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This week I migrated my personal web site over to Microsoft Azure. Previously I had full remote access to a dedicated web server to host my web site. I also hosted web sites for other people and between us we all shared the cost of the web server, even though I had sole technical responsibility and was the sole admin.
For a variety of reasons, they have all decided to leave and taken up other hosting providers (such as Wordpress), so I was left paying the bill on my own.
I decided to give Microsoft Azure a try as it offers a free service. So I migrated my ASP.NET site over to Microsoft Azure, and am very impressed. I had my web site running in a matter of hours, and thanks to the web site forwarding of my domain name supplier I can still use my domain name (by default Azure web sites have a .azurewebsites.com sub-domain extension).
Azure has all the configuration options you can shake a stick at, runs on the latest, greatest and fastest hardware, is simple and intuitive, and I can scale my web site if I ever need to.
Here's the link to my web site http://www.dominicburford.co.uk/[^]
My only questions is.........why I didn't move over to Azure sooner 
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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It's easy if you know how 
But seriously, I worked this out when I was setting up my web site. If you want to override the default .azurewebsites.com extension so it never appears anywhere and only your own domain name appears, then you need to do this via Azure - which means using one of the paid subscription options.
The other way of doing it is to use domain forwarding - which you would configure with your domain name supplier. I have full control of my domain names and have configured web forwarding on my domain such that all page requests to my Azure web site get routed through to my domain name. You additionally have the option of hiding the target domain name on the browser address bar, therefore giving the impression you have navigated to your domain. Simple.
The only downside to web forwarding is that it isn't as SEO friendly as setting up the domain name using DNS with A and CNAME records. So if you were hosting your business on Azure you would probably use a paid Azure subscription and configure your domain via Azure. If you don't care about SEO then configure web forwarding instead. You can always change this later on if your web site gets more traffic.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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I'm very impressed with your cycling. 
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Thanks Richard, I like to take the bike out for the odd pootle 
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I love Azure ! Except their portal... I hate web apps for productive stuff.
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Hi guys!!
I'm thinking of moving myself in another country, possibly US or Canada, beacause of many reasons: first of all to have a new life experience and better work perspective.
I work as a software developer for an italian ISV. What I'd like to do in the country where I'm (hopfully) gonna move is a similar job.
Do you have any hint about a good place to go, where to look to find a job and so on?
Thanks
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If you are an Italian (therefore EU) citizien, consider Ireland - you won't need a work visa and your language skills will be an added bonus.
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Outside of Europe is pretty difficult. Especially US or Australia or something are countries that will let you in for about two reasons:
1. You have a company sponsoring you for a (working) visa. Often this is limited. Eg You need to work 5 years in the same function for the same company before it becomes more "free". IOW any change to the situation results in you having to leave or requiring a new visa.
2. Marry a civilian of that country and go through a painful and long duration administrative process with lot's and lot's of paperwork, interviews, medical exams, .... (like my brother did for the last 2 years)
And that's just the visa. You're not a civilian yet.
Anyway, good luck with it. I'd recommend option 1 and try to apply for a company local or an international company that allows transfers to other countries. (which my brother-in-law did).
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2. involves getting married and is therefore not an option in any case.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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To emigrate to Canada, it's simply a points system (points make prizes!  ), a waiting list and money (application isn't cheap, but a chunk of it is refundable if you are rejected because of a criminal record or insufficient points).
You can self-score, I don't have links but I'm sure you can find them. If you have more than the required points, you apply and when you're top of the list they let you come. Waiting times vary, depending on the number of applicants. The time they tell you is invariably overstated (we were told 6 months to a year and it took about 3). Once you're notified, you have a time limit to "land" (two years from memory) Whilst you have "Landed Immigrant" status you must reside in Canada for at least 6 months in any period of a year (a moving window) or lose your status. After 1,000 days of residency (absences from the country do not count), you can apply for citizenship (another fee and an exam so simple that you probably have to be brain dead to fail). Then you are one-of-us!
The Greater Toronto Area (GTA)has some very large Italian communities. Things for immigrants are pretty neat here, you don't have ghettoes per se, but there are areas where immigrants from a country or region tend to aggregate (Little Italy, Little Greece, Chinatown). In some cases these areas may even have bilingual street signs (English predominating). Many communities have a "welcome wagon"; a person employed by the municipality drops by with a basket of goodies, and information about the area and facilities. The GTA is a loose definition of communities clustered around Toronto from Oshawa to Burlington, with even more communities linked to Toronto by rapid transit (e.g., Hamilton, Milton, Barry - even Kitchener and Guelph now have links).
There are quite a few technology hotspots. Ontario has Toronto, Mississauga and Waterloo being notable. There's also Vancouver and Calgary in the west. The province of Alberta probably still has the most active economy because tar sands oil, although it has taken a hit with the fall in oil price (temporary I'm certain while the Saudis play games). I'm not hooked into the job scene now as I retire in 4 weeks. Ravi might be a good source, especially about the scene in the GTA.
Canada has much higher taxes than the US, although not as high as most (all?) of the EU, but we do have proper health and welfare systems (which is, of course, why we have high taxes!) Canada is not as gun crazy as the US, handguns are strictly controlled. Crime rates are low (except for notable exceptions), especially violent crime.
I love Canada. I chose to move here nearly 19 years ago after visiting and falling in love with the warmth and generosity (generally) of the people and the amount of space. We're the second largest country in the world with a population of just over 30 million. Generalizations about the climate are silly as Canada covers about one quarter of the way round the planet East to West and North to South (~50 - 140W, 0 - 42N). Southern Ontario can get very cold in winter and very hot in summer. Vancouver has about the mildest climate in Canada.
My advice is to choose to emigrate to a place that attracts you, not to get away from somewhere you are unhappy. At least understand why you're unhappy and make sure you don't bring the problems with you. One of my wife's sisters followed us to Canada and I'm sure there as unhappy here as they were in the UK. Whatever your choice, good luck.
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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I like Phil Lenoirs comments... although he did miss both that Montreal and Ottawa as having thriving Italian communities. It is definitely colder all year round than Italy, but not so much so to be a minus. I like the cold. It keeps the Americans south of the border 
Ken
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Movie Quote Of The Day
I like Arabic very much. It's like Japanese, it's big
Which movie?
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Bieber in Love
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Rambo
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Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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"The plane had been flying at about 3,000 feet and hit a tree"
Is he sure it wasn't a bowl of petunias?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I think he may have crashed when he dodged that whale coming at him.
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Semms like trees are flying in Murica Dunno how it otherwise should be possible to hit a tree on 3000 feet.
BTW: Chewie is fine, he mauned that Han really f***ed up but his fur saved his a**
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I see it was at a golf course. Was he trying to get a hole in one? :P
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No, if he was going to crash, he wanted it to be where there were doctors around.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Best round of golf ever: 'I've got this for par - FECK ME THAT'S HAN SOLO CRASHING A PLANE ON THE 14TH!'
veni bibi saltavi
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Well that's what happens when you mix up units for distance and time.
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