> Newest copy of the Pickaxe, The full API docs, Why's guide, The Rails
> book, and The Ruby Way.  The latest Rails and  the latest PDF::Writer

The Ruby Way.  Is that the "other" Ruby book, as far as learning Ruby
is concerned?  (With respect to Why, of course.)

> Actually, I want to be really greedy... can I rsync against the
> gems.rubyforge.org server?
> I want em all!

Oh, sure.  You're going to be so well prepared to spend free time on
this island that people will wonder if you caused the crash just to
get some nag-free time away from your boss.  :)

> If it was after February, not just as a shameless plug for a great
> friend, I'd want James Edward Gray II's Best of the Ruby Quiz.   Come
> on, is there a more diverse set of problems
> than the RubyQuiz?

Oh, shoot!  I didn't realize these were archived somewhere.  Wow, I
can't wait to start on these.

> And some kickass continuations tutorial.  Because they still melt my brain

Is there a sub-kickass tutorial right now?  I don't know if I need to
know continuations yet, but if I'm collecting resources...  :)

> Seriously, same way I already know.   Write unit tests.  When they
> pass, I'm progressing.

And benchmarking?  I think that's covered in the Pickaxe.

Thanks!

Sean