When you hear that new (or old) song on the radio, or in a club, wouldn’t it be great if you could grab a copy and save it on your phone? Well you can, and it’s **VERY** easy to do with Cortana on Windows Phone 8.1
This is a quick video/screen cast that listens to the radio, grabs a song, and adds to it a new playlist.
Microsoft Azure Websites is Pure Awesome. The speed and amount of work that can be done in a very short period of time is just amazing.
Today, I’m sharing a feature that I’ve been waiting for, for a long time. Wildcard support for DNS and SSL Certificates. In the past, you could use a wildcard certificate, but because Wildcard DNS wasn’t supported, you had to manually enter your sub domains one-by-one. This doesn’t scale very well.
In this screen cast I show you how to setup a *.Wildcard DNS and SSL under an Azure Website. It’s just shy of 5 minutes.
Uber is a new(ish) type of fancy car service that is on demand, and is now available in PHX Metro (and growing quickly to most parts of the world). I’ve used Uber in AZ, CA, and WA and NYC. Always great service; fast and clean. They have an iPhone and Android app, (and a non official Windows Phone App). After requesting a ride, these apps let you see where your car is on the map so you know right when (and where) you’re car is going to arrive.
It’s easy for pickup (at the mall or something) because you also get the Driver name and Phone number for texting back and forth.
Uber has a rating system, where you can rate the driver, and the driver can rate you as the passenger; So it’s much safer than a random off the street cab, since you can rely on riders before you, and their feedback. The cars and SUV’s I’ve ridden in, have always been new(er), clean, and the drivers are friendly and don’t stink.
Lastly, you don’t pay the driver. You pay using the Uber app, and then Uber pays the driver. Tip is even already included.
If you’re going to be traveling, and you think you might need a car service, give them a try. Full Disclosure: By use the links provided, if you sign up for Uber we both get a $20.00 credit.
This is my referral link: https://uber.com/invite/uberscottcate
This was a great 5 minute video showing the great story of Christmas, on WestJet. What a great way to touch so many peoples lives.
http://scottcate.looplogic.com/westjet-christmas-miracle
I have source code all over the place. Over the years, I’ve used
These days, a Git Repo is where all of my source code lives. Both for personal, and work, both for open source and private repos, and with all my Git Repos online, I’m split between Git Hub and BitBucket. Both have their pros and cons, but that’s another discussion. Every time you push or pull code, your command line needs an origin. All the samples on GitHub and BitBucket, and most books call this “origin” for lack of a better term. I have recently started renaming “origin” to “github” and “bitbucket” then when I’m pushing/pulling code, I know where it’s coming from or going to. You could argue that it doesn’t matter, it’s going external. That’s a valid point. I would argue back that tab+tab auto completes it for me so it’s the same keystrokes (assuming only one origin, which I think is most common). AND now I have mind share where the code is going, if I need to log into the admin panel.
I have also been deeply involved with local, regional, and global developer relations communities. Working with many cloud technologies, I currently hold several Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud certifications.
Hobbies: Programming. Problem Solving. Learning. SCUBA. Audio + Video Production. Live Streaming. Eating. Travel Geek.
