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I tackled some of the basics of Git / Git Hub in my previous blog post. Today I am going to look at Ignoring and Logging. Git Log Navigate to a folder that is git repository and run the command: git log This command should make the terminal output the history (i.e. all the changes) … Continue reading Git Ignore & Git Log
I have created a Docker image and now it is time to share a Docker image. I created an image called geektechstuff_flask_hello and it is this image that I am going to share. Log into Docker Via a terminal or command prompt enter: docker login Docker may ask for your Docker account credentials at this point. … Continue reading Sharing A Docker Image
As regular readers may have noticed I use Python a lot and at times I have messed up using differing Python/module versions that did not work too well and then had to spend time unravelling my mess. There are (at least) two solutions to this type of problem: Python Virtual Environment Containerisation Containerisation and Docker … Continue reading Creating A Docker Image
Today (18th June 2019) I had the fantastic opportunity to attend (virtually) the Amazon Web Services (AWS) AWSomeDay conference. Up to now most of my cloud experience (both personally and professionally) has been via Microsoft Azure, which has allowed me to have fun completing various projects (bots, cognitive vision, temperature sensors etc), so I thought … Continue reading AWS AWSomeDay June 2019
Yesterday I created a chat bot that uses an FAQ / Question & Answer knowledge base to answer a users questions. I created this bot using Microsoft Azure and details can be found at: https://geektechstuff.com/2019/03/03/creating-an-azure-qa-faq-chat-bot/ One detail I missed yesterday was adding the chat bot to a web page. Azure allows for chat bots to … Continue reading Adding Azure Chat Bot To Web Page
I've taken a look at using node.js and Python to create a chat bot in the past but never really progressed the idea, mainly because my website doesn't currently need a chat bot. However after completing my recent project around text sentiment using Azure cognitive services I thought I would take another look at a … Continue reading Creating An Azure Q&A / FAQ Chat Bot
For this part of the Raspberry Pi IoT project I am going to be using Microsoft Azure, if you want to follow along please sign up for a Microsoft Azure account. Log in to https://portal.azure.com/ with your Microsoft Azure account. For me it took a few minutes and a few log offs/ons for my free … Continue reading Azure IoT Hub – Raspberry Pi IoT Project
This evening (Sunday 28th October 2018) I have the pleasure of getting to see "You and AI" as part of the Manchester Science Festival 2018. From the website: " You can call me AI. Join the Royal Society as they put Artificial Intelligence under the microscope. Physicist, author and broadcaster Jim Al Khalili will be hosting … Continue reading You and AI (Artificial Intelligence)
In the past I have wrote articles on installing Citrix Receiver on Mac OS and on the Raspberry Pi , however anyone looking for Citrix Receiver may now be a little confused as Citrix Receiver has now become Citrix Workspace app. The transition took place over Summer 2018 and according to Citrix it is the beginning … Continue reading Citrix Receiver Becomes Citrix Workspace app (October 2018)
Monday 17th September 2018 sees the start of National Coding Week. National Coding Week is all about encouraging people to give coding a go and with that in mind, and to help encourage anyone that reads my site and has not yet tried coding I thought a pre-National Coding Week blog post was needed. For … Continue reading National Coding Week (17th September 2018)
