Notes

DNS

Reference article - https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/what-is-dns

When a name is entered via a brower a mapping to the IP address is required. This is called DNS lookup or DNS resolution.

• Computer checks if it contains DNS entry via searching its hosts file and cache

CSS

• Indenting 2nd line of List Items

Emojis

• Hex/HTML Codes - https://dev.to/rodrigoodhin/list-of-emojis-hex-codes-35ma
  • Example usage - 💙 Blue Heart

Excel

• To create a newline within a cell use <alt><cr>
• How to convert a hyper-link cell to plain text using the URL text
  • ALT + F11 to open Microsoft Visual Basic
  • Insert > Module
  • Use the following code

       Sub Extracthyperlinks()
       'Updateby Extendoffice
       Dim Rng As Range
       Dim WorkRng As Range
       On Error Resume Next
       xTitleId = "KutoolsforExcel"
       Set WorkRng = Application.Selection
       Set WorkRng = Application.InputBox("Range", xTitleId, WorkRng.Address, Type:=8)
       For Each Rng In WorkRng
           If Rng.Hyperlinks.Count > 0 Then
               Rng.Value = Rng.Hyperlinks.Item(1).Address
           End If
       Next
       End Sub
  • Press F5 to run the code
  • Link to the article - https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/1177-excel-extract-hyperlink-from-cell.html

CSV

TBD

Images

• SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics in an XML-based vector image format
• transparent background - nothing in the background pixels

The following is a tool used to convert img to svg - https://picsvg.com/

Webp to PNG

• File Conversion (i.e. wepb -> png) - https://convertio.co/
  • use the tool to convert wepb to png; Safari 13 does not support wepb

Upgrading WSL

WSL - Windows Subsystem Linux

• https://dev.to/adityakanekar/upgrading-from-wsl1-to-wsl2-1fl9 - how to upgrade
• reset password

Setup

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-environment/javascript/nodejs-on-wsl
• https://scottspence.com/posts/use-chrome-in-ubuntu-wsl - getting Puppeteer to launch

Environment Variables

• $ sudo vim ~/.bashrc
• Enter your password.
• Press i to go into edit mode. ...
• Add your variable as export API_KEY=123 at the end of the file. ...
• Press esc key to get out of edit mode.
• Enter :wq and press enter . ...
• $ source ~/.bashrc