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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 Project

I'm co-authoring a book, "Python Web Development with Django", with Jeff Forcier and Wesley Chun. It will be published by Prentice Hall in July 2008, but is available for pre-ordering on Amazon now.

Colophon

This site is built on a fresh trunk checkout of Django, running on Python 2.5.1, 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.

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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

A Django site.
(Finally!)

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by Paul Bissex
and E-Scribe New Media

28 posts tagged "hardware"

The iPhone keyboard doesn't suck
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
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iPod touch: one week down, one week to go
Monday, February 25th, 2008
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Stallman Inside
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
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A farewell to Palms (hello, iPod touch)
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
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OSCON 2007, Day 5 (belated)
Sunday, August 5th, 2007
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iPhone hacking
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
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The Palm Foleo
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
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iPhone, youPhone, weallPhone
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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Was the old Mac a hacker's machine?
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
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What is the iPhone running, really?
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
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Software, meet hardware
Monday, January 8th, 2007
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New MacBook Pro
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
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Widescreen as Tallscreen
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
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Obsolescence
Thursday, September 14th, 2006
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Apple battery recall
Thursday, August 24th, 2006
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The MacBook
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
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Score one for Dell, sort of
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
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USB Art
Monday, March 20th, 2006
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MacBook Pro speed bumps
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
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ExpressCard: what it is
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
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Best feature of the new MacBook Pro
Thursday, January 12th, 2006
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Palm TX: First Impressions
Thursday, December 29th, 2005
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Evolving a new keyboard
Wednesday, December 7th, 2005
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Kaypro model numbers
Monday, October 3rd, 2005
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Mining Monday: the hardware collection
Monday, October 3rd, 2005
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Hizzitachi
Saturday, September 17th, 2005
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Project idea: G5-style Mini
Sunday, August 28th, 2005
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Hard life for hardware
Monday, August 15th, 2005
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