Category Archives: life

End of January Report

You can see from the title, I started this post two days ago! And I just managed to post it now! Busy, busy! Hi there, readers! I have been busy for the last week, looking for new gigs, and sending … Continue reading

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Slight change of plans

Before 2006 ended, I wrote a post here, where I mentioned I was going to be dividing my workday into three five-hour shifts. During the day, I planned to spend five hours writing for an online technical website, another five … Continue reading

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Last blog post for 2006

Happy New Year, everybody! It’s five and a half hours to the big hour here at Chez PJ, so I am taking this time to update you all about what’s going on. Last weekend, I finally got Trac and Subversion … Continue reading

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Progress and hair pulling

Through the magic of social networking site LinkedIn, a friend of a friend introduced me to a friend. This friend is looking for a technical writer for a website with a geek audience interested in open source, Linux, web technologies, … Continue reading

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A look back before going forward

This last Thursday, December 7, I finished my latest paying consulting gig. And I have nothing lined up for the next few weeks. This will give me time to do a few things I had planned for pjtrix.com and my … Continue reading

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Busy bees make more honey …

Busy, busy, busy. I’m wrapping up some work, but after this, I should be posting more regularly. I plan to have a lot more content in the time ahead.

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Google Juice Fiends

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

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Lucky Strike

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 …

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

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Too long gone …

Thanks to my loving audience for their patience! I am back after some technical difficulties. It all began around March eight, when my PowerBook started having bouts of narcolepsy while I was working on it, going to sleep on me … Continue reading

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