cavac's QRH checklist for "Before dealing with character encodings (Unicode or otherwise)":
- Make sure Aspirin (or similar headache medicine) is available at your desk.
- Make sure the nearest wall is sufficiently soft (pad where required).
- Warn coworkers that loud cursing and profanity will be heard from your desk.
- Issue OSHA approved safety equipment to coworkers to protect against thrown objects.
- Put any irreplacable objects out of immediate reach.
- Get down on knees and pray to any $DEITY that would listen that your project doesn't use C libraries.
- Give the actual coding work to your intern.
