All blog posts from October 2009
Seriously Cool Gadget for your Camera
I happened upon a YouTube video of a device which really fascinated me. The idea is that it's an SD card which you can pop into your digital camera just like a regular SD memory card, but this one has built-in WiFi, and presumably with a combination of software is able to upload images directly from…
Breaking the Tedium with Web-Based RPG's
Any office worker will tell you that sometimes the tedium of "cubicle life" makes the days drag on for what seems like eternity. Often, staff will break protocol and download and install little games onto their workstations (if strict security isn't enforced, as is surprisingly common), but this ope…
App Store a "Crapshoot" - And Still They Come
When an Apple "poster boy" (Steve Demeter) comes out saying Apple's App Store is "kind of a crapshoot", then there's a fairly clear indication of something seriously wrong. I've maintained this all the time - Apple's rules are peculiar and are enforced inconsistently.
This is the "Windows Syndrome" …
Bladeless Fan? Don't think so.
Found an interesting new product from James Dyson which claims to be a "bladeless fan". The concept is interesting, and the R&D which has gone into the "ramp" (which helps "multiply" the airflow) is surely worth praise (4 years worth of work).
However, I have an issue with calling it a "bladeless fa…
Is "DDoS" Really a Vulnerability?
I was reading an article in the October 2009 Reader's Digest about a young fellow named Michael Calce, a.k.a Mafiaboy, who (according to Reader's Digest) was the teen hacker who crashed Yahoo.
His actions are not being brought into question on this blog, nor the lack of moral back-bone which would h…
Obscure Web-Enabled Languages
Everyone knows the most common web-capable languages - BASIC (from ASP), PHP, Ruby, Java, Groovy, Python, Perl (by "web-capable" I mean there is a runtime/framework to allow using said language).
I worked for a company which still used FoxPro for many of their web sites.
I was a tad surprised to see…
Shifting Focus
I've decided today to split up my blog. It seems, but all normal convensions, that mixing all my thoughts into one place is counter-intuitive. It leads to a situation where someone is looking for tips on implementing XML-RPC under Ruby on Rails, and end up reading my thought on Pascal's Wager. Not r…
Success At Last
After 2 weeks, and a fair bit of the old "huh?" factor thrown in, my blog has finally been accepted by PayPerPost and SocialSpark. I still have to wonder at their blog review procedures, since the difference between my initial submission and my follow-on submission was purely changing the main page …
Visit my Friends and Family
If you've enjoyed my site, please take a moment to visit my friends and family, many of whom have some interesting insights, and entertaining thoughts and ideas.
- Crause Family - the family website
- Peter Crause - my father
- Justin Crause - my brother
- Cencina Photomagic - great photographer
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