Nicholas Smith

  • When is Porn More Than Porn

    For those who aren't aware of the issue, the government wants to block pornography at a network level so it's an opt-in.

    Note, this isn't a guarantee and they're taking to consultation which means it'll be mitigated down most likely however this is still a very, very real issue. The fact it's being bandied about at ...




  • How To Do Customer Service

    Recently I was in a situation where a company surprised me with the quality and level of customer service they were willing to go to to resolve a problem for me, I've had the pleasure of dealing with many, many companies technical and customer support teams and for the most part they're terrible.

    The Problem

    I've owned a ...




  • Git is a Passenger on Rails

    It can be said that Rails is one of the more fun things to get running on a stack, but with the iteration it does (and does, and does) information changes very quickly, so something that seems like it should be simple like a sub URI to have multiple sites running becomes more difficult.
    I've just had a few days of fun ...