermont.</p>http://ryanangilly.com/post/361697029http://ryanangilly.com/post/361697029Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:35:12 -0500How Google tracks clicks for backpropagationI was wondering a few nights ago: How does Google track clicks for their backpropagation algorithms?...http://ryanangilly.com/post/355271652http://ryanangilly.com/post/355271652Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:51:07 -0500googletrackingjavascriptnerdalertWhat’s up @jaypeakresort<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwpl4sIy8O1qzrn30o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What’s up @jaypeakresort</p>http://ryanangilly.com/post/349185500http://ryanangilly.com/post/349185500Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:42:32 -0500peter norvig: models and theories<a href="http://videos.syntience.com/ai-meetups/peternorvig.html">peter norvig: models and theories</a>http://ryanangilly.com/post/344842811http://ryanangilly.com/post/344842811Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:02:12 -0500googlenorvigcsNerdalertnot a bad day for a hike<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw1q49OvqR1qzrn30o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>not a bad day for a hike</p>http://ryanangilly.com/post/327323971http://ryanangilly.com/post/327323971Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:28:57 -0500snowoutdoorshikingRipping freshies @killingtonmtn in Patsy’s.<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvqsyvjP8C1qzrn30o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ripping freshies @killingtonmtn in Patsy’s.</p>http://ryanangilly.com/post/316866450http://ryanangilly.com/post/316866450Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:55:49 -0500You're not one of the boys until you're one of the boysThat was said by my college football coach at WPI, Ed Zaloom, on my first day of football camp...http://ryanangilly.com/post/316422493http://ryanangilly.com/post/316422493Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:00:00 -0500ThoughtsstartupsSNOW!<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kviuvy4nBh1qzrn30o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>SNOW!</p>http://ryanangilly.com/post/309779597http://ryanangilly.com/post/309779597Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:57:34 -0500ktonsnowRuby statement modifers behave differently than conditional statementsIf you’re a Ruby guy or gal, you know about statement modifiers. They are lovely little bits...http://ryanangilly.com/post/304559058http://ryanangilly.com/post/304559058Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500NerdalertrubyliesThe best email I have ever received from Twitter — re:...<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv5rqao5TH1qzrn30o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The best email I have ever received from Twitter — re: Jessica Biel</p>http://ryanangilly.com/post/298456646http://ryanangilly.com/post/298456646Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:20:33 -0500Twitterjessica bielfunnyThe B&B A-Team<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kus5blXwKy1qzrn30o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The B&B A-Team</p>http://ryanangilly.com/post/287055231http://ryanangilly.com/post/287055231Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:47:44 -0500randomblack &amp; bluekillingtonski house"You're allowed to be frustrated"A few days ago, Punchbowl launched Profiles. It’s something that has been in the spec pipe...http://ryanangilly.com/post/284188105http://ryanangilly.com/post/284188105Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:39:00 -0500frustratedpunchbowlstartupsCooking for @sjunkin’s friendsgiving party tonight<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuk4swxGPA1qzrn30o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cooking for @sjunkin’s friendsgiving party tonight</p>http://ryanangilly.com/post/280657266http://ryanangilly.com/post/280657266Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:55:25 -0500If you want to be my friend on LinkedIn or Facebook, write me a damn messageI have all my social network email partitioned in GMail. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Tumblr,...http://ryanangilly.com/post/280517730http://ryanangilly.com/post/280517730Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:40:37 -0500rantsocial networksthoughtsthe human condition