Sam-Martin

# Stolen from http://ctrlf5.net/?p=263 and http://www.dailycoding.com/posts/convert_image_to_base64_string_and_base64_string_to_image.aspx
function ConvertFrom-StringToMemoryStream{
    param(
        [parameter(Mandatory)]
        [string]$InputString
    )
    $stream = New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream;
    $writer = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($stream);
    $writer.Write($InputString);

willurd

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

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Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000