January 2009

Old Bukowski Poem about Technology

Posted by Elisa: Of course the technology described in the poem is ancient, but it still resonates somehow.

16-bit Intel 8088 chip

with an Apple Macintosh
you can't run Radio Shack programs
in its disc drive.
nor can a Commodore 64
drive read a file
you...

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Log database activity for one user (PostgreSQL)

Author: Jared Beck
Date: 2009/08/31
Keywords: log PostgreSQL psql postres log_statement database activity

Problem: You need to log all statements executed by a particular user.
Solution: Luckily, you can set a configuration_parameter for a particular...

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Singlebrook Technology Newsletter - June '09

B Corporation Status

As part of our commitment to building a better world through technology, we have recently become a certified B Corporation. B Corporation is a new legal designation for companies that use the power of business to solve social...

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New Hitachi Metals America site launched!

We are very proud to announce the launch of a completely redesigned site for Hitachi Metals America! In addition to the redesign, we successfully migrated the site to a new web host, a new server-side language, and a new database platform.

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Singlebrook now a B Corporation!

As part of our commitment to building a better world through technology, we have recently become a certified B Corporation. B Corporation is a new legal designation for companies that use the power of business to solve social and environmental...

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TortoiseSVN, .exe, and TrendMicro OfficeScan

While building out a staging server for a client, we encountered a strange situation in which TortoiseSVN was unable to check out a working copy of the application. It was getting an "Access is denied" message while trying to write some of the...

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