Fathom this!

An interesting tidbit from Thomas Fuchs’ Extreme Javascript Performance:

~~(1 * 12.5) is faster than parseInt(12.5).

The ~~ is a double bitwise not, and the multiplication by one forces a string into a float.

Via Janne’s Delicious stream.

To my online shoe shopping experience, I’ll add that I received a letter from DHL today, notifying me that they’d paid my VAT, and that I’d need to pay them back. The bill is straightforward, and the administrative fee they added on top of the VAT is reasonable (£1.25).

(In Finland, your package either gets stopped at the customs, where you pay VAT on pick-up, or it doesn’t.)

So, when comparing overseas prices online, this also should be taken into account.