Ruby Resources

On Ruby:
What got me and a lot of other people into ruby:
http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

Also the pickaxe (which an old version of is online for free):
http://whytheluckystiff.net/ruby/pickaxe/

All of these guys books are pretty great:
http://www.pragprog.com/titles

If you really want a class:
These guys are smart:
http://thoughtbot.com/services/training

This is in atlanta, but with some true rockstars:
http://entp.com/training/

Also - you should consider coming to the ruby meetup in nyc:
http://nycruby.org/wiki/

And GoRuCo:
http://www.goruco.com/


Blogs/Videos:

http://rubyinside.com
http://rubyflow.com
http://delicious.com/tag/ruby
http://www.igvita.com/
http://www.railsenvy.com/

On Rails:
http://railsinside.com

Videos:
http://railscasts.com
http://peepcode.com