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After a (very) long hiatus from gaming I recently got back into Table Top Role Playing Games (TTRPGs) and it has reignited some of my creative writing as well. Tips, tricks, and stories abound! Come along for the adventure!
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How do I get a notification when my Vercel deployment fails?
My team was working on a project together and getting lots of ‘bot’ emails from our GitHub integration to Vercel. At least, we were getting emails when the build and deploy succeeded to Vercel. But what about when the deployment fails? Everything looked fine locally, the site was working, but after a few days of… Read more
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I’m fine. How are you?
“Hi there, how are you?”“Fine, how are you?”“Fine, thank you.” I’ve seen this play out as some sort of passphrase to start a conversation. It seems people can’t get started without the secret social handshake. But nobody wants to hear the real answer to that question. I’m a little tired of saying “I’m fine”. But… Read more
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How to add your PowerPoint presentation to your camera with OBS
Have you ever wanted an “over the shoulder” feel to your video presentation? Like a broadcast news style, right in your web camera? You can add your PowerPoint presentation to your camera feed using OBS software and a few easy steps. You can watch the video to see how, or read about it below. Why… Read more
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Saying goodbye to an old friend
It was February 29th, 2020. I received a call from an old bandmate, who now lived in Edmonton. He used to be the lead singer in a band I had formed with friends, over 20 years before that. I hadn’t really seem him in quite a few years, so I was interested to find out… Read more
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St-Cyr 2020: The Hindsight Review
As the new year begins, I took a look back at what I managed to pull off in 2020. This was my first full calendar year managing the Technical Evangelism team at Sitecore, so my way of contributing changed a little bit this year. One of my most proud accomplishments has been our official Discover… Read more
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Sitecore software downloads are faster and ungated!
Today on the Tech Marketing blog, I announced that Sitecore has made a big change to dev.sitecore.net. The downloads are now hosted via CDN, making it available globally at much faster download speeds than was previously possible. Along with this change? NO MORE ACCESS RESTRICTIONS! You don’t have to login, be certified, have a special… Read more
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