Thomas Upton

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Twitter Stats

March 30, 2008 at 00.12

Update: TweetStats webifies a version of these Twitter statistics. Damon Cortesi wrote a pretty nifty script to grab some Twitter statistics. A bunch of people modified his script in order to webify it, plot the results using gnuplot, and plot the results with the Google Charts API. This last modification really intrigued me, as I … (Continue reading →)

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Last.fm Geographical Scrobbles

September 18, 2006 at 22.38

Last.fm developer Russ posted a neat image on his journal. This kind of visualization is so cool to look at, and reveals a lot about the service. It’s a 24 hour look at scrobbles from around the world. Great stuff, Russ.

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

iTunes 7.0 Is Pretty Awesome

September 13, 2006 at 01.14

I love the new UI of iTunes 7.0. The new features can be found all over the internet, but I read most of the details at The Unofficial Apple Weblog. One of the features that I noticed today is that the iTunes Store now provides three simultaneous downloads. Along with creating a Currently Downloading playlist … (Continue reading →)

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

Humiliation, Or How NOT To Steal A SideKick II

June 7, 2006 at 14.37

This is sad, funny, obscene, ridiculous, and downright silly, all at the same time. How NOT To Steal A SideKick II I hope that the issue gets resolved soon. Stolen tech plus whiney thieves does not a great day make.

By Thomas Upton | Also posted in Humor, Security / Privacy | Comments (0)

Wikipedia

January 14, 2005 at 15.04

The Wikipedia is a free public encyclopedia. The premise of this project brings open source ideals to general and public knowledge. I could delve into lengthy histories and explanations, but there are some great sources out there, in particular Wikipedia’s own About page. There exist a number of non-English Wikipedias, attesting to the success of … (Continue reading →)

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