All blog posts from November 2009
The Exodus Begins
Slashdot has a story about how many high profile developers have begin moving away from the iPhone. I've warned of iPhone's problems before, been accused of being "jealous of Steve Jobs", and all sorts of other idiotic responses. Well, now all you Jobs-o-philes can be silent. I'm not alone in my dis…
File Uploader Applet Demo Live
After much inkering to get my software up and running (after leaving BraveNet), I have finally been able to get a demonstration on my file uploader applet working.
I'm still working on implementing Pack200 compression (which should significantly improve download speed), so at the moment it's a littl…
How Expensive Is Apple, Really?
There's always been a back and forth debate as to whether Apple really is over-priced or not. I thought I'd actively test this, and submit my findings. Please note that this is a simple comparison, and I don't go into things like consumer experience per se.
Also note that according to Apple, Mac OS …
Homework For Hire
For a while now, I've been browsing freelance programming sites, looking to make a little money. Today, on "GetAFreelance.com", I came across one particular person posting up jobs.
Nothing particularly interesting there.
However, a quick glance at the jobs this person is posting and you begin to fee…
Objection to Oracle + Sun
It seems the European Union has objected to the merger of Sun and Oracle. Their reason? It's based on the idea that Oracle having control over MySQL will have negative ramifications for competition.
I must say - the EU is being ridiculous.
I'm not sure where everyone got this idea that MySQL was the…
Google's New Programming Language
I learned today of Google's new programming language, named "Go". Over the next few days, I will be delving into this interesting looking language (which by outward appearances seems to inherit some of the basic structure and syntax of the C/C++/Java family of languages) and will be giving my opinio…
Intel on the Ropes
Sorry for all of those who adhere to the Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle, there really are some real ways a company can squash their competition using underhanded tactics. "Anything goes" really doesn't work so well.
The "proof is in the pudding" ... Intel is facing a lawsuit in the USA (as th…
Competition is a Good Thing
Having an undisputed king of a product generally isn't a good thing. Imagine if there was only Windows. What would be Microsoft's motivation to improve? Imagine if there was only Telus internet in BC. What would be their motivation to lower costs while increasing speed?
The list goes on. Competition…
The Failure of Science
I've probably mentioned this many times before, but the issue keeps raising it's ugly head over and over, and frankly it's beginning to annoy me.
The issue at hand is science and scientific conclusions. It seems that scientists have lost their way quite badly. Let me explain: a scientific theory sta…
Windows After the Hype
It's no shock to anyone who knows me that I think Windows is horrible. I'm a true power-user - I push my computer as hard as I can, particularly since I'm a software developer. This typically means I'm running an IDE (such as NetBeans), SQL database server (such as PostgreSQL), and web application s…
New Open Source Project - ClassFactory
I have finally released the source code for my "ClassFactory" library on Sourceforge.
This library is heavily used in my JavaStubs testing framework to dynamically manipulate classes during runtime to enable partial/complete class stubbing/mocking.
As with all my projects, this is released under GPL…
Apple At It Again
In the now length legal battle between Apple and Psystar, there's been a fair bit of back and forth. I personally do feel that Apple's Mac OS X license does constitute product tying, but I'm hardly in a position to affect that decision.
However, Apple has really gone off the deep end now. As part of…
Torrents, Torrents, Where to Look
As anyone who's ever tried to search for torrents will know, it's a bit of swing-and-miss. You're typically stuck with trying to sift through links which are simply ads for pay services (as you would find using isohunt) or extremely slow searches (as you would find using the venerable piratebay).
So…
Exposing Your Blog
There are many guides out there on how to increase your blog traffic. The odd thing I discovered, however, is that using these techniques do not really seem to have much of an affect on your Google PageRank (something blogger services such as PayPerPost, SocialSpark and others use). After three mont…
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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