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New Beginnings

February 25, 2009 at 22.24

I recently started working at Mailtrust in Blacksburg, VA. Mailtrust is a division of Rackspace, a company that has been experiencing some astounding growth recently. One of the companies that Rackspace recently acquired is Slicehost. Last week, I decided to sign up for Slicehost hosting and move my website to this new server. I also … (Continue reading →)

By Thomas Upton | Also posted in Design, Personal | Comments (0)

Dell Latitude D800 Pointing Stick Issues

February 2, 2009 at 00.48

I recently installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my old Dell Latitude D800. I had not used that machine in a couple of years, and I had forgotten about a few hardware issues that it had. One of the most annoying issues was the “drifting” pointing stick. According to a number of posts I found when searching … (Continue reading →)

By Thomas Upton | Also posted in Hardware | Comments (0)

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 →)

By Thomas Upton | Also posted in Code | Comments (2)

Geek Tool Redux

April 1, 2008 at 00.11

I last wrote about GeekTool when I had an iTunes script and some process management output on my desktop. I have a few new scripts that I’ll highlight here. tail -25 /var/log/system.log The first script displays the last 25 lines of the system log. In Mac OS X 10.5, the system log rolls over at … (Continue reading →)

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WordPress 403 Forbidden Posting Error

March 30, 2008 at 00.35

In trying to post about my modified Twitter stats script, I ran into a 403 Forbidden error every time I tried to publish. I could write and publish test posts with minimal text, but I could not post what I had written about my scripts. At first I thought it was an outdated version of … (Continue reading →)

By Thomas Upton | Also posted in Software | Tagged | Comments (1)