Author Archives: Brendan Tompkins

About Brendan Tompkins

Brendan runs CodeBetter.Com and Devlicio.Us. He is a former MVP for Microsoft .NET and is president of Port Technology Services, a partner with Port Solution Integrators a provider of hardware and software integration services for the transportation and logistics industry.

Ubuntu Server Setup with Python Fabric

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Brendan Tompkins

On my journey to figure out how to host CodeBetter.Com under Ubuntu Linux/Wordpress, I stumbled (via Dru’s excellent sage advice) upon the Python library Fabric to automate setup of the servers.  From the Fabric docs : Fabric is a Python … Continue reading →

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Cloud Hosting CodeBetter.Com

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Brendan Tompkins

It’s been over a year in the making, but CodeBetter.Com has finally settled into its new home.  It’s been a journey from Community Server, hosted on two large Windows 2008 servers (SQL Box - Core2Quad 2.4 Ghz Q6600 4G 2x500G SATA … Continue reading →

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The CodeBetter.Com/Devlicio.Us Endowed Scholarship in Computer Science

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Brendan Tompkins

I’m happy to announce a new initiative here at CodeBetter and Devlicio.us, the The CodeBetter.Com/Devlicio.Us Endowed Scholarship in Computer Science.  This endowment will provide yearly scholarships to students that meet the following criteria: Female undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science … Continue reading →

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Dave Laribee Video Coverage of Mix08

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Brendan Tompkins

Just a quick administrative note, as this information is timely and not to be missed. Dave Laribee is our man at Mix08 and is doing some great Qik.com videos with the CodeBetter Video Phone (Nokia N82)… Be sure to check … Continue reading →

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ASP/ASP.NET MVP!

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Brendan Tompkins

Got the word yesterday that I received an MVP award for “Visual Developer – ASP/ASP.NET” … I’m going to be spending the next few weeks brushing up on my ASP skills, because as an MVP I surely must be expected … Continue reading →

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