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Nathaniel Buck.

I am a student living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I am currently an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh studying Computer Science. This is my website.

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Muxtape

Muxtape is a place that lets you make mixtapes that play anywhere. You can have a listen of mine right here. Now, I’d like to have a listen of yours, please.

Internet Explorer 8 to Support Web Standards

I’m not sure if you have been following the recent buzz around IE 8, but a little while ago Microsoft announced that the next version of Internet Explorer would include version targeting.

Basically, this means that their next browser wouldn’t render websites in standards mode unless explicitly commanded, so as not to “break” old websites written with poor code. This concept goes against the ideals of Web Standards, which is why a lot of people got worked up over the issue.

Yesterday, however, Microsoft announced this:
We’ve decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can. This decision is a change from what we’ve posted previously.
This is great news for IE 8 and Web Standards.

Three Things That Enhanced My Computing-Life This Week

These are some things that I came across this week that I found to be rather useful. I hope that you like them. Two of them are Mac-specific, so sorry to everyone who uses something else. Continue reading…

A Few Things

I have added a few new things to nathanielbuck.com. There is nothing too exciting, but my hope is that these improvements will create a better experience for you, the reader. Continue reading…

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