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.

Book

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.

Colophon

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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Stuff I Use

Akismet, bitbucket, del.icio.us, Django, Emacs, FreeBSD, Git, jQuery, LaunchBar, Markdown, Mercurial, OS X, Postfix, Python, Review Board, S3, SQLite, TextMate, Ubuntu Linux

Spam Report

At least 102345 pieces of comment spam killed since January 2008, mostly via Akismet.

7 posts tagged "unix"

Keeping emacs backup files tidy
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
tips + unix
3 comments

A tiny little dpaste.com API
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
dpaste + programming + tools + unix
5 comments

History lesson
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
blogs + django + fun + mercurial + unix

The anti-desktop movement
Friday, March 16th, 2007
design + interface + unix
5 comments

What is the iPhone running, really?
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
apple + hardware + iphone + mobile + os x + unix

Goodbye, SCO
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
intellectual property + linux + open source + unix

Django development tips
Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
django + python + tips + unix
11 comments

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