XMPP and Bosh with Strophe - hit a XMPP server with Javascript instead of a web server. Realtime Javascript Push on an established base (XMPP). Real cool stuff,

XMPP and Bosh with Strophe - hit a XMPP server with Javascript instead of a web server. Realtime Javascript Push on an established base (XMPP). Real cool stuff, just need something to use it on. Sinatra - Very fast/easy ruby framework. (Similar to Cherry.py in the Python world). Jquery - Can't imagine using any other framework after a year working with this. Facebook Connect - Much more robust than I thought possible due to things like FQL and FBML. Heroku - Super simple ruby hosting