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Unicode Miscellaneous Symbols – NCR HTML Entities

Posted on Jan 16, 2026.

Annie DeBrowsa — Unicode Icon CSS Cheatsheet

A flat, fully visible reference for Jeffrey’s :content CSS nav icons — previewed with Tailwind, escape codes included.

Preview GLYPH Name &#x CSS Escape Support Status
★ ★ BLACK STAR ★ \2605 TRUE
☆ ☆ WHITE STAR ☆ \2606 TRUE
☀ ☀ BLACK SUN WITH RAYS ☀ \2600 TRUE
☁ ☁ CLOUD ☁ \2601 TRUE
☂ ☂ UMBRELLA ☂ \2602 TRUE
☃ ☃ SNOWMAN ☃ \2603 TRUE
☠ ☠ SKULL AND CROSSBONES ☠ \2620 TRUE
⚡ ⚡ HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN ⚡ \26A1 TRUE
❗ ❗ HEAVY EXCLAMATION ❗ \2757 TRUE
✔ ✔ HEAVY CHECK MARK &

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Diatonic Modes for Guitar as Interactive SVG via Web Components

Posted on Jan 13, 2026.

You want to:

  1. Build an educational, interactive fretboard for a 6-string guitar in standard tuning (EADGBE).

  2. Represent the fretboard as an SVG-based visual interface.

  3. Allow learners to select a string–fret pair, which you correctly identify as a coordinate.

  4. Evaluate those coordinates against:

    • A selected key

    • A selected scale or mode (diatonic modes in particular)

  5. Use this system for guided exercises, where learners must select the correct scale tones at specific modal positions.

  6. Architect the system in a way that is:

    • Modular

    • Reusable

    • Maintainable

    • Pedagogically extensibl...

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What is PHPStan

Posted on Jan 13, 2026.

Debug PHP? Aww, hell no!

Not when some kind of bizarro script will do it for you! Check out PHPStan! (Zbornak)

What is PHPStan? PHPStan (as in PHP Standards) checks PHP source code for errors based on the coding standards set forth by the PHP Framework Interoperability Group. Easily install this static analysis tool for PHP code using the PHP Composer package manager.

PHP-FIG check

If PHPStan finds errors in your code, you should use the feedback it provides to make your code comply with the standards. PHPStan provides a report of undefined variables and constants, or functions which aren't passed ...

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Install LAMP and WordPress

Posted on Dec 30, 2025.

LAMP Stack Installation Guide

I posted this tutorial to have my own quick reference, so I can copy and paste the installation steps into the command line. Having this step-by-step guide to refer to makes it easy for me to quickly install the Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP) development environment on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), or a Linux system. Not only are the commands present, but I've made a few notes for various options to consider.

This guide assumes you are setting up a development server configuration. LAMP configuration for a production server; a live, publicly accessible ...

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Install NGINX for WordPress

Posted on Dec 30, 2025.

[ see also: Install guide for installing LAMP stack ]

[ jump to the WordPress Installation instructions ]

Prepare Your System

Welcome to your complete step-by-step guide to install NGINX, PHP, and MySQL on Linux (aka. the LEMP stack). This tutorial assumes a Debian-based system (Ubuntu, Mint, MX Linux, Kali, WSL, etc.).

I like the terminal-based text editor Micro, so I’ve included it here along with cURL and net-tools.

More on Micro

You may prefer Nano or VIM instead of Micro. There are many terminal editor options.

Nano exits with Ctrl+X, while Micro uses Ctrl+Q. To save in Micro: Ctr...

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