About Me
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.
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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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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
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by Paul Bissex
and E-Scribe New Media
LaunchBar 4.1 beta 1
Version 4.1b1 of LaunchBar has been released, with a slew of new features. I like the new file manipulation commands:
Copy and Paste (Command-Shift-C): Transfers the current selection (e.g. the selected file path, postal address, URL, etc.) to the frontmost application with a single keystroke.
Copy File Contents (Command-Option-C): Copies the contents of the selected file to the clipboard. Works with most text and graphic file formats.
Copy and Paste File Contents (Command-Shift-Option-C). Useful for inserting text and graphic snippets in the currently edited document.
Open Folder Contents: Opening a folder with Control-Return opens all items inside this folder. Allows you to open multiple items at once with a single keystroke.
And Tiger dictionary lookup too. Nifty.
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