Eventdb gem - Use $ rubyconf to list upcoming Ruby conferences on command line

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Hello,

   I've put together a Ruby gem, that is, evendb, that lets you list
all upcoming Ruby conferences on the command line. Type:

$ rubyconf

  Resulting in:

  Jul/1+2 - RubyMotion Conference - #inspect @ Paris, France › Europe
  Jul/20 - Brighton Ruby Conference @ Brighton, East Sussex › England
(en) › Western Europe › Europe
  Jul/31-Aug/2 - European Ruby Camp - eurucamp @ Berlin (Potsdam),
Germany › Europe
  Jul/31 - JRuby Conference Europe - JRubyConf EU @ Berlin (Potdam),
Germany › Europe
  Aug/1+2 - Burlington Ruby Conference @ Burlington, Vermont › New
England › United States (us) › North America › America
  Aug/21+22 - Madison+ Ruby @ Madison, Wisconsin › Great Lakes ›
United States (us) › North America › America
  Sept/1–5 - Full Stack Fest - Barcelona Ruby Conference (BaRuCo) +
Barcelona Future JS @ Barcelona, Catalonia › Spain / España (es) ›
Southern Europe › Europe
  Sept/11+12 - RubyConf Taiwan @ Taipei › Taiwan (tw) › Asia
  Sep/14+15 - RubyConf Portugal @ Braga › Portugal (pt) › Southern
Europe › Europe
  Sept/18+19 - RubyConf Brasil @ São Paulo › Brazil / Brasil (br) ›
South America › America
  Sept/23-25 - Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference @ Boulder, Colorado ›
Rocky Mountains › United States (us) › North America › America
  Sept/26 - Ruby Open Source Software (ROSS) Conference - ROSSConf @
Berlin, Germany › Europe
  Oct/1+2 - ArrrCamp @ Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen › Belgium / België /
Belgique (be) › Western Europe › Europe
  Oct/15+16 - RubyConf Colombia @ Medellin › Colombia (co) › South
America › America
  Oct/17+18 - European Ruby Konference - EuRuKo @ Salzburg, Austria › Europe
  Nov/11+12 - RubyWorld Conference @ Matsue › Japan (jp) › Asia

  More info @ https://github.com/textkit/event.db

  Cheers.

PS: If you wonder how does it work? The gem will fetch the
awesome-events page from Planet Ruby and than parse out all conference
entries and add them to an in-memory SQLite database and finally
issues a query to print out the sorted results. That's it. All data
and code public domain.

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Hello,
  FYI: I've rearranged the Ruby conference output adding some date
calculations (w/ Ruby) answering questions such as how many days to
the next ArrrCamp? or how many days runs the Full Stack Fest? Try $
rubyconf (after installing the evendb gem) resulting in:

  in 8d RubyMotion Conference - #inspect, Wed+Thu Jul/1+2 (2d) @
Paris, France
  in 27d Brighton Ruby Conference, Mon Jul/20 (1d) @ Brighton, East
Sussex › England (en)
  in 38d European Ruby Camp - eurucamp, Fri-Sun Jul/31-Aug/2 (3d) @
Berlin (Potsdam), Germany
  in 38d JRuby Conference Europe - JRubyConf EU, Fri Jul/31 (1d) @
Berlin (Potdam), Germany
  in 39d Burlington Ruby Conference, Sat+Sun Aug/1+2 (2d) @
Burlington, Vermont › New England › United States
  in 59d Madison+ Ruby, Fri+Sat Aug/21+22 (2d) @ Madison, Wisconsin
› Great Lakes › United States
  in 70d Full Stack Fest - Barcelona Ruby Conference (BaRuCo) +
Barcelona Future JS, Tue-Sat Sep/1-5 (5d) @ Barcelona, Catalonia ›
Spain / España
  in 80d RubyConf Taiwan, Fri+Sat Sep/11+12 (2d) @ Taipei › Taiwan
  in 83d RubyConf Portugal, Mon+Tue Sep/14+15 (2d) @ Braga › Portugal
  in 87d RubyConf Brasil, Fri+Sat Sep/18+19 (2d) @ São Paulo › Brazil / Brasil
  in 92d Rocky Mountain Ruby Conference, Wed-Fri Sep/23-25 (3d) @
Boulder, Colorado › Rocky Mountains › United States
  in 95d Ruby Open Source Software (ROSS) Conference - ROSSConf, Sat
Sep/26 (1d) @ Berlin, Germany
  in 100d ArrrCamp, Thu+Fri Oct/1+2 (2d) @ Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen ›
Belgium / België / Belgique
  in 114d RubyConf Colombia, Thu+Fri Oct/15+16 (2d) @ Medellin › Colombia
  in 116d European Ruby Konference - EuRuKo, Sat+Sun Oct/17+18 (2d) @
Salzburg, Austria
  in 141d RubyWorld Conference, Wed+Thu Nov/11+12 (2d) @ Matsue › Japan
  ...

  Cheers.

  PS: For fun I've added another dataset listing upcoming beer
festivals from around the world. Ever wonder how many days to the next
Oktoberfest (in München)? Try $ beerfest (command included in evendb
gem v0.4+) resulting in:

  in 9d Ottakringer Braukultur Wochen, Thu-Wed Jul/2-Sep/2 (63d) @
16., Ottakring › Vienna › Austria
  in 31d Annafest ("Auf den Kellern"), Fri-Mon Jul/24-Aug/3 (11d) @
Forchheim › Upper Franconia › Bavaria › Germany
  in 88d Oktoberfest ("Die Wiesn"), Sat-Sun Sep/19-Oct/4 (16d) @
Munich › Upper Bavaria › Bavaria › Germany
  ...

  More info @ https://github.com/textkit/event.db