I subject myself to constant distractions but I did get through the first couple chapters and enjoyed them. I forced myself to focus on the material by writing

I subject myself to constant distractions but I did get through the first couple chapters and enjoyed them. I forced myself to focus on the material by writing the examples in Ruby (http://romej.com/archives/590/programming-collective-intelligence-with-ruby http://romej.com/archives/590/programming-collective-intelli...). I've only skimmed the other chapters.