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January 2011 Blog Posts (4)
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Added by Mike Zielinski on January 31, 2011 at 12:33pm — 2 Comments
Exclusive Java Programmer Certification Offer: 48 Hours Only
We want to make sure all JUG members who are interested in pursuing the Java Programmer… Continue
Added by Michael Levin on January 25, 2011 at 8:50pm — No Comments
OSCON CFP
For thirteen years the O'Reilly Open Source Convention has been bringing together people from across the open source universe to learn, collaborate, and inspire each other. OSCON provides a central place to…
ContinueAdded by Michael Levin on January 14, 2011 at 12:44pm — No Comments
Cartographer in a new Avatar! , now supports Google Maps 3 & Rails 3
From: bangalorerug@googlegroups.com [mailto:bangalorerug@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Abhishek Parolkar
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 1:12 PM
To: bangalorerug@googlegroups.com
Subject: [Bangalore RUG] Cartographer in a new Avatar! , now supports Google
Maps 3 & Rails 3
Hello All,
Cartographer is a Google Maps wrapper that was originally written
in 2005 when Rails tagged 0.1. For many years people used it to … Continue
Added by Michael Levin on January 10, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments
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