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According to market research firm Common Sense Advisory, English-only websites reach less than a quarter of the world’s internet users. Websites would need to be translated into 11 languages to reach 80pc of the world’s online consumers.

NY Times on DIY Drones

Droid devices incoming : the RC model interface

As expected, accessories for the android platform are starting to emerge. First to be spotted is that interface to the world or RC model done by DIY Drones.

15% of Mobile App Users launch apps while offline

Chromebook – Fast-Web

How to build a potato gun (spud gun)

Build your startup in 16 easy steps

Build your startup in 16 easy steps

Love the sarcasm

über-tiny quad-copter

More info on the Project Page

LucasArts To Develop Its Own iOS Games Based On The Unreal Engine

Encoding : 0 – Alex : 1

Mysql2::Error: Illegal mix of collations (latin1_swedish_ci,IMPLICIT) and (utf8_general_ci,COERCIBLE) for operation '=': SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `fishes` WHERE (taxonomy_id = 13540333 AND scientific_name = 'Abyssocottus korotneffi' AND name = 'малоглазая широколобка' )

If you get this kind of error message, calm down it’s “normal” and there’s a solution

Since Rails 3 although 100% UTF8 still uses by default the mysql gem which is NOT UTF8, you head to a big headache… the solution is simple enough though:
1) use the “mysql2″ gem
2) execute the migration script below

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