Monthly Archives: November 2010

ALTER TABLE my_table CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8;

Posted on 2010-11-19 by colin

php “question marks” utf-8 utf8 mysql Hopefully that’s the search terms and the answer a good way round for search engines to find.

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OpenFruitMap

Posted on 2010-11-18 by colin

I read somewhere that foraging for wild mushrooms was damaging forests. Every so often it occurs to me that the most dangerous thing you could do with a GPS would be to log the positions of all of your nearby … Continue reading →

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dicate and predicate

Posted on 2010-11-17 by colin

A. C. Grayling pronounces “predicate” to rhyme with “immediate”.

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How do I say your name again?

Posted on 2010-11-16 by colin

Gao E (??) is the only 18th century Chinese writer to have played Test cricket for England.

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Dynamization

Posted on 2010-11-14 by colin

First McDonald’s came for stative love, but there’s something very odd going on with like. As you know, if you like Paris in the springtime at time t then you also like Paris in the springtime at time t?, regardless … Continue reading →

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Tomato colour

Posted on 2010-11-07 by colin

The tomatoes I fetched from the garden yesterday between them show all of the shades from tomato colour to tomato colour.

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