Category Archives: computing

It’s alive!

Posted on April 13, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

After three weeks of development from scratch and four weeks of tuning and debugging, the team of Rubyists I have been working with for the last two months finally launched our last project. At 8:30 a.m. EST on Thursday, April … Continue reading →

Posted in rails, ruby, software.development | 4 Comments

More upgrades, more spam, a visit with friends, and a new gig!

Posted on April 9, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

I just upgraded to WordPress 2.1.3. It was another flawless upgrade. Akismet tells me that it has blocked over 1900 comment spam since March 22, and 3,130 since I installed it. I have only had three or four false negatives. … Continue reading →

Posted in life, rails, ruby, software.development, upgrades, wordpress | 5 Comments

Racing To The Big Apple

Posted on March 28, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

I’m flying to NYC this afternoon, for a lunch / interview Thursday. The company interviewing me has been in business for nearly 15 years, with Linux and BSD, Perl and Interchange as their platform (Interchange is a Perl-based e-commerce platform.) … Continue reading →

Posted in life, rails, ruby, software.development | 2 Comments

Upgraded to WordPress 2.1

Posted on March 22, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

I finally upgraded to WordPress 2.1, with the now famous 2.1.2 codebase (famous among WP users, I guess.) And the asshat spammer is still trying to beat Akismet, with 428 more comment spam since the original 376, for a total … Continue reading →

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Akismet, da spam killa

Posted on March 19, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

Between 9 am March 16, and noon March 17, some asshat decided to attack my site with 376 comment spam. All but one got through, and it made it into my moderation queue. I promptly marked it as spam. Thanks … Continue reading →

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I’m still alive here …

Posted on March 15, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

I survived the crazy work schedule and lack of sleep from my recent gig. I know there are still a few outstanding bugs, less than 5, but they are not critical. They are so non-critical, our employer is giving us … Continue reading →

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More like rakin’ in da dough …

Posted on March 7, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

It’s been two and a half weeks since I started my most recent freelancing software development project. Two and a half weeks of 20 hour days and seven day work weeks. Yep, if this project were to end today, I … Continue reading →

Posted in life, rails, ruby, software.development, system.architecture, web.architecture, web.services | 3 Comments

Bringin’ in da dough, baby!

Posted on February 20, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

Last Wednesday, I sent emails and résumés for various job posts, and by that afternoon, I started getting nibbles. It was weird! Whereas I barely got any attention for over a dozen job applications I sent out between September and … Continue reading →

Posted in hacks, life, open.source, rails, ruby, software.development, system.architecture, web.architecture, web.services, web.technologies | 1 Comment

Get a dream of a web host for cheap!

Posted on February 15, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

I have a deal for you if you are looking for inexpensive and reliable web hosting with great customer service (and who isn’t?) I offer you a coupon code for Dreamhost, the best shared hosting service known to me. When … Continue reading →

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Alive and dreamin’

Posted on February 13, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

pjtrix.com and my other domains are now hosted at Dreamhost. I think they run just as fast as they used to on the GoDaddy virtual private host. But I don’t know, why don’t you come and kick the tires? Just … Continue reading →

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