Want a quick, lazy, command line way to pipe iso-8859-1 ( or any character encoding ) SQL into MySQL as UTF-8? Here's a little four-liner for you!
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A little slide show object for any of you that use prototype and scriptaculous.
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Want a quick, lazy, command line way to pipe iso-8859-1 ( or any character encoding ) SQL into MySQL as UTF-8? Here's a little four-liner for you!
A little slide show object for any of you that use prototype and scriptaculous.
I always find the "Dash" stroke to be a little odd in Fireworks. I'll show you how to customise it's appearance with Advanced options.
We're big fans of the Prototype JavaScript framework. I recently found it very useful to create a bookmark which allows you to dynamically add it to any web page for testing.
Create a Quick Launch or Start Menu shortcut for creating a new message in Gmail... without having to open Gmail itself...
I often find the need to convert RGB files to CMYK (and visa versa) in Adobe Illustrator. The trouble is I always forget how to do it! Therefore I've drawn up a simple 3 step process to help.
In this tutorial I'll show you how to utilize light and shadow to create a subtle, yet effective text effect with Adobe Fireworks.
Files inputs spoil nice form design as no browser allows you to style them directly with CSS. Fortunately however, Shaun Inman has devised an easy solution involving backgrounds, opacity and a tiny bit of Javascript.
Oh, I got quite excited to see that Gmail now allows multiple upload of files - in one dialog.... but no, not without a little trick.
If you've ever used Adobe Fireworks then you'll know it's image optimiser lists "PNG32" as an image type. But what is this and why does Photoshop not provide it as an option?
I'm always on the look out for high quality icon sets to use in my designs. I recently came across the Free Function Set by Liam McKay and it's brilliant.
It seems that Internet Explorers' incorrect implementation of z-index means drop downs will appear underneath positioned (absolute, relative) elements. I'll show you a simple fix!
Making Google Analytics Goal Conversion figures more meaningful!
A bookmarklet to convert conversion percentages to actual values.
It's the first BathCamp evening meetup...an informal gathering of interesting people talking about interesting things...
Want the GTalk Labs Edition interface without all the bugs? A quick Chrome solution for you...
Chrome has some really cute shortcuts to make surfing the net a little cuter and slicker... here's a little table for you....
Windows won't allow you to synchronise your windows time? It's very annoying but I've found this life saving little fix which allows you to sync your windows time again.
Some podcast recommendations - in case there weren't enough on the web already!
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Invalid library (maybe not a PHP library) 'apd.so'
If you've ever wished MS Windows Explorer had a shortcut for Create New Folder then look no further. I have found the perfect solution.
A guide to optimizing your website for Google from the horse's mouth. Some great tips for website search engine optimisation in general.
Has a client ever sent you a PDF and you needed to know what typeface they used on the heading? I show you how to find out!
Quick access to your most recent Google Docs and Google Calendar from the comfort of your browser!
Who says you can't have transaction support in MyISAM... with a little bit of hair-brained coding anything's possible.
Presenting full rollback & commit, multiple concurrent transactions and no need to change storage engines for almost any well written PHP + MySQL application.
Problem with PNG for IE and Google Maps (GMap's) API.
I thought I should provide an example of our little MyISAM transaction / rollback engine.. so here it is.
We've upgraded our Google Docs Toolbar Button to work properly with Google Account Authentication.
A great way to save time and effort with your day-to-day invoicing...
Ever wanted to format mailto emails with line breaks or other formatting rules? We explain how.
How do you leverage GA's great E-Commerce tools when your website isn't the final point of sale?
Here's a simple solution to make sure your enquiry lead sales aren't missed!
Finally! The ultimate Internet Explorer fix for displaying Alpha Transparent PNG images
How much data do you recon Google gets through in a day?
Moooove over Channel 4, welcome to the Big Udder farm!
This month saw us needing a lot of bandwidth in a hurry. Luckily there's a great solution!
So, I've been doing some digging to try and work around the legal restrictions which mean that Google can't provide Longitude & Latitude for British Postcodes.
We've been looking for an alternative to XML Databinding for large recordset and it seems there's a good alternative.
So it seems you can no longer use Google's fantastic Maps API Geocoder for retreiving longitude and lattitude for UK PostCodes. Is there another solution?
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