Early dwellar noticed being successful

Undertoad · 03-10-2009, 01:32 PM

David Sklar was a part of us when he was a wee lad. He was really funny and wrote well. Now he's written two books on the PHP language for O'Reilly. I just bought the second one. Well done sir, can you help find me a good job doing PHP?

DanaC · 03-10-2009, 01:35 PM

That's wonderful

Shame he isn't still around here, he sounds an interesting guy.

SteveDallas · 03-10-2009, 02:29 PM

Wow, that's great! UT, have you let him know that The Cellar is here?

(For those non-geeks in the audience, O'Reilly is one of the premiere (perhaps THE premiere) publishing houses for books about open source-ish programming and systems administration subjects. To give you an idea, I at this moment have 18 of their books on my shelf.)

glatt · 03-10-2009, 02:36 PM

I've got a growing stack of their Make magazine.

Undertoad · 03-10-2009, 03:10 PM

I just found his blog and notified him of our presence.

Flint · 03-12-2009, 09:44 PM

cool

Undertoad · 04-10-2009, 09:43 AM

Early Dwellar Patri Friedman was a strong member in the 90s, played roller hockey with us, and is the grandson of Milton Friedman. He is now leader of The Seasteading Institute, a group which seeks to found new nations on created islands on the ocean.

classicman · 04-10-2009, 12:46 PM

neat - BTW, whatever happened to the hockey?

Undertoad · 04-10-2009, 03:13 PM

We lost.

SteveDallas · 04-10-2009, 08:20 PM

For those who missed it, there are hockey photos.

DanaC · 04-12-2009, 07:09 AM

Oh I've heard about that seasteading project! Fascinating stuff.

Undertoad · 08-16-2011, 02:59 PM

Patri Friedman has gotten a boost in funding and is planning an office park off the coast of San Francisco soon.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...140840896.html

My guess: safe harbor a few miles off the coastland used to be safe harbor for pirate radio. Patri's first client will someone like The Pirate Bay, for Internet players tired of fighting various governments.

TheMercenary · 08-21-2011, 08:26 AM

That whole pirate radio thing was fascinating.

03-10-2009, 01:32 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Early dwellar noticed being successful David Sklar was a part of us when he was a wee lad. He was really funny and wrote well. Now he's written two books on the PHP language for O'Reilly. I just bought the second one. Well done sir, can you help find me a good job doing PHP?

03-12-2009, 09:44 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	cool __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-10-2009, 12:46 PM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	neat - BTW, whatever happened to the hockey? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-21-2011, 08:26 AM	#13
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	That whole pirate radio thing was fascinating. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-10-2009, 01:35 PM	#2
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	That's wonderful Shame he isn't still around here, he sounds an interesting guy.

03-10-2009, 02:29 PM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Wow, that's great! UT, have you let him know that The Cellar is here? (For those non-geeks in the audience, O'Reilly is one of the premiere (perhaps THE premiere) publishing houses for books about open source-ish programming and systems administration subjects. To give you an idea, I at this moment have 18 of their books on my shelf.)

03-10-2009, 02:36 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I've got a growing stack of their Make magazine.

03-10-2009, 03:10 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I just found his blog and notified him of our presence.

04-10-2009, 09:43 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Early Dwellar Patri Friedman was a strong member in the 90s, played roller hockey with us, and is the grandson of Milton Friedman. He is now leader of The Seasteading Institute, a group which seeks to found new nations on created islands on the ocean.

04-10-2009, 03:13 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	We lost.

04-10-2009, 08:20 PM	#10
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	For those who missed it, there are hockey photos.

04-12-2009, 07:09 AM	#11
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Oh I've heard about that seasteading project! Fascinating stuff.

08-16-2011, 02:59 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Patri Friedman has gotten a boost in funding and is planning an office park off the coast of San Francisco soon. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...140840896.html My guess: safe harbor a few miles off the coastland used to be safe harbor for pirate radio. Patri's first client will someone like The Pirate Bay, for Internet players tired of fighting various governments.

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