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Convert string to utf-8 unicode in ColdFusion - Stack Overflow
I was getting an error saving UTF-8 content scraped from the web (well, my blog) in to a MySQL database with Railo. I set the database charset to utf8mb4 which should mean it accepts Emoji, but it wouldn't take it. Using 'CharsetDecode' set to ASCII did do it. It probably stripped out the emoji, but for what I'm doing that's not a big problem.
Saved by: Paul on 24 May 2017
Crashed VW gets a new Beak - YouTube
Lucky Costa shows replacing the front nose section ('front clip') of a Beetle, which I'll need to do at some point
Saved by: Paul on 18 May 2017
Local by Flywheel | Local WordPress development made simple
Tool to build local virtual machines for Wordpress development. Recommended by Elliot
Saved by: Paul on 16 May 2017
Beautiful WYSIWYG HTML Editor | Javascript Rich Text Editor | Froala
In-line demo is very interesting, need to look at how that would be to put in to a few client's websites. Update: License is $299 per annum for up to 10 domains. Would need to think carefully about that then - only for people who are long term clients.
Saved by: Paul on 8 May 2017
Furna E2 Electric Standing Desk - Sit Stand Desk
Standing / adjustable desk recommended by a couple of folk at The Skiff
Saved by: Paul on 8 May 2017
Getting Started with Headless Chrome | Web | Google Developers
Taking screenshots To capture a screenshot of a page, use the --screenshot flag: chrome --headless --disable-gpu --screenshot https://www.chromestatus.com/ # Size of a standard letterhead. chrome --headless --disable-gpu --screenshot --window-size=1280,1696 https://www.chromestatus.com/ # Nexus 5x chrome --headless --disable-gpu --screenshot --window-size=412,732 https://www.chromestatus.com/ Running with --screenshot will produce a file named screenshot.png in the current working directory. If you're looking for full page screenshots, things are a tad more involved. There's a great blog post from David Schnurr that has you covered. Check out Using headless Chrome as an automated screenshot tool .
Saved by: Paul on 8 May 2017
PuPHPet - Online GUI configurator for Puppet & Vagrant
Way of controlling Vagrant boxes, e.g. for Laravel builds where need different PHP versions. As recommended from this comment: https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/servers/how-do-i-setup-2-homestead-boxes-one-with-php-56-and-one-with-php-7 Have a look at PuPHPet you can define a VM really simply there, just create 2 (setup once and then just change the PHP version and download the archive again) and Bob's ya Uncle. If you set 2 different IP addresses (instead of just changing the PHP version), you should also then be able to have both VMs running side by side without a problem. Normally I run one VM for multiple sites as it's simpler than having lots of separate vagrant / vm setups, but if I need something specific (ie: closer to a different production environment) then I'll just create another config specific for that project / set of projects. Whilst Homestead worked for me.. I found this to offer far more flexibility (and for me, the option to use VMware over VirtualBox for better performance / reliability too, albeit not free).
Saved by: Paul on 12 Apr 2017
Side income idea
Editing Wikipedia articles - so would need to ensure not doing it for dodgy purposes. Could be good for stay at home parent
Saved by: Paul on 17 Mar 2017
