The Old New Thing

June 3, 2010 - The Old New Thing

The voice of Carl Kasell emerges from the loudspeaker as some old guy stands there and moves his mouth

June 3, 2010 Jun 3, 2010 06/3/10
Raymond Chen
Some time ago, the NPR news quiz Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me taped a show in Seattle. (They're back in town tonight.) I was fortunate to score tickets to that show, in part because I ordered them nearly a full year before taping. Watching the taping of the show is quite a treat, and I recommend it for any fan of the program. You can watch ...

How do I convert an ANSI string directly to UTF-8?

June 3, 2010 Jun 3, 2010 06/3/10
Raymond Chen
A customer asked the following question: Is there a way to convert an ANSI string directly to UTF-8 string? I have an ANSI string which was converted from Unicode based of the current code page. I need to convert this string to UTF-8. Currently I am converting the string from ANSI to Unicode () and then converting the Unicode to UTF-8 (). ...