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Welcome to the website for Nathan Crause. Here you will find my blog about science, technology, gadgets and programming, some information about me and my portfolio.
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Browser Usage Stats
In the past, whenever I've made the case for using a browser other than Internet Explorer, I often use browser market share to illustrate the steady decline of Internet Explorer - typically using sites like W3Schools and such. Admittedly, these should always be taken with a grain of salt, but the re…
Notice to Frat-Boy Business Men RE: Your IT
This is just a rant from me to "businessmen" who are stuck in the whole "frat-boy" mentality.
When dealing with your IT guys, there are a few things you need to be aware of:
- we run your business. You may think you're in control, but we have the power to cripple your business with a few clicks of a…
Get Lost!!
Ever noticed how when you intensely dislike someone (shall we use hate?) and you've made this perfectly clear on more than one occasion, these people keep stalking you? Why do people do that?
When I tell someone "burn in hell", that's me not-very-politely telling you to get out of my life.
Don't com…
XML Prolog in PHP
Okay, I get it. For some PHP programmers, the notion of the PHP short-code being the same as the open and close of the XML prolog is enough to throw you into a foaming rage.
However - of all the "solutions" I've seen, this has to be the worst:
<?php echo ("<"); ?>?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"…#1 Reason (To Me) Why REST Web Services Suck
Every time I have to work with REST-based webservices, I want to pull my teeth.
My #1 problem is that they typically use HTTP status codes to report errors/failures. The problem with this is that there is literally no details given as to WHAT failed.
Take Twitter as an example - if you make a server…
Lithium Filters - What's the Point?
I've used Lithium for 2 projects now, and I have one major issue - I honestly don't see the benefit of "filters" vs. "callback" methods.
I understand that conceptually it's supposed to "decouple" the filter logic from the model itself. However, every example of applying filters to Models show the fi…
No-Win on Browser Support
Once again in my life, this beast rears his ugly head. The scenario: customer and employer want HTML5 site (complete with animations, CSS3, gradients, rounded-borders, the whole shtick) - BUT, they want it to work in ancient browsers.
I'm getting so sick of this.
Oh - and did I forget to mention t…
PHP Lithium
Over the last week, I've been working in the PHP framework Lithium. I've actually been enjoying it.
I tried going via Zend, Symfony and CakePHP first, but found them either too fragmented (Symfony), quirky (hate the implicit connection CakePHP makes between controllers and models), or just weren't e…
Latest Netflix Update on Wii
Has anyone else noticed that the recent Netflix update for the Wii feels like a real mess?
Here's what I've noticed - both good and bad:
- larger thumbnails in the menu
- "just for kids" menu
- Wii crashes (needs hard restart)
- slower loading
- forward/backward thumbnails don't seem to load
- seems to lose …
NetSyndication.com now live
After slogging (and procrastinating) for what feels like forever (but really just a little under a year), NetSyndication.com is finally live.
It's only "alpha" grade at the moment, but it shows what's coming and what the overall direction is going to be.
Everyone's welcome to open accounts and give …
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- Crause Family - the family website
- Peter Crause - my father
- Justin Crause - my brother
- Cencina Photomagic - great photographer
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Disclosure Notice
Please note that some of the posts in this blog were sponsored. The content was not provided by the sponsor, and are a true reflection of my own opinion on the subject matter, but be aware that a mutual transaction may have occurred.
Index
- Browser Usage Stats
- Notice to Frat-Boy Business Men RE: Your IT
- Get Lost!!
- XML Prolog in PHP
- #1 Reason (To Me) Why REST Web Services Suck
- Lithium Filters - What's the Point?
- No-Win on Browser Support
- PHP Lithium
- Latest Netflix Update on Wii
- NetSyndication.com now live
- OpenIndiana - first impressions
- My Poor Laptop - Thank Goodness for the Internet
- K Computer
- If Oracle Wins Against Google
- Ubuntu 11.04 - revisit
- Ubuntu 11.04
- One of the Biggest Lessons I've Learned in IT
- Nokia + Microsoft - My Thoughts
- Why I Think Everyone's Flocking to Webapps
- My HDD is more reliable than your SSD
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