Silverlight is an awesome product. As Flash is awesome and it’s glory. Silverlight is nicer for me, as I think in C# v. Action Script. That said, at work, we use the Adobe plug in model for quite a bit, it’s just not something I am personally … [Continue reading]
Installing WordPress on Azure in 3 minutes
October 25, 2013 by
I recently moved ScottCate.com from my old hosting provider to Windows Azure Websites. It was so fast and simple, I wanted to do a srceencast showing just how easy it was. If you're interested in blogging, or using WordPress for anything, you owe it … [Continue reading]
Azure CDN: A Valuable Lesson Learned
October 22, 2013 by
On October 21st around 6pm Pacific time, our Azure CDN was gone! It came back a few hours later, but I started digging into a solution that would help mitigate this in the future (this post). Instead of the CDN serving content, it was serving 400’s … [Continue reading]
Windows 8.1 Improved Search Charm
September 21, 2013 by
I installed and started running Windows 8.1 a few weeks ago, and I started a new habit. Instead of hitting WINDOWS to launch the full screen start menu, I now just press [WINDOWS]+[S], to bring up the Search Charm. The nice thing about this is ... … [Continue reading]
Building a Stuffed Animal Zoo
September 1, 2013 by
Our children’s stuffed animal collection is out of control. They love them dearly. Each and every one have names, and a back story. Grandma loves Build-A-Bear as much (or maybe more) than the kids do, and with a combined 12 years of stuffed animal … [Continue reading]
