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About Me

PBX My name is Paul Bissex, and e-scribe.com is my consulting business. I build web applications using as much open source software as possible. From September to June I teach web design and other important non-photographic professional skills to photographers. In the '90s I wrote technology commentary and reviews for magazines, newspapers, and web publications, including Wired, Salon.com, FamilyPC, the late lamented Web Review, and the Chicago Tribune. Feel free to email me.

Book

Python Web Development with Django I'm co-author of "Python Web Development with Django", an excellent guide to my favorite web framework. Its strong points include an introduction to Python, and better coverage of Django 1.0 than nearly anybody else. Published by Addison-Wesley, it is available from Amazon and your favorite technical bookstore as well.

Colophon

This runs on Django, served by Apache and mod_python. The database is SQLite. The operating system is FreeBSD, on a VPS hosted at Johncompanies.com. Comment-spam protection by Akismet. Vintage topo imagery from the Maptech archive. The markup engine is Markdown.

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Stuff I Use

Akismet, del.icio.us, Django, dpaste.com, Emacs, FreeBSD, Freenode, jQuery, LaunchBar, MacPorts, Markdown, Mercurial, OS X, Postfix, Python, SQLite, Subversion, TextMate, Trac, Ubuntu Linux, wmii

Spam Report

At least 59048 pieces of comment spam killed since January 2008, mostly via Akismet.

Back in Action

During the 40 months or so of this blog's life I've worked to keep it focused on my technical and professional interests, not personal stories. That means that you are conveniently spared having to read the story behind the lack of posts here since late May. Summary: Things were bad, but are much better now.

So I'm now back in action, and sporadic posts should be forthcoming without another four-month wait. For those waiting on the book, rest assured that it's well under control, and closer than ever to being in your hands. Final details to come. But soon you'll be able to buy it, carry it to the cafe, and put it out on your table next to your laptop as a sign of your great savvy.

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

11 comments

• Comment from Brian Rosner , later that day

Yay! Welcome back, pbx! :)

• Comment from Alex , later that day

Great to have you back! Hope to see you prowling the #django channels once again.

• Comment from Matt Rose , later that day

Good to see you back blogging!

• Comment from Empty , later that day

Welcome back! We missed you Paul.

• Comment from LorenDavie , 1 day later

Yay! Welcome back!

• Comment from Eric Florenzano , 1 day later

It's great to see you back!

• Comment from Gour , 1 day later

Hi!

Nice to hear you're alive considering that I pre-order the book few days ago :-)

Sincerely, Gour

• Comment from akahn , 1 day later

Wow, welcome back. Glad things are going okay.

• Comment from Gour , 3 days later

Hi!

Forgot to ask...will the book cover django-1.0 ?

Sincerely, Gour

• Comment from Paul , 1 week later

Thanks for all the well wishes! It's good to be back.

Gour, the short answer to your question is yes. In fact, on the cover of the actual book you'll see a nice little badge celebrating this fact.

• Comment from Gour , 1 week later

Great!!

I'm waiting to receive it and hold it in my hand :-)

All the best ;)

Sincerely, Gour

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