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Unicode converter

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I found a handy unicode converter online. This might become handy when for encoding UTF-8 characters in Javascript/JSON objects. (such as for example the € sign. which becomes: “\u20ac”

http://people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/uniview/conversion.php

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Unminify (decompress) javascript

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Today I needed to edit a minified javascript file.
I came across this tool which can decompress / unminify it for better reading:

http://jsbeautifier.org/

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eFocus number 1 internet full service company

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Last week the company I work for: eFocus, became number 1 in the Emerce top 100.
We’re very happy with this notation!

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Style sexy submit buttons with CSS

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It’s nice to style your buttons with CSS. – For anchor tags, this is easy todo, if you use the sliding doors CSS technique.
But it gets nasty when you want to style the submit button, specially if you want the same results in all modern browsers.

What I often see, is in this[......]

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BttrayCE is not a valid program

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This error message popped up, on my HTC Touch Pro 2 device, after installing TomTom 7.
It places new bluetooth dll’s in your device file system.

\Windows\BtSdkCE30.dll
\Windows\BtCoreIf.dll

A simple rename or remove, will solve the issue.
You can access it via your device file e[......]

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Sync your WM6.5 phone with Google

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It’s very easy to sync your Windows Mobile 6.5 mobile device with Google Calendar, Gmail and Gmail Contacts.
However, Google needs to fill in an empty “domain” field. And within WM6.5 the “next” button is disabled,
when the domain field is empty.
I tricked [......]

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Upgrade firmware on HTC Touch Pro 2. (dummyproof)

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I have a HTC Touch Pro 2 smartphone. UK Release.
This phone was delivered with Windows Mobile 6.1 (WM6.1).
However already when I bought this phone, WM6.5 was available.
You can update this via the HTC website.
That’s fine.

But this is not what I wanted. Cause the ROM on the HTC w[......]

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Mash-ups with YQL

…and why Corizon mashups suck.

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It was because of working with Corizon that I became more interested in creating Mash-ups*.
During the last 2 years, I’ve seen a lot of mash-up tools, From the easy (”Lego-like”) Popfly from Microsoft which is recently discontinued,[......]

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User roles based Wordpress site

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For a client of me, I had to create a website, where the frontpage
has a loginbox. Only registered users, can access the full website.
The solution for this in Wordpress is a template based on user roles.
Please review the code below:

<?php
	global $current_user;
	get_currentuserinfo[......]

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Modify all Wordpress posts for syntax highlighter

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I installed a new syntax highlighter for this blog.
The thing is, with syntax highlighters that they all use their own prefix.
For example my previous one used the tags:

<pre lang="php">echo "this"</pre>

My new highlighter plugin uses this:

[code lang=&qu[......]

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