News You Can Bruise for 2008 June 22

Guards! Seize it! Includes the chardet-avoidance code that drove me crazy and will save a lot of time in circumstances I can only describe as "rare".

I heard a rumor that there was a recent NYCB entry that Evan hadn't left a comment on. Rather than investigate this rumor directly I went looking for whatever time-sink was keeping him from total comment coverage. It turns out that Evan has gone the route of many regular commenters on weblogs and started his own weblog. Subscribe for cross-references between life and literature, with pictures.