Monthly Archives: March 2007

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 →

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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 →

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