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title: "Page 140 by Daniel Colson, 2026-10-29"
page: 140
chapter: "chapter 5"
chapter_url: "https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-5.html"
writers:
  - name: "Daniel Colson"
    handle: "@daniel_colson"
date: 2026-10-29
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# Page 140 by Daniel Colson, 2026-10-29

Page 140 of why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, the paperback guest book. Written by Daniel Colson. It sits in [chapter 5](https://poignant.guide/book/chapter-5.html) of the book. Scanned, optimized and posted on 2026-10-29.

## Community message

> page 140 of why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, chapter "Them What Make the Rules and Them What Live the Dream". Paij-ree plays four notes on a flute again and again, and names the gull Eb-F-F-A after that song.
>
> In the bottom left corner, drawn in red pen: a short music staff with a treble clef and four notes, the first one with a flat sign. Below it the signature "Daniel Colson".

## From the post on ruby.social

Page 140. Paij-ree plays four notes on a flute, over and over, and a gull goes nuts. So the gull is named after the song: Eb-F-F-A.

At the bottom, Daniel Colson wrote the tune down in red. On a real staff. With a treble clef.

Before #GitHub, Daniel was a composer and played the viola da gamba. So of course.

%w[Eb F F A].cycle { gull.swoop! }

The foxes hummed along. Badly. Foxes are not musicians.

## Image

![Scan of page 140](https://whysfox.es/_astro/117523387395312078.BTUfUeP3_Z2dv0Uy.jpeg)

## Writers

- Daniel Colson (@daniel_colson): [GitHub](https://github.com/composerinteralia), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieljamescolson/), [RubyEvents](https://www.rubyevents.org/speakers/daniel-colson), [Website](https://danieljamescolson.com).

## Links

- [This page as HTML](https://whysfox.es/entries/140-daniel-colson/)
- [The post on ruby.social](https://ruby.social/@whysfoxes/117523390964183689)