Jun
18
The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets
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I’ve never quite understood other character sets. Here’s the answer:
Joel on Software - The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)
s article I’ll fill you in on exactly what every working programmer should know. All that stuff about “plain text = ascii = characters are 8 bits” is not only wrong, it’s hopelessly wrong, and if you’re still programming that way, you’re not much better than a medical doctor who doesn’t believe in germs. Please do not write another line of code until you finish reading this article.Before I get started, I should warn you that if you are one of those rare people who knows about internationalization, you are going to find my entire discussion a little bit oversimplified. I’m really just trying to set a minimum bar here so that everyone can understand what’s going on and can write code that has a hope of working with text in any language other than the subset of English…
Jun
17
Bonus How-To: Use DittyBot and Skype to access your iTunes collection from any cellphone
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Really quite useless, but very interesting how they’re pulling different technologies together. Bonus How-To: Use DittyBot and Skype to access your iTunes collection from any cellphone - Engadget - www.engadget.com
Jun
14
Podapic
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Unbelievable what kind of impact a music player can have on the world! Check out the podapic: Gallery
Jun
11
Perfect Upload Progress Script
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I just want to reference a Perfect Upload Progress Script.
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Jun
11
ONLamp.com: Ajax on Rails
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There is an important suggestion here for Ajax applications. Use a library that takes care of the idiosyncrasies of each browser. ONLamp.com: Ajax on Rails
Jun
6
May
25
Amazon Builds Images on the fly
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Nat has reversed engineered Amazon’s images. Fascinating how they do it.
May
12
BBC has just released APIs to their content. There’s a wealth of content there, looks like a great opportunity for the republication community.
May
9
Apple bumps Google?
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Apparently, Apple bumped Google out of the #1 slot in the Wired 40. I like Apple (I’m writing this on a iMac), but I never imagined they’d bump Google as the tech leader. What’s the reasoning behind this? Is Steve Jobs and the gang really that on top of their game or do we have some Apple lovers at Wired.com?
May
7
I just got a PDA phone off eBay for $99.95 and I’m loving it. It’s going to allow me to post and access content from anywhere. I love the fact I can get such great technology for a great deal because I went with older technology that gives me everything I need: a phone, a PDA, and an Internet browser. I just wish I could have got the treo 180 because it has a b&w screen that is good to my eyes. However, it’s not supported by Sprint.
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