Strip HTML entities with Postable

Postable is a great little page for translating HTML code in your text into non-interpretable characters so that you can easily blog about code without parts of it disappearing because it gets interpreted as HTML tags.
Just enter the code snippet into the field. Press Make it friendly and copy/paste the result into your blog.
Great! :)

http://www.elliotswan.com/postable/

Note: It is run through PHP, so no guarantees that your text isn't stored somewhere. But then again, you're about to blog it right?

Sources: http://www.elliotswan.com/2006/03/24/allow-me-to-introduce-you-to-my-new-little-app-postable/

SQLyog hide Query Builder and Schema Designer

When you open a new connection in SQLyog, you by default automatically get 3 tabs, the Query tab (to enter queries), Query Builder, and Schema Designer.
To prevent the Query Builder and Schema Designer tabs from opening every time you can disable them in the sqlyog.ini file.

The file can be found under C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\SQLyog or similar in other Windows OSes. Find the lines called DefaultQueryBuilder and DefaultSchemaDesigner and change their values from 1 to 0.

SQLyog should now only open the Query tab.

(The tabs can easily be added by pressing Ctrl + K or Ctrl + Alt + D respectively or from the Powertools menu).