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Fixing messed-up encoding in MySQL

Currently working on my e107 Importer plugin , I was confronted today with badly-encoded data coming from my databases. e107 migrated to full UTF-8 years ago , but I must have messed the upgrade process at the time. That was my conclusion when I took a close look to my tables …
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I’m Top 1% Open-Source Developer! (and that’s a lie)

With all the recent active development on my e107 Importer WordPress plugin , I increased my public code contributions. This had the nice side effect of bumping my ranking on Open Hub from #8 (bronze level) to #9 (silver level): Other interesting statistic is that I’m now ranked as open-source …
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Kubuntu 10.10 on Sony Vaio VPC-S12C5E

Here are some (old) notes regarding the installation of Kubuntu on my Sony Vaio VPC-S12C5E. First I have to tell you that everything is working fine and out of the box with Kubuntu 10.10. This include: Bluetooth, HDMI out (tested with a Full-HD monitor), Sound out, VGA …
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Trapped in Freedom: live at Garage Café

Some weeks ago I was at a local bar to see Trapped in Freedom . This band is composed of friends, and is also a side project involving Jimy Wong from Cool Cavemen , again as a drummer. This was a perfect excuse to test my brand new Tamron SP AF 17-50mm …
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