Archive for June, 2011

Google knows DVI-I

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

I entered “DVI-I” into google and this was what I saw - “DV”, how clever!

google_knows_dvi-i

See this in action: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=DVI-I

The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Ah, I choked again on Python 2.x’s unicode with my Pymote project. It used Javascript and Python utilising XML-RPC and couple of other 3rd party APIs. As you can imagine I need to keep all of the components happy with Unicode (so it can support Chinese!), and that is not an easy task.

A good (refresher) article is recommended for any one of you who write any code:

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Pokesoft Commons Javascript

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

“Why use jQuery for every web project?” - This is a JS file containing common Javascript functions and utilities used with my web projects. Contains 3rd party code but does not rely on any other framework/functions.

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红茶牛肉

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

红茶牛肉

主料: 牛肉块(400g), 红茶(1包)

辅料: 葱(1根), 姜(1大片), 蒜(1/4个), [红酒(2大勺)]

调味料: 生抽(1小勺), 老抽(1小勺), 辣椒(1大个), 胡椒粉(1/2小勺), 八角(1/2个), 盐(1/2小勺), [花椒(1/2小勺)], [香叶(1/2片)]

60min - 15prep - £3.20

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可乐鸡翅

Monday, June 13th, 2011

可乐鸡翅

主料: 鸡翅(500g), 可乐(1罐)

辅料: 葱(1根), 姜(1大片)

调味料: 生抽(1大勺), 辣椒(4个), 料酒(1大勺)

45min - 10prep - £1.50

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