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About Me

PBX I'm Paul Bissex, and e-scribe.com is my consulting business. I build web applications using open source software, especially Django. In the '90s I did graphic design for newspapers and magazines. Then I wrote technology commentary and reviews for Wired, Salon.com, Chicago Tribune, and lots of little places you've never heard of. Feel free to email me.

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Python Web Development with Django I'm co-author of "Python Web Development with Django", an excellent guide to my favorite web framework. Published by Addison-Wesley, it is available from Amazon and your favorite technical bookstore as well.

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Built using Django, served by Apache and mod_wsgi. 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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20 posts tagged "intellectual property"

Stallman Inside
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
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Steve Jobs to Music Industry: Drop DRM
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
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Songbird almost-0.2
Monday, October 16th, 2006
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International Freedom From Stupid Software Patents Day
Sunday, October 1st, 2006
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Goodbye, SCO
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
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"Free" music from Universal
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
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Yahoo offers DRM-free music, sort of
Friday, July 21st, 2006
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Xiph, Ogg, FLAC, et al.
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
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Songbird, open source competition for iTunes
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
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Unclear on the concept, installment #7,423
Thursday, January 12th, 2006
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Hopeful news from the USPTO
Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
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Holy hot-headed hippies, Batman
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

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Texas Justice
Monday, November 21st, 2005

Sony DRM news roundup
Friday, November 18th, 2005
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Sony gets spanked
Sunday, November 13th, 2005
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The fall of Sony
Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
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A modest proposal for the recording industry
Tuesday, October 11th, 2005
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Burn all JPEGs?
Wednesday, October 5th, 2005
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Magnatune works
Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

DRM Explained
Monday, September 5th, 2005
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