The C++ programmers among you might be interested in this:

http://www.stlport.org/

STLport is an STL implementation that has some interesting features:

• Debug mode
• Thread safety
• Exception safety
• Portable to many platforms, including Windows/Visual C++

I keep meaning to play more with Ruby on Rails when I get a chance.

It's nice to know that Capistrano can be used to deploy RoR apps to DreamHost. That way I can develop at home in a secure environment with a comfortable development environment and then deploy to DreamHost.

Here's a nice Wiki page on how to use Capistrano with DreamHost.