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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!)

Copyright 2008
by Paul Bissex
and E-Scribe New Media

27 posts tagged "risks"

Open source bounties
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
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Protecting the server with mod_evasive
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
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My first DOS
Thursday, April 19th, 2007
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Library of 1000 scammy spams
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
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Top 20 MySpace passwords
Friday, December 15th, 2006

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Uncovering dirt with Google code search
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
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International Freedom From Stupid Software Patents Day
Sunday, October 1st, 2006
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Spam, del.icio.us spam
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
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3 comments

I hate those SitePal ads
Friday, September 8th, 2006
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MacBook wireless security exploit fracas primer
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
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I filled up my GMail box
Monday, September 4th, 2006
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2 comments

Comcast's blacklist
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
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Rails security hole hullabaloo
Thursday, August 10th, 2006
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Yahoo offers DRM-free music, sort of
Friday, July 21st, 2006
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Trying to send eBay a message?
Friday, May 26th, 2006
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RapidWeaver spamming vulnerability
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
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The dawn of OS X malware
Saturday, February 18th, 2006
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Dangerous installers
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
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Sony DRM news roundup
Friday, November 18th, 2005
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Form hijacking
Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
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Sony gets spanked
Sunday, November 13th, 2005
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eBay, fraud, filtering, and Web 2.0
Friday, November 4th, 2005
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The fall of Sony
Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
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The MySpace worm
Thursday, October 13th, 2005
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7 comments

Burn all JPEGs?
Wednesday, October 5th, 2005
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2 comments

Is eBay doing all it can to fight phishing?
Friday, September 23rd, 2005
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Bluetooth Computer Thieves
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

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