Posts for May, 2007

May 25, 2007

WordPress 2.2 database character sets

For those upgrading their WordPress powered blogs to 2.2, just a word of warning regarding the new character encoding options available in the wp-config.php file.
The standard file should have a section which reads:
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define(’DB_NAME’, dbname// The name of the database
define(’DB_USER’, ‘dbuser’); // Your MySQL username
define(’DB_PASSWORD’, ‘dbpassword’); // [...]

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May 21, 2007

Nichts als die Wahrheit

I recently caught a TV screening of The Boys from Brazil, a film adaptation of Ira Levin’s novel, concerning the nefarious actions of Dr. Josef Mengele in South America, and his pursuit by a Nazi-hunter presumably modelled on Simon Wiesenthal. Certainly a rather motley cast, with Laurence Olivier showing why he is so often cited [...]

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