Category Archives: free.culture

Competing in Rails Day 2006

Posted on June 16, 2006 by dreadpiratepj

In just over three hours, I will be competing in Rails Day 2006. It’s a coding competition, where you are only allowed to use Ruby on Rails to create a full web app in 24 hours. I have a thermos … Continue reading →

Posted in hacks, open.source, rails, railsday, ruby, software.development | 3 Comments

Google Juice Fiends

Posted on May 29, 2006 by dreadpiratepj

Over the last month, I’ve been doing some late late night web work for free for some old college friends. Emphasis on old, ha ha! Hi Nads! Hi Erin! These friends have been wonderful to me through the years, taking … Continue reading →

Posted in free.culture, life, personal.media | 9 Comments

Lucky Strike

Posted on May 11, 2006 by dreadpiratepj

This past Monday, I started a new exciting, but short chapter in my self-employment. A few hours after I had posted my last entry, I received an email from a good friend down here in PR, asking if I was … Continue reading →

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Working hard, hardly working …

Posted on May 6, 2006 by dreadpiratepj

Hello, gang. My two year old start up went belly up for lack of funds in February, and life has been interesting since, to say the least. It was an open source company/experiment, so the products we created are still … Continue reading →

Posted in free.culture, life, open.source, software.development, system.architecture, web.architecture | 2 Comments

My Changing Attitudes in Media Choices

Posted on February 16, 2006 by dreadpiratepj

I have been listening to podcasts and watching videoblogs since September 2004. As the first podcasts and videoblogs improved the value in their content, I started to see a trend in myself. I stopped listening to the radio. I stopped … Continue reading →

Posted in creative.commons, free.culture, personal.media, podcasts, videoblogs | 1 Comment