I have just published a long coverage article about Microsoft Azure: All About Microsoft Azure. Even if the title is in Romanian, most of the article can be useful for English readers.
Entries from October 2008
October 27, 2008
Short Version of The Tipping Point
I just finished reading the well-known book written by Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point. This is the sort of book that you can summarize in just a couple of sentences (that’s not to say it is not a good reading).
The book is built around the central thesis that:
Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread [...]
October 23, 2008
Ice Hockey: Games on 10/23
NHL games scheduled for today:
Toronto Maple Leafs (TOR) 23:6-2-1 – Boston Bruins (BOS) 14:2-1-3 (7:00PM)
Dallas Stars (DAL) 21 – New York Islanders (NYI) 29 (7:00PM)
Carolina Hurricanes (CAR) 12:3-1-1 – Pittsburgh Penguins (PIT) 7:4-2-1 (7:30PM)
Calgary Flames (CGY) 24:2-3-1 – Nashville Predators (NSH) 18:3-3-0 (8:00PM)
Buffalo Sabres (BUF) 4:5-0-1 – Minnesota Wild (MIN) 11:4-0-0 (8:00PM)
Edmonton Oilers (EDM) 9:4-1-0 [...]
October 23, 2008
Ice Hockey: What team should I watch?
I don’t think I’ve said it before, but I really love hockey (and to be correct ice hockey). Anyways, in my part of the world, there isn’t much happening related to ice hockey. Indeed, we have a couple of teams playing a regular season, but the level is really disappointing. So, the best I can [...]
October 2, 2008
Python, Unicode and UTF8
I’ve thought of putting together a short list of links as a reference on how to handle Unicode, UTF8 in Python.
Before jumping to Python resources, you should also read Joel’s article on Unicode and Character sets (before going forward you need to be sure that Unicode and UTF8 are clear).
Python, Unicode and UTF8
How to Use [...]
