Do I have the wrong university or the wrong attitude?
srveit: I live in St. Louis, although I did not attend WUSTL. I did some web development for two graduates from there. You may be interested in these two local groups of which I am a member: St. Louis Ruby Users Group (http://groups.google.com/group/stlruby) and Lambda Lounge (http://lambdalounge.org/). Also Alex Miller is organizing The Strange Loop Conference (http://thestrangeloop.com/) Oct 22nd and 23rd which you might find interesting.