Thomas Upton

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Automated Backups with Tarsnap

December 12, 2010 at 20.14

I remember reading about Tarsnap a couple of years ago, back when it was only an idea. I wasn’t too convinced about using a service that was in beta to back up my data, but I recently rediscovered that it had graduated to a full-blown product and signed up immediately. Tarsnap is an encrypted backup … (Continue reading →)

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Pastebin From The Command-line

December 11, 2010 at 14.42

Pastebin.com is a utility for sharing snippets of text with anyone. The service is simple: go to pastebin.com, paste your text, click submit, and share the link. It’s useful for sharing time-saving snippets with you team, or for an impromptu, informal code review of changes that for one reason or another haven’t been committed yet … (Continue reading →)

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Updates to Now Playing Perl Script

September 6, 2009 at 09.56

I recently updated my Now Playing script to work with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. It seems as though MacPerl and Mac::Processes do not work in Snow Leopard’s 64-bit environment. As a result, I went back to calling osascript directly in order to run the necessary AppleScript. You can look at the change history on … (Continue reading →)

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Interview Developer Test

January 23, 2009 at 18.02

When I interviewed earlier this week, I was given a developer take-home test to complete as part of the application process. The test consists of six short coding problems, any three of which are required to be completed within 48 hours of receiving the test. I do not think there are any issues with me … (Continue reading →)

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Blog Comment Design

April 24, 2008 at 16.24

I updated my blog comments from the Hemingway default to a more iconic design. A post about blog comments that I saw a few weeks ago inspired me to use the “big number” idea for my own comments. I also enabled Gravatars and have highlighted my own comments when I make them. I have posted … (Continue reading →)

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