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Monthly Archives: January 2012

Coffee

January 7, 2012 at 14.37

Like most of the world, I love coffee. I usually drink a cup or two a day, and sometimes more. I’m lucky enough to live close to places that sell great coffee: Whole Foods roasts their own coffee, and there are numerous local places with great beans. I usually make a full “batch” of coffee … (Continue reading →)

By Thomas Upton | Posted in Drinks | Comments (2)

My Essential Tools

January 5, 2012 at 16.16

In light of some recent excellent posts about tools that smart people use, here are my essential tools that I used in 2011. Hardware I use a 15″ MacBook Pro i5 with 8 GB of RAM. It’s quick and does everything I need it to. It’s not too bulky, but it’s certainly bigger than my … (Continue reading →)

By Thomas Upton | Posted in Software | Comments (0)

Uptonian Thoughts on Twitter

January 4, 2012 at 22.50

You can now follow Uptonian Thoughts on Twitter! I’m using the Lessn Shortlinks and Simple Twitter Connect WordPress plugins to tweet my posts to @uptonin. I might still occasionally link to my own posts on my @thomasupton account, but all posts and articles, along with information about the site, will be available on @uptonin.

By Thomas Upton | Posted in Announcement, Webapps | Comments (0)

Lessn

January 4, 2012 at 22.37

I recently installed Lessn and then Lessn More to take control of my own short links. Lessn is a very simple URL shortener that is hosted on my own domain. I registered upton.in to serve my short links. I chose the “.in” TLD because it’s short and common. I do wish there was an “.on” … (Continue reading →)

By Thomas Upton | Posted in Webapps | Comments (0)

Unplayed

January 2, 2012 at 19.23

Santa brought me The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Christmas (thanks Mom!). I’ve enjoyed playing it, just as I’ve enjoyed playing video games for nearly my entire life. In recent years, however, I’ve abandoned or not fully played all of my video games. I attempted to maintain a Google Docs spreadsheet to keep track … (Continue reading →)

By Thomas Upton | Posted in Gaming, Webapps | Comments (0)