Category Archives: Webapps

Uptonian Thoughts on Twitter

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.


Lessn

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 →)


Unplayed

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 →)


Social Media Profiles

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Pastebin From The Command-line

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 →)