Double Shot #957

JavaScript performance work looms. Ugh.

• Passbook on Rails Example - Web service implemented in Rails to speak to iOS 6.
• Hobo 2.0.0.pre1 released - Lots of changes in this Rails extension layer.
• Passenger 3.0.17 and NGINX 1.2.3 packages for Ubuntu - From the folks at Brightbox.
• There is something magical about Firefox OS - A look at the project to use web technologies as the basis for an operating system.
• Knight.io - Curated list of "Github's finest repos" of gems.
• Fresco - jQuery lightbox for responsive designs.
• easystats - Gem with simple extensions to Array including median, mode, variance, and standard deviation.
• Unlock - "The independent publication for professional iOS designers & developers," taking reservations for a physical copy.
• Xiki - Wiki-like replacement for your terminal shell.