Real world experience needed

I am in the process of retraining myself in Ruby. I have books, a Mac
(with Textmate), Linux and Windows boxes, read online articles and
invent little coding exercises for myself. None of that is a
substitute for real world experience.

Is there anybody who would be willing to engage me in a sort of
internship whereby you give me a smallish Ruby project to do and I
complete it purely for the experience?

Iā€™m physically located in the UK, but the 'Net has a long reach. :wink:
Please contact me off list if you can help.

Sorry, if this is not the correct forum for this sort of thing.

Regards,

Chris