Comments on: Cleaning up after Microsoft http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/01/cleaning-up-after-microsoft/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ray http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/01/cleaning-up-after-microsoft/#comment-195609 Ray Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:37:25 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=3018#comment-195609 Came across your blog after landing on your WPMU .htaccess signup trick. Thanks for this nifty tip! This plugin should come in handy... I've always hated to clean after Microsoft (like yourself). Came across your blog after landing on your WPMU .htaccess signup trick.

Thanks for this nifty tip!
This plugin should come in handy… I’ve always hated to clean after Microsoft (like yourself).

]]> By: gillian http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/01/cleaning-up-after-microsoft/#comment-194839 gillian Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:01:08 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=3018#comment-194839 A lot of my work as a DBA has involved cleaning up Microsoft text. It disturbs me that databases will store text in that character set, because migrating it to plaintext or UTF8 sometimes requires a lot of stupid work. There are scripts to convert those weird characters they use for single-quotes and ellipses and whatnot, but they don't always work or catch everything. Grr. Pisses me off. I've worked with people who write html (directly) using Word and then wonders why cutting and pasting the text breaks things. Why anyone would code anything using Word is beyond me. A lot of my work as a DBA has involved cleaning up Microsoft text. It disturbs me that databases will store text in that character set, because migrating it to plaintext or UTF8 sometimes requires a lot of stupid work. There are scripts to convert those weird characters they use for single-quotes and ellipses and whatnot, but they don’t always work or catch everything. Grr. Pisses me off.

I’ve worked with people who write html (directly) using Word and then wonders why cutting and pasting the text breaks things. Why anyone would code anything using Word is beyond me.

]]> By: Ian H. http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/01/cleaning-up-after-microsoft/#comment-194773 Ian H. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:47:22 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=3018#comment-194773 Wow, thanks! My students like to write in Word because it has a French spellcheck built in, but then they get tag gumbo when copied across to WPMU, because our division mandates the use of IE for students (grr). Anyway, this should help a bunch, thanks! Wow, thanks! My students like to write in Word because it has a French spellcheck built in, but then they get tag gumbo when copied across to WPMU, because our division mandates the use of IE for students (grr). Anyway, this should help a bunch, thanks!

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