Alexa Skills List
A complete list of all available Alexa Skills
Total Skills Available: 462
1-2-3 Math
Alexa, Open one two three
1-2-3 Math, tests your elementary mathematics topics like after, before, between; greater or lesser, more or less, addition, subtraction etc.
1-Minute Mindfulness
Alexa, Ask Mindfulness for a minute meditation.
1-Minute Mindfulness from Walking Affirmations is a skill that allows you to take a break from the world around you & enter into a one minute sound meditation.
15-122 Queue Times
Alexa, ask the queue, what is the average wait time?
Ask Alexa about the average wait time on the CMU 15-122 Office Hours Queue.
21 Dayz
Alexa, start 21 Dayz
As the saying goes, it takes at least 21 days to build a habit. Use 21 Dayz to help guide you in your journey to developing new business or personal habits.
4AFart
Alexa, Ask For A Fart
The best reason yet to own an Echo! Have all the fun of a fart without any of the smell!
7-Minute Workout
Alexa, start seven minute workout.
 Get your heart moving and reduce stress in only seven minutes a day! To start, say 'Start 7-Minute Workout.'
7Sigma
Alexa, ask 7 Sigma for my update.
Get concise updates on all elements of your operation and infrastructure based on combined data from multiple sources.
80's Movie Trivia
Alexa, open eighties movie trivia
If you say "Alexa play 80's Movie Trivia" you will be presented with 5 questions, each with a choice of 5 answers. Answer using the corresponding number.
A fan's trivia about the San Francisco Giants
Alexa, ask giants trivia
A fan's trivia app covering the San Francisco Giants since the mid 80's.
A Yo Mama Joke
Alexa, open Yo Mama Joke
This skill will randomly pick from over 2,000 Yo Mama Jokes.
Abra
Alexa start Akinator
Abra is a character-guessing game. Think of a character, real or fictional, and Abra will ask you questions and figure out who it is.
AccuWeather
Alexa, start AccuWeather.
Stay connected to the latest in weather forecasting with AccuWeather – Weather for Life. Ask for weather alerts, sunrise, sunset, moonset, moonrise & moon ph...
Acoustic Metronome
Alexa, open metronome
TsaTsaTzu presents a handsfree metronome for the Alexa. For the tempo-minded soul within.
Admirer
"Alexa, tell my admirer to make me smile."
Make your day better with a compliment!
"Alexa, tell my admirer to give me a compliment."
Adventure
Alexa, open adventure and play dave of doom.
The Adventure skill enables you to interact with stories and change their ending!
Age Calculator
Alexa, ask Age Calculator, how old is someone born on June 12, 2015?
The Age Calculator helps calculate age between a given date and now.
Agog Reader
Alexa, ask Agog Reader for Barack Obama.
Listen to Tweets
All Knowing Eight Ball
Alexa, ask the 8 ball whether the Cubs will ever win the World Series
The All Knowing 8 Ball can answer life's vexing questions for you, without all that shaking and blue dye getting everywhere.
Always Sunny Trivia
Ask Always Sunny trivia
Always Sunny in Philadelphia Trivia Game!
Amazing Word Master Game
Alexa, ask Word Master to play a game
Word Master is an interactive way to learn and challenge yourself with words, while having fun with competing scores. Score higher to win!
Angry Bard
Alexa, ask Angry Bard for a burn.
Have at you, knave! The Angry Bard skill is ready to throw barbs from the Bard anytime you like. Each insult is a quote selected from among the works of William Shakespeare, given together with the name of the piece from which it's taken. A text copy of the quote and its source are also sent to the Alexa app.
Animal Game
Alexa, start Animal Game
Play guess-an-animal game with Alexa. Think of an animal and Alexa will guess it by asking questions.
Animal Sounds
Alexa, ask Animal Sounds what noise a lion says.
Alexa is learning a few new languages, animal languages that is. Ask Alexa to make the sounds your favorite animal makes.
AnyMote Smart Remote
Alexa, ask AnyMote to pause my Sonos.
Turn your voice into a real universal remote! Alexa, tell AnyMote to power on my TV.
Anythings
Alexa, ask anythings what are the best new smart devices
Anythings lists the best new smart devices and their compatibilities. Discover the most popular products curated by IoT Lovers.
AOL
Alexa, ask AOL for the top headlines
AOL provides you the information that you need to know to stay informed and up to date covering these categories: news, sports, finance, entertainment
Apollo - God of Music
Alexa, ask Apollo to tell me a fact
Apollo, the god of music, will share music related facts and let you know who are the hottest artists of the week.
Applause
Alexa open applause
Get a round of applause in any situation with the Alexa Applause Skill.
APRS
Alexa, use APRS and locate kilo victor six mike dash seven
Locate APRS stations
Area Code
Alexa, ask Area Code where is eight six zero
Area Code Lookup
Ask Cloud Ninja
Alexa, ask Cloud Ninja What's New
The Cloud Ninja is your guide to Amazon Web Services, including helping you keep up to date with recent AWS news.
Ask Daddy
Alexa, ask Daddy for a hug.
Ask Daddy provides comic relief as it realistically responds to questions asked by his child.
Ask Earthquakes
Alexa, Ask earthquakes what's shakin'
Recent earthquake information
Ask Grandmom
Alexa, ask Grandmom for candy.
Ask Grandmom provides comic relief as it realistically responds to questions asked by her grandchild.
Ask My Buddy
Alexa, ask My Buddy to help me get started
Ask My Buddy provides an easy and immediate way to send a text message, Voice call, and an email alert message to any or all of your contacts.
AskAboutTrump
Alexa, ask Trump how do you feel about china
Ask Donald Trump a question
Athan
Alexa, ask Daily Prayers for prayer times in Seattle
Athan provides the Islamic Prayer Times in a given city.
Audio Goal
Alexa, ask Audio Goal for a goal
Celebrate a goal - or anything else - with a classic audio "GOOOOOL" sound.
Automatic
Alexa, ask Automatic where my car is.
Find out where your car is parked, how much gas you have left, or how far you've driven recently. This skill requires an Automatic adapter.
Aviation Weather Brief
Alexa, ask Aviation Weather what is the metar for KSMO
Aviation Weather METAR's & Flight Rules
Baby Lexi
Alexa, ask baby to talk
Do your kids love to talk like a baby? Baby Lexi will answer any question in baby talk. The kids will love it!
Baby Names
Alexa, open Baby Names.
Ask about the popularity of names in the US going back to 1880!
Baby Stats
Alexa ask baby stats to add poo
Baby stats is a skill that allows Alexa to count stats for your babies diapers (wet and stool), and meals. You can then ask Alexa to get the stats for a day .
Bargain Buddy
Alexa, ask Bargain Buddy for the Woot.
Find out the daily deal from merchants like Woot and Meh by asking Alexa.
BART Status
Alexa, open BART Status
Gets current BART service advisories
BART Times
Alexa, open BART Times.
BART Times provides the times of the next trains between your home and destination stations and gives live Service Advisories and Elevator status information.
Baseball Archive
Alexa, ask Baseball Archive about Willie Mays
Get information and statistics for any player in the history of Major League Baseball. A sample request: "ask Baseball Archive about Willie Mays."
Baseball Trivia
Alexa play Baseball Trivia
Baseball Trivia about the history of baseball in Boston.
Baseball Trivia App
Alexa, open baseball trivia
Test your knowledge of Baseball.
Basket Savings
Alexa, ask Basket if whole milk is on sale near Arlington, VA.
With Basket, it's easier than ever to find local sale prices for your favorite grocery items.
BatteryBoot
Alexa, ask battery boot where to buy it?
Everything you need to know about the Battery Boot which is the best and only battery Boot for your Echo.
Bean Jar - family rewards system
Alexa, tell Bean Jar to add ten points to Gryffindor
Manage a family or group rewards system, keeps track of points like a virtual "bean jar" for motivation. See beanjar.net
Beat Cylinder
Alexa, launch Beat Cylinder
Alexa shows off her beat-boxing skills. Ask for a beat by name ("phat", "old school", "electronic", etc.) or "random".
Beat The Dealer
Alexa, ask the dealer to deal the cards.
Beat the dealer in this game of Blackjack.
Beer Trivia
Alexa, launch Beer Trivia
Think you know beer? Crack open a cold one and test your beer and brewing knowledge with Beer Trivia! DISCLAIMER: Beer trivia may not be suitable for all ages.
Best Picture Oscars The Last 30 Years
Alexa, start Best Picture Oscars.
Best Picture Oscars: The Last 30 Years
BF Helper
Alexa, ask Basic Fantasy to roll a Thief.
A companion Skill for Basic Fantasy RPG players.
Bible
Alexa, ask the Bible App to read John 3 verse 16
The Bible App for Alexa can read Bible verses and chapters to you in your favorite Bible version.
Big Game Ultimate Trivia Quiz
Alexa, start Big Game
It's the 50th anniversary of football's biggest game. Test your Big Game knowledge with the ultimate Big Game trivia quiz!
Biking Wizard
Alexa, ask The Biking Wizard if I should go biking in Whistler today
Biking Wizard can tell you if the weather is right for a bike ride!
Bingo
Alexa, open Bingo.
With the Bingo skill, Alexa will call the numbers for you. Each number is repeated and sent to the Alexa app as well. Get a free Bingo card at lovemyecho.com.
BioRhythm
Alexa, open BioRhythm.
The BioRhythm skill will calculate your natural biorhythm for today for entertainment purposes. Alexa, ask BioRhythm for a reading for birthday November 2, 1993
Bitcoin Price
Alexa, tell me the current Bitcoin price
This app returns the current price of a Bitcoin in US dollars from coindesk.com.
Bitcoin Price Checker
Alexa, open Bitcoin Price Checker.
Ever wanted to check the Bitcoin exchange rate on your Amazon Echo? Now you can!
Bitcoin Rate
Alexa, open Bitcoin Rate
Bitcoin Rate provides the current value of 1BTC in your preferred base currency, along with useful Bitcoin market data.
Block World Trivia
"Alexa ask Block World Trivia."
Ask Alexa to help you show off your crafting skills by answering over 30 different multiple choice questions.
 Change channels, hear show descriptions and press any remote button. iOS Beta Testing Only
Board Gamer
Alexa, tell Board Gamer that my username is boardgamer
Get a random board game from your BoardGameGeek.com board game collection
Boat War
Alexa, launch Boat War
Measure yourself to Alexa in Boat War!
Boo
Alexa ask boo
Someone told a bad joke? Let them know with the Alexa boo Skill.
Booze Trivia
Alexa, launch Booze Trivia
Fun trivia about alcohol to impress your friends
Boston Transit
Alexa, ask Boston Transit when the next train to South Station gets in to Kendall
Find out the status of MBTA public transit (subway, Silver, and commuter line status, as well as real time predictions for trains).
Brain of Things Control
Alexa, tell brain of things to open the curtains
Control your Brain of Things enabled home.
Bubble Boy
Alexa, ask Bubble Boy to tell me a joke
The Bubble Boy skill tells a funny quote from the popular sitcom - Seinfeld.
Buddy for Destiny
Alexa, ask my ghost what's Xur selling
Buddy for Destiny provides useful information like Xur inventory and weekly activities to destiny players.
Bulls and Cows game
Alexa, tell Bulls Cows to start a game
Bulls and Cows game as described here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulls_and_Cows
Calculator
Alexa, ask calculator for nine plus five.
Let your echo help you do the calculation, it is cool and you won't make mistake.
Call Sign
Alexa load Call Sign and find november zero uniform sierra mike
Look up Amateur (HAM) radio call sign information from the call sign database.
Calling the Hogs
Alexa START calling the hogs
Have Alexa call the hogs by saying: "Alexa, Start Calling the Hogs". Alexa will then call the hogs: "woo pig sooie"
Campbell's Kitchen
Alexa, ask Campbell's Kitchen what's for dinner
Your kitchen just got a whole lot smarter. Make dinnertime easy with a daily Top-5 list of triple-tested recipes, selected for your tastes and time preferences.
Candidate Quote Quiz
Alexa, open Candidate Quiz
A quote-identifying trivia game starring the current and past candidates for the US Presidential Election 2016.
Capital One
Alexa, Open Capital One
Hands-free banking never sounded so good. Just ask Alexa how much money you have, make credit card payments, and stay on top of recent charges.
Capital Quiz
Alexa, tell Capital Quiz to start practicing
Capital Quiz helps you practice and then quizzes you on the names of the capital cities of all 50 US states.
Cat Facts
Alexa, open Cat Facts.
Cat Facts is the premier skill for feline fun.
Cat Genius
Alexa, open Cat Genius!
Cat Genius knows so many things about your family friend!
Cat Raiser
Alexa, ask cat raiser how is my cat
Raise your e-cat living in Alexa!
CatFactsTrivia
Alexa, ask cat facts to start game
Cat Facts Trivia - test your knowledge of cat facts!
CheerLights
Alexa open cheer lights
Find out what color the World feels like right now.
Children's Bible Quiz
Alexa open Children's Bible Quiz
Simple Children's Bible Quiz
Christmas Caroler
Alexa, tell Christmas Caroler to spread holiday cheer.
Listen to Alexa and learn the lyrics to some yuletide favorites!
Christopher's Airplane Trivia
Alexa, ask Christopher for an airplane fact
Christopher's Airplane Trivia. Learn facts and trivia about a wide variety of aircraft, aerospace, and aviation!
Code Phrase Generator
Alexa, ask for a code phrase.
Generate a code phrase for your next top secret project!
College Basketball Tournament Trivia
Alexa, launch College Hoops
Test your knowledge of the men's college basketball tournament!
College Basketball Trivia
Alexa, Open College Basketball Trivia
Test your College Basketball knowledge with a series of trivia questions surrounding the history of the Men's College Basketball Tournament.
Combat
Alexa, open combat and hit the dragon with my sword
The Combat skill will allow you to engage in any sort of conflict with entertaining results!
CompliBot
"Alexa, open CompliBot"
CompliBot is your best bud. It wants nothing more than to make your day a little bit better.
Computer Quiz
Alexa ask computer quiz
Quiz on Computers. Say "Alexa, Ask Computer Quiz to start.
Computer Science
Alexa, launch computer science
Computer Science is a quiz about computers and many more
Conductor
Alexa, ask conductor to get status for the 7 train
Get information on your commute. So far supports NYC subway/LIRR/MetroNorth status (NYC bus coming soon). 'Get status for 7 train'
Conversation Starter
Alexa, open Conversation Starter
Conversation Starter is a great way to get suggested conversation topics for you and your friends.
convrge
Alexa, ask Convrge, who's online
Find out who's online at in Convrge
CookBook
Alexa, ask cook book how to make a burger
This skills allow users to find recipes - ingredients, cook steps, health info etc
Covisint Trivia
Alexa, launch Cove Trivia
Covisint Trivia is a game that will test your knowledge about the Covisint company. Good luck.
Craft Helper
Alexa, ask Craft Helper what's the recipe for a saddle.
Can't remember exactly how to craft an enchantment table or a dropper in Minecraft? Craft helper can give you the recipe fast, and all you need is your voice.
Cricket Quiz
Alexa, launch cricket quiz
This is a trivia game for cricket game lovers.
Cricket Quiz
Alexa, start Cricket Quiz
How well do you know your cricket? Take this to find out.
Cricket Quiz
Alexa, ask Cricket Quiz
Cricket quiz to have fun with all cricket lovers and to test their knowledge about cricket!!
Crocodile Finder
Alexa, ask Crocodile Finder to find the crocodiles
Afraid of crocodiles? Find out where they are!
CryptoCurrency
Alexa, ask my crypto what is the price of bitcoin?
Get the current price of bitcoin right now! All you have to do is ask and the current exchange rate is announced.
Crystal Ball
Alexa, launch Crystal Ball.
Crystal Ball is a fortune teller skill. Alexa prompts you to first focus on a yes/no question, and then say when you're ready to hear the answer.
CTA Tracker
Alexa, ask CTA Tracker when is the next northbound train
Track trains on the CTA
Currency Converter
Alexa, ask Currency Converter to convert twenty dollars to euros
Alexa is able to convert 10 kind of currencies from the world and tell you the current currency exchange too. Ask Alexa to convert from one currency to another.
D.C. Tech Cal
Alexa ask D.C. Tech for news
Read the latest news and events from the Washington DC tech scene.
Daily Affirmation
"Alexa, open Daily Affirmation."
The Walking Affirmations Daily Affirmation skill provides a daily uplifting, positive thought for you to take throughout the day.
Daily Bootcamping Thought
"Alexa, open Daily Bootcamping"
Get a thought to improve your bootcamp experience.
Daily Word
Alexa open Daily Word
Selects a new word for every day of the year.
DC Metro
Alexa, ask DC Metro for the next train arriving at Columbia Heights
Gives Washington DC Metro light rail train arrival and departure times, as well as maintenance or incident reports.
Demotivate Me
Alexa, open demotivate
Tired of everyone lying to you? This skill will tell you the truth.
DEVITO FACTS
Alexa, ask Devito for a fact
Get a fact about IPRO
Dice Bag
Alexa, tell Dice Bag to roll for me
Board game missing dice? Random encounter?
Dino Trivia
Alexa, open dino trivia
A humorous dinosaur trivia game. Echo asks questions and you answer by choosing 1,2,3,4. Dinosaur questions include real and silly answers.
Doc Rogers
Alexa, ask Doc Rogers why I'm happy today.
A basic Rogerian style psychotherapy simulator. Talk about how you are feeling and the 'therapist' replies and affirms.
DoctorBones
Alexa, open Doctor Bones
Doctor Bones is a medical based trivia game that will challenge you with 5 questions. It's primary focus is towards EMS personnel.
Dog Facts
Alexa, tell me a dog fact.
Dog Facts
Dog-Cat Trivia
Alexa, launch Dog Cat Trivia
See how much you know about cats and dogs. Questions will be both general and specific. Dog Cat Trivia is a game built from a template.
DogeCoin
Alexa Start Dogecoin
Get the spot price of DogeCoin, one of the top crypto-currencies worldwide!
Domain Name Info
Alexa, launch Domain Name Info
Domain Name Info will locate different DNS record information for a given domain name
Domino's Pizza
Alexa, open Domino’s
Place your Domino's Easy Order or your most recent order. You can also ask for Domino’s Tracker® updates to find out the current status of your order.
DrinkBoy
Alexa, ask Drink Boy what is the recipe for a Sidecar
DrinkBoy provides recipes for over 200 popular cocktails.
DrinkMaster
Alexa start drink master
Mature Audiences: Let Alexa curate your next party with a series of drinking games. Currently includes "Circle Of Death", "Never Have I Ever" and "Most Likely"
Drive Time
"Alexa, launch Drive Time."
Drive Time gets you the travel time to your destinations.
Drop Some Knowledge
Alexa, ask drop some knowledge to tell me about Abraham Lincoln
Uses the Google Knowledge Graph API to drop some knowledge about anyone / anything.
Easter Trivia
Alexa, start Easter trivia.
Test your knowledge of the Easter holiday with this fun skill.
Edgar Facts
Alexa, tell me an Edgar fact.
 Brighten your day with fun facts about Edgar!
EGR Lunch Bot
Alexa, ask lunch bot what's for lunch today
Hot lunch for East Grand Rapids Public Schools (all elementary schools).
Elf Trivia
Alexa, open 'Elf Trivia'.
Love the holidays? Elf Trivia is a fun, light-hearted multiple choice game for 1 player.
Eliza
Alexa, start Eliza (pronounced "ih-L-AY-z-uh").
Is something on your mind? Ask ELIZA (pronounced "ih-L-AY-z-uh") to talk to you for a psychotherapy session.
ELLE Horoscopes by The Astro Twins
Alexa, ask Horoscope what is the horoscope for Gemini?
The Astro Twins forecast every sign's horoscope for today. Find out if the moon's position presents any new opportunities!
Email Assistant
Alexa, open Email Assistant
Alexa + Email = the only assistant you can ask about upcoming travel info from mail. Flights, Hotels and Rental Car info is all available!
Esports Ticker
Alexa, ask Esports Ticker for live matches
Get recent matches, upcoming matches, and live matches in the world of esports.
Essential Trivia
Alexa, open Essential Trivia.
Essential Trivia
Event Guide
Alexa, ask Event Guide what's going on today in Boston.
Get event listings from Bandsintown.com.
Eventseeker
Alexa launch event seeker
eventseeker is your personalized event service with a focus on minimizing search and maximizing discovery.
Exchange Rate Service
Alexa, open exchange rates
Get the latest, up to the minute, currency exchange rates
Expense Tracker
Alexa, tell Expense Tracker that I paid 10 dollars for food.
Expense Tracker can help you keep track of your costs. Just add all your spendings to certain categories and ask Expense Tracker to create your report.
Famous Births
Alexa, open Famous Births.
Are you interested in the birthdays of famous people? Rely on Famous Births for the birthdays of hundreds of famous people for every day of the year.
Famous Quotes
Alexa, ask Famous Quotes to tell me quote.
Simple skill that reads you famous quotes from history and movies.
Fantasy Football
Alexa, ask Fantasy Football Nerd for headlines.
Retrieve fantasy football news and player updates on the Top 300 players directly from Fantasy Football Nerd.
Fidelity Investments
Alexa, Ask Fidelity to get a quote for Amazon
Ask Fidelity Quote Lookup and Market Update
FirstaidEgghead
Alexa, ask first aid egghead what's the treatment for a cut
First Aid Egghead is an Alexa Skill designed to be your in-house First Responder for minor medical emergencies.
Fitbit
Alexa, ask Fitbit how I'm doing today.
Keep up with your fitness goals by checking Fitbit with Alexa.
Five Card Draw
Alexa, start Five Card Draw
Five Card Draw
Flavor Text for Hearthstone
Alexa, open Flavor Text
Get to know your favorite Hearthstone cards better by having their flavor text read to you.
FlightSearch
Alexa, Ask Flight Search
Search DOMESTIC U.S. flights for lowest price, one way or round trip. Say "Ask Flight Search". Top 5 flights sent to your Alexa app.
Focus Word
Alexa, open Focus Word.
Focus Word provides an inspirational word and statement about the word to serve as a point of focus for meditation or for the day.
Football Trivia
Alexa, open Football Trivia
Trivia game asking questions that pertain to professional American Football.
For a Knock Knock Joke
Alexa, ask for a knock knock joke!
Tell Alexa your own knock knock jokes!
For The Loft Cinema
Alexa, Ask Loft Cinema What is playing now
The Loft Cinema Skill allows users to inquire about movies playing at the Loft Cinema (in Tucson, Arizona) for today or the upcoming days.
Fortune
Alexa, open Fortune.
Read a random, hopefully interesting, adage.
Fortune Cookie
Alexa, open Fortune Cookie
Get a fortune cookie, read to you and receive your own Mega Millions or Powerball numbers.
Founding Father Quotes
Alexa, ask Founding Fathers for a quote
Get quotes from our Founding Fathers, the political philosophers who inspired them, and their modern successors.
FreeBusy Scheduling Buddy
Alexa, ask FreeBusy to see if Paula is free Tuesday
Easiest way to share availability across calendars and coordinate meetings (for free). Check when you own contacts are available!
Freedom Quotes
Alexa, ask Freedom Quotes for a quote
Get freedom-themed quotes
Frenchness Trivia Game
Alexa, start Frenchness Game
Evaluate your level of Frenchness with this très simple trivia quiz. How well do you know France, its culture, its geography, and its cuisine?
Frontend Quiz
Alexa, open frontend quiz.
Frontend Quiz is an educational skill for Amazon Echo. It will ask 10 questions about HTML, CSS and Javascript.
Funny Quoter
Alexa, ask Funny Quoter to tell me a quote.
 All you need to do is ask Alexa!
Game Dice
Alexa, ask Game Dice to roll three ten siders
Use Game Dice to have Alexa roll dice of various sizes for you.
Garageio
Alexa, tell Garageio to close my door.
Garageio is the simple and secure way to control and monitor your garage door from anywhere in the world, all without needing to replace your existing opener.
Gas Price
Alexa, ask Gas Price for Washington
Get's the latest price of gas by US state from AAA.
Geek Games
Alexa launch geek games
Geek games is trivia skill to test your knowledge of random geeky facts of the Eighties and beyond
Geek Trivia
Alexa, ask a geek
Alexa will ask you 5 trivia questions per game. It’s a fun way to test your geek knowledge of a famous movie or TV show.
Geography Trivia
Alexa, open Geography Trivia
Geography Trivia is a challenging quiz game in which you have to prove your knowledge about the various cities of the world.
Giant Spoon
Alexa, ask Giant Spoon for an idea
The world class Giant Spoon app allows you to ask for world class marketing ideas from world class marketing agency Giant Spoon.
GLaDOS Quotes
Alexa, ask Glados to tell me something
Alexa quotes GLaDOS from Valve's Portal.
Globetrotter Trivia
alexa ask globetrotter trivia
Find out how much you know about the cities of the USA
Glympse
Alexa, ask Glympse where is Sylvia?
Glympse allows family and friends to temporarily share their live location and ETA with each other. Just ask Alexa for a friend's location to get started.
Gold Bug
Alexa, ask Gold Bug what's the price of (gold/silver/oil)
Get the latest closing day prices for gold, silver and oil with Gold Bug!
Good Samaritan
Alexa, open Good Sam
Focused on love, living The Good Samaritan Society Way
GoSpursTrivia
Alexa, open go spurs trivia
Just a fun little trivia app for Spurs fans. We are not officially related in any way - we just like the Spurs. Go Spurs Go!
Greatest Common Divisor (GCD)
Alexa, open G. C. D.
G. C. D. The greatest common divisor of 2 numbers
Greenwich Time
Alexa ask Greenwich Time what is GMT
Tells GMT or Greenwich Mean Time
Gridiron Trivia
Alexa, launch Gridiron Trivia
Test your knowledge of the Gridiron's winners and MVPs.
Guess the Number
Alexa, play guess the number
Guess the number between 1-100. Alexa will let you know if your guess is greater than or less than the number. Start by saying, "Alexa, play guess the number!"
Guess The Number
Alexa, launch Guess The Number.
See how many tries it takes you to guess a random number between 1 and 100. Alexa will tell you to guess higher or lower until you get it.
Guide for ARK
Alexa, open ARK Guide.
Guide for ARK
Guitar Tuner
Alexa, ask Guitar Tuner to tune my guitar.
Use Guitar Tuner to tune your guitar.
Hacker News
Alexa, open Hacker News,
Read Hacker News headlines.
Hacker News Stories
Alexa, ask hacker news for top stories
Stay up to date with the latest stories about technology, business, and entrepreneurship.
Hacking History Trivia
Alexa, start Hacking History
Hacking History Trivia challenges you with fun and interesting questions about the history of computing and hacking!
Haiku
Alexa, ask Haiku for a poem.
Haiku poem generator.
Hanker
Alexa, ask Hanker what I should do in New York tonight.
Hanker is your go to local event guide for all that's happening in your city. From the arts, to parties, to date night and more, Hanker has everything you need.
Happy Birthday
Alexa, launch Happy Birthday
Alexa sings (raps?) Happy Birthday! Tell your Echo the name of the lucky birthday girl or boy and Alexa does the rest. A variety of surprising song variations.
Haunted House
Alexa open, Haunted House
Haunted House provides a random scary sound to fill any moment with suspense.
HawkBus
Alexa, ask Hawk Bus about 7252
Get the time until the next bus arrives at a specified bus stop in the Iowa City area.
Hebcal
Alexa, ask Hebcal when is Passover?
Jewish holidays, Hebrew date converter, Shabbat candle-lighting times, weekly Torah portion, and Omer counter.

High Low Guessing Game
Alexa, open High Low.
This is the number guessing game of “higher or lower.” In this game, Alexa chooses a number and you try to guess it or you can play the other way around.
HomeSeer Home Automation Skill
Alexa, tell HomeSeer to turn on the kitchen light
This app allows HomeSeer home automation system users to control and monitor status of their devices and to launch their automation events using the Amazon Echo
House Band
"Alexa, launch house band."
House Band allows you to access your JRiver Media Center music server. You can play your music, search your library, and create Play Doctor playlists!
HuffPost
"Alexa, open HuffPost” (To hear latest news headlines for today)
The Huffington Post is a Pulitzer Prize-winning source of news, features, and entertainment, as well as a highly engaged community for opinion and conversation.
Impossibly Hard Major League Baseball Quiz
Alexa, launch Impossible Baseball Quiz
You should not take this baseball quiz. It may be the hardest baseball quiz in history. If it's not, it's still really, really hard!
India News
Alexa, ask india news
This alexa skill gives the india news on saying to Alexa , " ask india news " after that select your category for example "news from sports" then say "okay".
IndianFacts
Alexa, ask Indian Guy to tell me an Indian fact
This skill tell you interesting facts about India which most people don't know.
Innkeeper Emotes for Hearthstone
Alexa, ask the innkeeper to say hello to the mage.
Welcome to my inn! You can talk to your favorite Hearthstone heroes, and they'll emote back!
InsultiBot
"Alexa, open InsultiBot"
InsultiBot is so tired of talking to you. All it wants is for you to leave it alone. Is that too much to ask?
Insults
Alexa, launch Insults.
This skill will teach Alexa to hurl terrible insults at you.
Iris
Alexa, ask Iris to holler at John
Say the command, “Alexa, ask Iris to holler at [name of recipient]” and Iris will send a pre-composed e-mail, asking the recipient to holler back.
Is The Lake Full Yet?
Alexa, ask Lake Travis if it's full yet
Is The Lake Full Yet?. Ask Lake Travis if the lake is full yet.
ISS Sighter
Alexa, ask the space station to give me visibility for Gaithersburg Maryland
Provides sighting information for the next time the International Space Station is visible from certain locations around the world.
ISY
Alexa, open izzy
ISY skill allows you to control your home using an ISY home-automation controller.
ITIL Foundation Quiz
Alexa, open I till Foundation Quiz.
Sharpen your ITIL Foundation knowledge or supplement your certification preparation with the assistance of this practice quiz.
Jack's Trivia
Alexa, open jack's trivia
Jack's Trivia
JavaScript Quiz
Alexa, Launch JavaScript Quiz
JavaScript Quiz tests you knowledge of the most popular development language.
Jazz Trivia
Alexa, start Jazz Trivia
Test your knowledge of jazz music!
Jeopardy! J6
Alexa, Play Jeopardy!
Play 6 new Jeopardy! clues each weekday from categories that will appear in that day's broadcast. Shout your answers for an authentic Jeopardy! experience.
Jim Rockford's Answering Machine
Alexa, Ask Jim Rockford's Answering Machine to read a message
Jim Rockford's Answering Machine
Jokes++: Computer Science Jokes
Alexa, ask Jokes Plus Plus for a computer science joke.
An expansion of Alexa's cheesy jokes for all you CS majors out there.
KCRW On Air
Alexa, ask KCRW what's playing
Gives you the current program or track playing on KCRW radio.
King Of Pop Trivia
Alexa, Launch King Of Pop
A fun trivia for fans of Michael Jackson - King of Pop. Alexa, launch King Of Pop Trivia
Knock Knock Jokes
Alexa, ask knock knock.
Knock, knock! Who's there? The best collection of knock-knock jokes for the Amazon Echo you could imagine!
Korean Facts
Alexa, ask Korean Facts for a fact
Korean Facts allows you to learn facts about Korea.
L Train
Alexa, ask the L Train when it's coming?
Ask Alexa when the next train is coming to your NYC MTA L train stop, and listen to the current L train status.
Language Fun
Alexa, ask Language Fun about the edit distance between words dog and frog.
Natural language processing fun - computes "distance" between words in terms of character insertions and deletions required to change one into the other
Laugh Box
Alexa, open laugh box
Laugh box will play and describe different laughs. You should be laughing as a result!
LDS Daily Message
Alexa, open LDS Daily Message
Get an inspirational message from the LDS Daily Message Alexa App
Lets Multiply
Alexa, open let's multiply
Let's Multiply is a skill that quizzes you on your multiplication table. You can specify how high you want the questions to go, up to twelve times twelve.
Life Counter for MTG
Alexa, tell life counter to add Brandon
Keeps count of life totals in Magic: The Gathering
LIFX
Alexa, tell LIFX to turn my bedroom lights off
LIFX, the world’s brightest color Wi-Fi smart lights. Ask Alexa to switch on the lights when your hands are full and fill your home with your favourite colors.
Lizard Spock
Alexa, open Lizard Spock.
Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock
London Scholar
Alexa, ask London Scholar to tell me a fact
Learn facts about the great city of London from the London Scholar.
Long Island Train Information
Alexa, ask choo choo, when is the next train from Penn Station to Mineola
This skill returns the next few trains that run from one station to another along the Long Island Railroad. Currently direct connections only.
Long Weekend Info
Alexa, open Long Weekend
What's the next long weekend?
Lotto Now
Alexa, ask Lotto Now for Powerball numbers
This enables Alexa to tell you randomly generated lottery numbers.
Lyrical
Alexa, open Lyrical.
Lyrical helps you remember a song name when you provide it with lyrics. All song information is being pulled from genius.com.
Magic 8-Ball
Alexa, ask Magic 8-Ball if I am going to be rich.

Magic Eight Ball
Alexa, ask magic eight ball will it rain today
A fun Magic Eight Ball prediction skill.
Malayala Manorama
Alexa, ask manorama for kerala news
Manoramaonline provides you the latest news from Kerala and India along with entertainment and informative content. Alexa, ask manorama for the latest news
March Madness Trivia
Alexa, open/play March madness trivia
Trivia game asking questions about historical March basketball tournaments.
Market News
Alexa, ask Market for news
Latest news headlines from Reuters, Market Watch, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, etc.
Math Kata
Alexa, tell Math Kata to start an easy addition game.
Interactive game to improve math skills by executing a kata to become a math jedi!
Math Mania
Alexa, ask Math Mania to play
A simple math based game
Math Puzzles
Alexa, open Math Puzzles.
Math Puzzles is a fun way to challenge yourself and your friends. You’ll hear a series of numbers and you must guess the next logical number in the sequence.
Math Tutor
Alexa, ask Math Tutor for 3 times table.
Math Tutor can read out the multiplication tables between 1 and 10.
MBTA Alerts
Alexa, ask Boston Transit if there are any alerts on the green line
Checks the MBTA system for any alerts on the subway or commuter rail lines
MBTA Helper
Alexa, ask m. b. t. a. helper when is the next park street train arriving at brookline village
Boston MBTA helper
Medusa Myth
Alexa, ask The Gorgons
Medusa Myth tells you many interesting facts about Medusa.
Memory Master
Alexa, open Memory Master.
Put your powers of recollection to the test with Memory Master!
MemoryChallenge
alexa, start challenge memory
Come and check how good your memory is!
Meteor Showers
Alexa, Ask meteor showers what is happening tonight
Meteor showers tonight
Mid Century Designer Trivia
Alexa, play mid century trivia
A trivia game about iconic mid century designers.
Milo
Alexa, ask Milo to find Back to the Future Part Three
Find where you can view your favorite movie on free, paid and subscription services like Amazon Prime or Crackle.
Minnesota Trivia
Alexa, open Minnesota Trivia
State of Minnesota Trivia
Mirror Mirror
Alexa, tell mirror mirror
Mirror Mirror is the best app anyone can have. Research shows getting a sincere compliment gives us the same positive boost as receiving cash.
Mirror Mirror On the Wall
Alexa, ask Mirror Mirror On The Wall who is the fairest of them all?
Do you remember the Queen in Snow White and her awesome magic mirror? Now you can have your own magic mirror! What will it tell you?
Missouri Football Trivia
Alexa, open Missouri football
Test your knowledge of University of Missouri football. Find out if you're a true football Tiger.
Mixpo Executive App
Alexa, open Mixpo.
Skill to learn more about Mixpo's business health.
MobiLinc
Alexa, tell moby link to turn my kitchen lights on
Allows you to control your home using an ISY home-automation controller with MobiLinc Connect.
Mojio
Alexa, ask Mojio where is my car
Talk to your car with the Amazon Echo skill by Mojio. Connect your Alexa and Mojio accounts to get real-time information about your car, no matter where it is.
Mosaic
Alexa, ask Mosaic for good morning
Connecting the Internet of Things to your voice.
Mother Goose for Nest
Alexa, ask nest for status
Mother Goose for Nest Control
MotoQuote
Alexa ask MotoQuote for a Quote
Get your daily motivational quote from Alexa.
Movie Info
alexa, ask movie info about the magnificent seven
Gets movie details by searching theMovieDB.org based on title
Movie Quotes Trivia Game
Alexa, start Movie Quotes
Match the famous movie quote with the movie it came from.
Mr Junky Food
Alexa, ask Mr. Junky Food what to eat today.
Daily recommendations from Mr Junky Food for chocolate and candy lovers.
Multiplication Challenge
Alexa, ask Multiplication Challenge to start game
Quizzes the times tables from 1x1 to 12x12 at random.
Music Jokes
Alexa, ask Music Jokes for a joke
Musician jokes
Music quiz
Alexa launch music quiz
Test your musical knowledge ! Listen to various songs and guess wich artist is behind.
Music Trivia
Alexa, launch Music Trivia
Music Trivia is a Trivia Game about, what else, MUSIC!
Musical Instrument Trivia
Alexa, launch musical instrument trivia
A fun trivia game including fun facts about musical instruments.
Musixmatch Lyrics
Alexa, ask Lyrics what song says Saint Peter Won't Call My Name
Ask Lyrics to get lyrics for a song and to read it.
Muzzley
Alexa, open Muzzley
Interact with your connected devices with Muzzley and Echo. Try to say to "Alexa, ask Muzzley to turn on the living room lights" or "Alexa, open Muzzley".
My BMI
Alexa, open bmi teller and check my bmi
This skill enables you to find your body mass index. You can input your height in feet or centimeters and weight in pounds or kilograms.
My Copilot
Alexa, ask My Copilot, what are the clouds at P-A-E
Aviation weather in an air traffic controller's vocabulary
My Dermatologist
Alexa, ask My Dermatologist what's the u. v. index
My Dermatologist is designed for your skin health. At My Dermatologist we will provide you with localized facts to assist you in protecting your skin.
mydlink Home
Alexa, ask my dee link to turn off bedroom light.
D-Link’s Wi-Fi Smart Plugs make your home brighter, safer and more in tune with you. Control your devices with the sound of your voice and make any home smart.
MyMessages
Alexa, start My Messages.
A messaging service used to send short messages to others (or yourself) using your Amazon Echo.
Mystery Castle
Alexa, launch Mystery Castle
Explore a mysterious castle, collecting items and solving puzzles.
MyThoughts
Alexa, ask MyThoughts for an Affirmation.
MyThoughts brings positive affirmations to your life. MyThoughts will say a positive affirmation, and you can repeat it. You will then get you another.
Name Nerd
Alexa, ask Name Nerd about the name Allison
What's in a name? Everything! The Name Nerd tells you every name's popularity. Every day it will suggest a different unique, unusual and creative name.
Name That Song Trivia
Alexa, Launch Name That Tune
A fun trivia to name the title of a song based on a given lyric. Alexa, launch Name That Tune.
NBC News
Alexa, ask NBC News for Ohio Democratic primary results
NBC News 2016 United States presidential elections information.
News By Linkboard
Alexa, ask Linkboard to search news about [a topic].
News By Linkboard enables you to search the news and have articles read to you. Say, "Alexa, start Linkboard" to try.
Nikola Tesla Trivia
Alexa, ask Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla Trivia
NJ Transit Train Schedule
Alexa ask NJ Transit train when is the next train from New York to Newark Airport
Get information on your NJ Transit Train. Current version will give information about next train from one station to another Station.
North Carolina Trivia
Alexa, launch North Carolina Trivia
Do you know NC?
Northern Lights Forecast
Alexa, ask Aurora
Aurora skill will provide detailed information about the auroral activity over North America and the location where it will be visible.
NYC Subway Status
Alexa, open subway
Ask Alexa about the status of the New York City subway system.
NYC Transit
Alexa, ask NYC Transit what is the status of 7?
Ask me New York City subway status.
OEIS-Skill
Alexa, ask o. e. i. s. for a nice sequence
OEIS: The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
Ooma Calling
Alexa, use Ooma to call<PHONE_NUMBER>
Dial your phone from Alexa. Listen to your Ooma voicemail. NOTE: This does not make Echo into a speakerphone.
OurGroceries
Alexa, ask OurGroceries to add milk to shopping list.
OurGroceries is the simplest way to keep your grocery lists instantly synchronized on all the smartphones in your household—and it’s free!
Package Tracker
Alexa, open Package Tracker
With this skill you will never have to guess when your package is arriving. You can ask Package Tracker about all upcoming package shipments
Perfect Pitch
Alexa, Open Perfect Pitch.
Plays a musical note for you to identify.
Period Tracker
Alexa, open Period Tracker
Helps women keep track of their mentrual cycle for a better family planning. Based on the Standard Days Method by Georgetown University.
Phone Finder for Alexa
Alexa, open Phone Finder
Tired of missing your phone in your home? Use Echo to find your phone. Say "Open phone finder". This app requires a companion app from android app store.
Physics Quiz
Alexa, launch Physics Quiz
A quiz to test you knowledge in Physics
Pi Day
Alexa, Play Pi Day
How many digits of pi can you recite before time runs out?
PIckup Lines
Alexa, open pickup lines
This skill simply tells the user a random pickup line. The user can simply ask pickup line for a line, or start pickup lines.
Pipe Organ Trivia Game
Alexa, open the pipe organ game
A trivia game about the use, the history, the music and the building of pipe organs, the King of Music Instruments.
PizzaFacts
Alexa, Launch Pizza Facts
Facts about the humankind's greatest achievement: pizza
Pope Francis Trivia
Alexa, launch Pope Francis Trivia
See how well you know Pope Francis with this quick game!
Portal2 Fact Core
Alexa, open Fact Core.
Well, so you want to learn something. The Fact Core can assist, but it's up to you to decide if it's true or if we have experienced some data corruption.
Potter Trivia
Alexa, launch Potter Trivia
Test your knowledge of the Wizarding world with this Harry Potter Trivia Skill.
Power Ball
Alexa, Ask power ball for a quick pick
Ask Power Ball
Powerball
Alexa, Ask Powerball, What are the powerball numbers?
Get latest Powerball numbers.
Powerball Number Generator
Alexa ask powerball helper, for a good selection for powerball
Ask Alexa to generate your Powerball numbers, and get the latest results.
Powerball Numbers
Alexa ask Powerball for the winning numbers
Ask Powerball for the Latest Winning Powerball Numbers!
Powerball Numbers
Alexa, open power ball numbers
Tells you what the most recent winning Powerball lottery numbers were. May not be suitable for all ages.
President Picker
Alexa open president picker
If you know someone named Chris on Facebook that's running for president, this skill is for you.
Presidential Trivia
Alexa, start Presidential Trivia
A trivia game about United States Presidents. Wrong choices will be corrected with some extra historical context which will explain the answer.
Presidential Trivia
Alexa, open Presidential Trivia
This is a multiple-choice trivia game to challenge what you know and help you learn about the US presidents.
Prime Numbers
Alexa, ask prime numbers
Quiz questions about prime numbers
Project+ Quiz
Alexa, open Project Plus Quiz.
Sharpen your Project+ knowledge or supplement your certification preparation with the assistance of this practice quiz.
Pronunciations
Alexa, ask pronunciations how to pronounce B. I. T. S.
Learn how to pronounce a word by giving Alexa its spelling.
Providenciales Trivia
Alexa, ask Provo Trivia
Providenciales Trivia Game
Pug Bomb
Alexa, ask Pug Bomb for three pugs
Cute pugs shoved straight into your ears.
Puget Sound
Alexa ask Puget Sound what is the ferry status in Clinton
A way to find local information in the Washington State Puget Sound area.
QRZ
Alexa, ask QRZ who AA7BQ is
Provides easy lookup of FCC licenses by callsign.
Queen Of Pop Trivia
Alexa, Launch Madonna Trivia
A fun trivia for fans of Madonna, the Queen of Pop. Alexa, launch Madonna Trivia
Quick Check Quiz
Alexa launch Quick Check Quiz
Chemistry quiz to start the second semester for simon tech students
Quick Events
"Alexa, open Quick Events."
Quickly add events to your primary Google Calendar. Quick Events will notify you of conflicts and ask for confirmation before adding your event.
Quiz on Harry Potter
Alexa, Open wizard
Harry Potter quiz to play with friends.
Quote Me
Alexa, launch Quote Me
Just a simple app that give you access to over 75,000 random quotes.
Quoter
Alexa, tell Quoter to tell me a quote
Hear a random quote
QVine
Alexa, ask QVine, when is the next quarterly meeting?
This app allows QVine employees to ask about upcoming events on the QVine calendar.
Rachio
Alexa, tell Rachio to start zone one for six minutes
Rachio
Raj Trivia
Alexa, open Raj Trivia Pursuit
Raj's trivia pursuit tests your knowledge of how well you know him.
Random Number
Alexa ask Random Number for a number
Ask for a random number between 1 and 100
Randomizer
Alexa, ask Randomizer for a random number.
This is just random value picker e.g. Alexa, ask Randomizer for any random number. Alexa ask Randomizer for number greater than ten. like this.
Redbird Games
Alexa, launch Redbird Games
A St. Louis Cardinals Baseball trivia game.
Reflect Connect
Alexa, talk to Reflect
Reflect Connect gives you voice control of your Nest Learning Thermostat through your Amazon Echo!!
Reindeer Games
Alexa, launch Reindeer Games
Reindeer Games is a Trivia Game built as a template for developers to use in creating trivia games of their own. It is also fun to play!

Resistor Decoder
Alexa, open Resistor Decoder.
Read the color bands off a resistor and Resistor Decoder will tell you its value. Great for when you have a lot of resistors to organize (doesn't everyone?).
RhymeZone
Alexa, ask RhymeZone what rhymes with banana?
Find rhymes, synonyms, related words, and adjectives for any word, and get help with crossword puzzle clues.
Rick's School Tools State Capitals
Alexa, open State Capitals.
This is a quiz on the state capitals for the United States of America.
Rivers of Europe Trivia
Alexa play European River Trivia
Trivia contest for European rivers. Test your knowledge of European rivers. It may inspire you to take a river cruise!
Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock
Alexa, open lizard spock
Alexa can play the Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock game.
Roddenberry's Trek Quotes
Alexa, talk to Roddenberry.
Roddenberry's Trek Quotes is a fun, fast, and fabulous way to reminisce about your favorite Trek moments.
S.L.P. Praxis Review
Alexa, start S.L.P. Review
The S.L.P. Praxis Review is an interactive voice activated flashcard skill for the Speech-Language Pathology Certification Exam. Study w/ ease... hands-free!
Safety Tips Games
Alexa, ask Safety Guy
This skill is a game. It will hone your knowledge on safety.
Sage of Elements
Alexa, ask sage of elements to tell me about calcium.
Alexa knows all about elements of the periodic table. Ask Alexa to share her knowledge with you.
Santa's Helper
Alexa, ask Santa where is he?
Keep track of Santa on Christmas eve, find out if you’re on the nice list, and hear fun facts with Santa’s Helper. Just ask “Alexa, ask Santa, where are you?"
Sassy Persona
Alexa, ask sassy persona to get the weather
Give your device a sassy persona that can talk back and refuse commands.
Satoshi's Bitcoin Quote
Alexa, talk to Satoshi.
Satoshi's Bitcoin Quote is the first, fastest, and funnest way to keep up to date on everyone's favorite cryptocurrency, with your choice of price source.
Science Trivia Game
Alexa start science trivia game
Simple science trivia game
SciGuy
Alexa, open SciGuy
Ask Alexa for a Science Fact!
Scout Alarm
Alexa, ask Scout to arm home mode.
Controlling your Scout security system has never been easier. Ask Alexa to arm and disarm, retrieve recent activities, or check in on the status of a sensor.
Seattle Transit
Alexa, ask Seattle Transit for directions from Ballard to Capitol Hill
Get step-by-step transit directions between neighborhoods in Seattle.
Security Quiz
Alexa, ask Security Quiz
Take a Cyber Security Quiz
Sheep Count
Alexa, start Sheep Count
Count sheep before bed! Guaranteed to give you a laugh.
Shower Thoughts
Alexa, open Shower Thoughts.
Shower Thoughts are itty-bitty witty bite-sized clever thoughts. This skill will automatically fetch the Internet's most popular Shower Thought each day.
Silly Winnie
Alexa, ask Silly Winnie for a joke
Winnie the silly mastiff puppy loves to tell kid friendly jokes!
Simple Control
Alexa, tell simple control to watch TV
Take charge of your Simple Control automated home using nothing more than your voice. Control Activities, volume, and other aspects of Simple Control.
SkyBell
Alexa, tell SkyBell to turn on quiet mode.
Control your SkyBell HD video doorbell, including live video recordings!
Skyscanner Flight Search
Alexa, ask Skyscanner for a flight
Search for flight prices anywhere in the world, by conversing with Alexa.
South American Capitals Quiz
Alexa start South American Capitals
A short and simple quiz of South America's capital cities.
Space Trivia
Alexa, launch Space Trivia
Do you like Outer Space? Space Trivia will test your knowledge with general questions on our solar system and more.
Space Trivia Questions
Alexa, launch Space Trivia
Space Trivia Questions
Space Weather
Alexa, open Space Weather
The Space Weather skill for Alexa will tell you the current conditions in space.
SPAMMY!
Alexa, launch 'Spammy'
Can’t get enough pink piggy deliciousness in your life? The SPAMMY skill will make sure you always have new ways to bring more porky goodness into your life.
Spanish
Alexa, Launch Spanish
Top 20 Spanish Words: Game to teach you twenty of most popular Spanish words.
Spelling Bee
Alexa, launch Spelling Bee
Welcome to spelling bee, the very first spelling game on Alexa.
Stage Names
Alexa, open Stage Names
What's in a name? Discover fun facts about celebrities, actors and singers you didn't know were using a stage name. Become an expert at stage names with Alexa!
Star fish UK
Alexa, ask starfish for tube status
Status and information from all things British.
Star Trivia
Alexa, open Star Trivia
Star Trivia is an out of this world experience for the whole family. It's both fun and educational.
Star Wars Quiz
“Alexa, Start Star Wars Quiz"
How well do you know the Star Wars Galaxy? Test your knowledge against trivia questions from Classic Star Wars films as well as The Force Awakens
Starlanes
Alexa, open Starlanes
The Echo's first and best MMORPG. Join a faction and compete with other players to keep your faction on the top.
Steely Dan Trivia Quiz
Alexa, launch Steely Dan trivia
Steely Dan Trivia Quiz
Stock Exchange
Alexa, open Stock Exchange
Real-time stock quotes from NASDAQ and NYSE, market summaries from S&P 500, DJIA, NASDAQ & NYSE composite indices and quote your personalized stock portfolio.
StoneRidgeFood
Alexa, Ask Stone Ridge Food what are they serving today
Tells users the Stone Ridge School's entree menu for a given day
stopwatch
Alexa, open stopwatch and start
A stopwatch for timing the duration of things.
Stringify
Alexa, tell Stringify to run movie night.
Run connected experiences that include things like Fitbit, SmartThings, Nest, Hue, Dropbox, Twitter and many more. This skill requires the free Stringify app.
StubHub
Alexa, ask StubHub what’s happening this weekend.
What's going on this weekend? Ask Alexa to find out from StubHub!
Superpower!
Alexa, ask Superpower for a conversation topic.
With Superpower, you can get an interesting conversation topic to start an engaging discussion with your friends and family.
Surfable
Alexa, ask Surfable about Huntington Pier.
Get the surf reports for popular surfing spots in California.
TDV (Teen Dating Violence) Quiz
Alexa, ask Teen Dating Violence
Teen Dating Violence Quiz is brought to you by Jennifer Ann's Group, a nonprofit charity using technology in cool ways to prevent teen dating violence!
Tea Trivia
Alexa, start Tea Trivia.
A trivia game to test your knowledge of tea and tea related culture!
Teacher for Alexa
Alexa, open Teacher.
Teacher for Alexa is a fun and interactive way to learn basic math through a series of simple addition, subtraction, and multiplication problems.
Techcrunch News
"Alexa, ask Techcrunch news for headlines"
The latest technology news and information on startups.
Technology Buzzword Generator
Alexa, ask Tech Buzz to tell me something smart
Generates a technology statement with the latest in technology buzzwords.
Tennis MatchManager
Alexa, use keeper and start a singles match with red team's serve
Get the tennis experience of pros - coordinated match play and scoring, all your data stored, & statistics and analysis on every point you play from now on.
The Art of War
Alexa, ask Sun Tzu
Glean strategic insight and actionable intelligence from Sun Tzu's ancient Chinese military treatise, The Art of War.
The Bartender
Alexa, ask the bartender, what's in a Tom Collins?
Gives Alexa access to over 12,000 cocktail recipes and instructions on how to make them.
The Bible
Alexa, open The Bible.
Listen to Alexa read inspirational scriptures to you from the Bible.
The Dog Feeder
Alexa, ask the dog if we fed her?
Keep track of the last time you fed your dog.
The Dude
Alexa, tell The Dude to give me a quote.
Converse with The Dude! Engage in conversations with The Dude from the movie The Big Lebowski or just play Dude quotes from the movie.
The General
Alexa, ask The General to say Hello in Morse Code
Spell Words in telephony or Morse Code
The Law
Alexa, open The Law
Ask Alexa for a strange law!
The Listeners
"Alexa, tell The Listeners that I am filled with happiness."
The Listeners is a poetic performance offering a simple interaction with Alexa: speaking for the Listeners and trying to understand something of our feelings.
The Magic Door
Alexa, open the magic door
Choose your own adventure beyond the magic door. Fairies, gnomes, gods, and treasure await you as you explore the various lands. Easter Special: Easter Egg Hunt
The Name Game (banana-fana)
Alexa, open The Name Game and use Alexa.
Alexa alexa bo-balexa, banana-fana fo-falexa, fee fi fo-malexa, Alexa!
The Name Game Song
Alexa, ask Name Game for Gary.
Play the Name Game song
The Phish Trivia Game
Alexa, open phish trivia
A Phish Trivia Game
The Rabbi
Alexa, ask The Rabbi what time is Shabbos in New York?
Gives you the start and end times for Shabbos by city, the Hebrew (Jewish) date for any day this week or next, and the Torah portion of this week.
The Scriptures
Alexa, open The Scriptures.
Listen to Alexa read inspirational scriptures to you.
The Tube
Alexa ask The Tube what's happening on the District
Get the current service status for a line on the London Underground, aka The Tube.
The Tube
Alexa, ask The Tube if there are any delays.
Access the current London tube status from your Amazon Echo. Ask about all lines, or one line in particular
The Ultimate Hollywood Trivia
Alexa, launch Hollywood trivia
The Ultimate Hollywood Trivia game.
The Wayne Investigation
Alexa, open the Wayne Investigation
In this Batman-themed choose-your-own-adventure mystery game, you play a detective investigating the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents.
the wizard
Alexa, open the wizard
Meet the wizard. He's about to do some pretty wild magic...
Therapist
Alexa, tell Eliza that I am sad
A fun program that pretends to be a psycho therapist. Not to be taken seriously, this is just for fun!
Thermostat Controller
Alexa tell the thermostat that it is a bit cold
Control your Nest® thermostat using only your voice.
Thermostat for Echo
Alexa, ask thermostat to set the temperature to seventy one
Let Alexa control your Nest Learning Thermostat
Thirteen
Alexa open Thirteen
Thirteen is a fun number game where Alexa and you need to form number 13.
Tic Tac Toe
Alexa, ask Tic Tac Toe for a game
Take on Alexa in a classic game of Tic Tac Toe.
Tide Pooler
Alexa, ask Tide Pooler when is high tide in Seattle
Use Tide Pooler to get tide information for major coastal cities.
TideGuide
Alexa, ask tide guide for the tides in Santa Barbara, California
This skill will give the tide report for most locations (city and state) with a NOAA station.
Tip of Your Tongue!
Alexa, open Tip of Tongue.
A competitive game in which you answer questions using a word or phrase that begins with a random generated letter. Play solo as a brain teaser or with a group!
Today in History
Alexa, ask Today in History about historic events.
Today in History
Today's Astronomy Picture
Alexa, load Today's Astronomy Picture
Hear today's Astronomy Picture of the Day!
Today's Featured on Product Hunt
Alexa, open Product Hunt
An Alexa Skill for interacting with Product Hunt.
Toon Goggles
Alexa, ask Toon Goggles to open Bernard
Enjoy Toon Goggles with your voice! Open shows, play videos, listen to music, and control playback.
Toronto Transit
Alexa, ask Toronto Transit when is the next streetcar 504
Toronto Transit provides live predictions for the arrival time of Toronto buses and streetcars
Tough Guy
Alexa, open Tough Guy
Start your day with a laugh and in awe of one of the greatest action movie heroes! The Tough Guy will give you random satirical facts about Chuck Norris
Toughguy
Alexa, ask ToughGuy to tell me a joke
The ToughGuy tells you nerdy Chuck Norris jokes.
Tournament Trivia
Alexa, tell tournament trivia to start a new game
Test your knowledge of the college basketball tournament.
Tracker's Election Odds
Alexa, ask Tracker for an overview.
Tracker's Election Odds is the premier way to get the inside scoop on who is likely to win the presidential primary nominations, and the presidency itself.
Trainer Tips
Alexa, ask Trainer Tips what's weak against Fire.
The Trainer Tips skill gives you hands-free reference for those difficult battles where quick thinking is required.
Translator for Alexa
"Alexa, ask Translator to say 'it's raining' in Italian"
Use Translator for Alexa to translate English words and phrases into over 50 languages.
Trash Pickup 2016 Schedule - Anne Arundel Co MD
Alexa, ask Trash Pickup if trash is picked up this week
Provides information regarding curbside collection holidays for Anne Arundel Co. Maryland. Just say "Alexa, ask Trash Pickup if trash is picked up this week."
Trivia About Old School
Alexa, Launch Old School Trivia
This is a multiple-choice trivia game to challenge what you know about the movie Old School. Content may not be suitable for all ages.
Trivia Alex
Alexa, open Trivia Alex.
Trivia Alex is a fun multiple-choice trivia game to play at home with up to 4 people and your host Alex. It includes over 300 questions in various categories.
Trivia Challenge: U.S History
Alexa, start trivia challenge
Practice your knowledge of U.S History from the colonial times to current day with Trivia Challenge.
Trivia for "The Simpsons"
Alexa, play Simpsons Trivia
A simple trivia game featuring questions from the TV show "The Simpsons".
Trivia for Doctor Who
Alexa, ask the Doctor
This is a Doctor Who Trivia Game
Trivia for Fans of Superman
Alexa, Launch Superman Trivia
A fun trivia for fans of Superman. Alexa, launch Superman Trivia
Trivia for Formula One
Alexa, launch formula one trivia
A challenging Formula 1 trivia game, to test your knowledge of the sport.
Trivia For Trump
Alexa, open trump me
A Donald Trump Trivia Quiz. If you like Donald Trump please rate this skill.
Trivia for USAF
"Alexa, Launch Air Force Trivia"
Trivia about the United States Air Force
Trivia Game for Michigan Football
Alexa, launch Michigan Football Trivia
The Trivia Game for Michigan Football will let you test your knowledge and see how much of a wolverine you truly are!
Trivia Game for Sofia The First
Alexa, start Sofia trivia game
See how well do you know about Sofia the First.
Trivia Japan
Alexa, Launch Japan Trivia
This is a fun little trivia game featuring interesting questions on Japan and Japanese Culture.
Trivia on Harry Potter
Alexa, launch Trivia on Harry Potter.
Test your knowledge of the magical world of Harry Potter!
Trivia Quiz for Manchester City
Alexa, Play Manchester City Trivia
For all Man City fans! Test your knowledge of the clubs history, accomplishments, famous players and fun trivia facts...
Trivia Talk
Alexa, open Trivia Talk
Trivia Talk is a multiple choice trivia game you can play by yourself or with your friends.
Trivia With Friends
Alexa, ask trivia with friends for the free answer
Get the free answer of the day for America's Pub Quiz trivia.
Tube Status
Alexa, ask Tube Status about the Victoria line.
Access the current London tube status from your Amazon Echo. Ask about all lines, or one line in particular
Turtle Trivia
Alexa play turtle trivia
A short trivia skill about turtles and teenage mutant ninja turtles
TV Shows
Alexa, ask TV Shows when is American Idol on?
TV Shows provides the time and network for the next episode of any TV show. Episode details including show summaries are also provided in the Alexa App.
Tweet Poll
Alexa, open Tweet Poll
Tweet Poll lets you put your finger on the pulse of the nation, as measured by tweets. Construct your own polls and find out the information you want.
Twenty Questions
Alexa, play Twenty Questions.
Twenty Questions will guess what you're thinking!
Twister Spinner
Alexa, run Twister Spinner
Twister spinner with voice
U.S. History Factoids
Alexa, open U. S. history
Fun and education facts about US History
Uber
Alexa, ask Uber to request a ride.
Official Uber skill for Amazon Alexa.
Ubi Portal Voice Prototyping Tool
Alexa, tell portal to give me some tips
Ubi Portal Voice Prototyping Tool allows for very quickly showcasing interaction between an Amazon Echo or AVS enabled device and a service.
UncleShakespeare
Alexa, Tell Uncle Shakespeare to insult me!
 These jibes are randomly composed from adjectives and nouns taken from Shakespeare's works.
United States Naturalization Practice Quiz
Alexa, launch Immigration Quiz
This is a quiz game that tests users on their knowledge of general U.S. civics questions.
US National Parks Game
Alexa, tell National Parks game to start new game
US National Parks quiz game
USA Today
Alexa, ask USA Today to give me the news
The USA Today skill for the Amazon Echo keeps you informed 24/7 with the latest USA TODAY headlines. Staying informed has never been this quick, easy, or enjoy
Use The Force Trivia
Alexa, start Force Trivia.
Star Wars trivia game.
Utterly Body Quiz
Alexa, Start Utterly Body Quiz.
A family friendly trivia quiz about the human body.
Vivint.SmartHome
Alexa, tell Vivint to lock my doors
Control your Vivint smart home (for Vivint Sky consumers only) with easy-to-use voice commands
Wake Up Call
Alexa, open wake up call
Daily Wake Up Call by Sean Bauer
Who Played Bond - 007 Trivia
Alexa, open Who Played Bond
Test your knowledge of the 007 films by matching which actor played bond in each movie.
Women's Underwear
Alexa, open women's underwear
Alexa is able to calculate your perfect bra size, according to your bust and band measure.
Woot
Alexa, ask Woot what is the deal on electronics?
Get Woot's daily deals straight from Alexa, just ask Woot "What is today's deal?"

Tells a "yo momma" joke. Have Alexa start it, or ask it for a joke by saying "Alexa, ask Mom Jokes to tell me a joke." May not be appropriate for all ages.
Your Daily Friend
Alexa, start for me
I am your daily friend and can do many things for you. Such as play fun games and later much more!
 Do you know just how weird? Play this fun trivia challenge and test your knowledge.


It somewhat pains me to link to 25 Things I wish I knew before moving to San Francisco because of the link bait title. How would knowing that SF is dog friendly, people like costumes or that you can easily find great views help you at all before moving here?!
But I digress, it has some stuff I want to respond to.
Learn the streets that include the Tenderloin and don’t walk there at night and avoid any Muni buses that will take you through there on your trip.
In my experience the danger of the Tenderloin and other “bad” areas has been hugely overstated. The main streets at night are totally safe. MUNI through the Tenderloin is safe. I wouldn’t choose to walk down a dark alley alone at night but the whole neighborhood shouldn’t be written off.
Palo Alto and Mountain View are farther away than you think.
Yep. It’s over an hour each way and many companies put on fancy shuttles. I know a bunch of people who are satisfied making the commute but I wouldn’t be here if I had to spend over 10 hours a week on a bus or train.
The MUNI is the bus system in San Francisco that most San Franciscans have a Love-Hate relationship with.
 It’s slow and unpleasant. There’s a bus route that goes directly from my apartment to work. My bike ride is 15 minutes, the MUNI ride is 40 minutes. The maddeningly frequency of MUNI stops (almost every block) is what makes it so slow. It also makes for a jolty and uncomfortable ride.
I haven’t ridden a MUNI train but they look much better. BART (a different kind of train…) is faster and more comfortable but I often hear reports of BART trains breaking down with long delays.
My advice would be to not make any decisions based on heavy use of public transport, especially MUNI buses. Much, much better is getting around by bike. Which brings me to my next point.
The hilliness of San Francisco is vastly overstated.
There are certainly areas with the famous extremely steep hills: Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Buena Vista, Twin Peaks, some areas of Pacific Heights but they are localised and easily avoidable. The majority of the 7x7 mile city grid is flat and getting around by bike is easy.
SF is a super fit city.
It’s rare to see hugely overweight people who were common back home. Consistently great weather and incredible natural environments in and around the city plus readily available, cheap and healthy food everywhere make it easy. Without consciously trying I’ve lost weight since getting here.
If you tried apps like Foursquare and Yelp in other places and weren’t impressed, they’re worth another shot here.
This is amplified for me coming from Australia to the US. Google Maps here is incredible: public transit directions with times and schedules, indoor maps, super high res satellite images and blazing speed. Amazon Prime has totally changed my life. Zipcar, Uber, Netflix, Rdio. All that great stuff I’d read a lot about but never got to use before getting here.
It’s easy to get lost in exploring San Francisco, but what really makes the city great is what lies just beyond. No matter what you love doing or your favorite climate, there’s great places to visit within a few hours drive of San Francisco.
I ride my bike in Marin County at least a few times a week but I’ve met people who’ve lived here for years and have never been there. It’s so close and so beautiful. The same goes for the area around La Honda south of the city. I’ve had many literally breath-taking moments less than an hour ride out of the city.
PBR is pervasive in San Francisco.
PBR is terrible beer-flavoured water and it’s a complete mystery to me why anyone drinks it. It’s especially perplexing in a city stacked to the brim with tiny bars with huge beer selections on tap. Many of them local and delicious. But for each PBR-drinker I’ve met a beer aficionado who appreciates an SF micro brew. San Franciscans are big beer drinkers. Big drinkers in general.
San Francisco is a city with something for everyone.
Yes!
And further to that the people in this city are exceptionally non-judgmental. Maybe it’s the liberal politics or the regular sightings of things like roller-skating men in underwear but you need not be ashamed of your passions or your idiosyncrasies here. There’s a huge amount of tolerance and acceptance for who people are. It’s a hard thing to articulate but no one talks behind people’s backs about something that would be considered weird back home.
The one piece of advice I’d give to people moving to San Francisco would be to lose any hint of self-consciousness. It’ll help you find like minded people, people who aren’t like minded won’t think you’re weird and it’s just plain liberating.
I can’t overstate how positive this is. I still catch myself voicing thoughts about the weirdness of something only to be met by a San Franciscan’s non-judgmental indifference. With each day I find myself becoming more accepting too.


This is an RNA container:
This is an RNA container using the NAView layout:
This is an output of an RNA folded using RNAcofold:
This is a custom-colored RNA:


Packaging Multiple Items
A metapackage or distribution (both .mpkg) is appropriate when you want to install multiple items in a single install (for example, an application, a framework, and a font). A distribution is more flexible and customizable, but only works in OS 10.4 or later. Both metapackages and distributions are made up of already-built, contained packages along with some metadata.
A metapackage is simpler than a distribution, and contains similar metadata to a normal package.
More Info…
A distribution consolidates all of the metadata into an XML and JavaScript file called a distribution script. This gives you more fine-grain control over the user's install experience.
More Info…


There are two ways to paste a snippet. Either using the mouse or using the global hotkeys.
Click onto the title field of the main Snipper window and hold down the mouse button until a transparent picture of the clicked snippet shows up.
Drag the picture onto the text field you want the Snippet to be pasted. Keep the mouse button pressed.
Release the mouse button to paste the Snippet at the current position.
Place the text cursor on the position you want the Snippet to be entered.
Simultaneously press the Snipper hotkeys (?) and the number of the Snippet you want to insert (1-9).


 In alien4cloud, it has to go through a number of configuration steps to be ready for deployment. These steps includes:
- Providing inputs
- Choosing the location
- node and eventually policies matching according to what is provided by the location (on-demande resources and policies)
- the deployment triggering itself.
That is for the most common cases.
However, there might be some cases when we need additional specific processing on the topology for it to be ready for deployment on a particular location, or simply, we want the application / topology deployed to behaves differently on certain point depending on the location on which it is deployed.
A concrete example is policies handling. Handling and implementing an affinity or auto-scaling policy on Amazon EC2 is different to the same on Kubernetes.
topology modifiers
The concept of topology modifiers
(commonly called modifiers) is to address the above need.
A modifier is a piece of code, which takes a topology as input, perform some processing and, at the end of the day, returns the modified topology. The processing possibilities of the topology are really wide. The modifier can do almost everything it wants to:
- Adding nodes (for examples monitoring agents on all computes)
- Changing the types of the nodes (e.g: changing a container unit to a plain Kubernetes node)
- Adding properties to nodes,
- etc.
For now in alien4cloud, there are two types of modifiers:
- Location modifiers: associated to a location
- policy modifier: associated to a policy.
Either way, the modifier is to be plugged (call and executed) some were in the deployment configuration flow.
Deployment configuration flow
As stated above, the main steps / phases of the deployment configuration are inputs providing, location Choosing, node matching and deployment triggering.
So basically, we can identify some intermediate phases, or rather states, between them:
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pre-location-match: Just before the location matching is performed
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post-location-match: Right after the location matching is performed
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pre-inject-input: Just before the inputs are injected
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post-inject-input: Right after input injection
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pre-policy-match: Just before policy matching is performed
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post-policy-match: Right after the policy matching is performed
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pre-matched-policy-setup: Just before matched policies are configured (properties edition)
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post-matched-policy-setup: Right after matched policies are configured
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pre-node-match: Just before node matching is performed
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post-node-match: Right after node matching is performed
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pre-matched-node-setup: Just before matched nodes are configured (node and capabilities properties edition)
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post-matched-node-setup: Right after matched nodes are configured
TODO: Flow diagram of deployment configuration
A modifier can be executed on one of the above phases. Thus a modifier plugged at post-matched-policy-setup will be executed right after the properties of the matched policy template will be injected.
Implementation and packaging
Defining a modifier results into providing an implementation of the interface org.alien4cloud.alm.deployment.configuration.flow.ITopologyModifier.java
As for the packaging, it is done as a plugin. The modifier bean should be accessible in the plugin context once this one is loaded.
Location modifier
For location modifiers, make sure to expose the component via the component_descriptors of the plugin.yml file.
component_descriptors:
- bean_name: kubernetes-modifier
name: Kubernetes modifier.
description: >
Topology modifier that transform a generic topology into a Kubernetes topology.
Insert this modifier to post-location-match phase. Note that you MUST also insert the kubernetes-final-modifier to your location.
You then have to link it to a location, and specify the execution phase you want:
Policy modifier
For policies modifiers, it is a bit tricky (we will improve that as we go).
The concrete policy type (on-demand policy template) is shipped in alien4cloud either via a plugin archive, or via a simple common archive. Either way, you must add to the policy type a specific metadata tag a4c_policy_impl
to express which modifier is linked to it, and on which deployment phase it should be injected:
pluginId:pluginBean:phase
where:
- pluginId: the id of the plugin in which the modifier is packaged
- pluginBean: The name of the modifier bean in the plugin context
- phase: The deployment phase on which the modifier is injected
for example the kubernetes AntiAffinity policy:
policy_types:
org.alien4cloud.kubernetes.api.policies.AntiAffinityLabel:
derived_from: org.alien4cloud.policies.AntiAffinity
metadata:
# pluginId: alien4cloud-kubernetes-plugin
# pluginBean: kubernetes-anti-affinity-modifier
# phase: post-node-match
a4c_policy_impl: alien4cloud-kubernetes-plugin:kubernetes-anti-affinity-modifier:post-node-match
When an abstract policy is matched against this concrete one, alien4cloud will look into that tag to see if a modifier has been specify. If so, it will load it from the related plugin and inject it in the proper flow phase.
Edit (pull request)


soundtrack.js
Make handling the soundtracks to your HTML5/JS games somewhat easier. ES6/JS2015 with CommonJS bindings.
TL;DR
var soundtrack = require('soundtrack').soundtrack,
bg_track = new soundtrack([ 'song1', 'song2', 'song3' ]);
bg_track.play('song2');
What's the point?
This library is primarily intended to make soundtracks out of loopable MP3s.
Handling seamless looping music in JavaScript is surprisingly hard, because of the timing situation -
neither the HTML5 Audio
object nor WebAudio AudioContext
's events fire fast enough to handle seamless looping (the spec allows 15ms to 250ms.) HTML5 setInterval
, however, has been set to a floor of 4ms,
which is satisfactory.
This library wraps up the ho-hum, teaches songs to know whether they loop, provides start, end, and loop points for songs, offers high resolution (4-6ms in practice, though undefined) callbacks for hitting music timings, and generally just makes it easier to deal with high resolution audio timing.
Polemic :neckbeard:
soundtrack.js
is MIT licensed, because viral licenses and newspeak language modification are evil.
Free is only free when it's free for everyone.


Snow¶
snowSIA¶
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actions.basic_loads.nodal_loads.
load_on_nodes_in_face
(face, load_pattern, load)¶ create a point load on each node belonging to a face
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actions.basic_loads.nodal_loads.
load_on_nodes_in_line
(setLinea, load_pattern, load)¶ create a point load on each node belonging to a line
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actions.basic_loads.nodal_loads.
nodal_load_on_lstNodes
(load_pattern, tagNodos, load)¶ create a point load on each node in a list of node-tags
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actions.basic_loads.nodal_loads.
nodal_load_on_lstPoints
(preprocessor, load_pattern, lst_points, load)¶ create a point load on each node associated with a point in a list of point-tags
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actions.basic_loads.nodal_loads.
nodal_load_on_point
(preprocessor, load_pattern, id_point, load)¶ create a point load on the node associated with a point


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The grants program will commence applications on 01/12/2019, and will run until 01/12/2020
I have an idea that I think would be a good fit, but it does not fit into one of the categories mentioned above. Is that acceptable?
Absolutely! We are all ears to your suggestions, and will review them. One of the reasons we created this grants program is that we would like to hear what the development community wants and needs.
Who is eligible to apply for the grants program?
Anyone who is not an employee of rsk or IOVlabs is eligible. You should also have the ability or know how to build the solution that you have proposed.
How much can I receive for my application?
The total amount to be awarded for all applicants is $200,000 USD. The amount awarded to each individual application is determined on a case-to-case basis.
How are applications assessed?
Each project or idea submitted is assessed on a large number of factors by the rsk team. The main themes for the criteria are whether it is a good fit, and the ability to deliver.
What happens after I submit my application?
When we have reviewed your project or idea, we will start an email correspondence with you in order to get more details and provide feedback.
What are the terms and conditions for the rsk grants program?


One of the most commonly used services on the Internet is the World Wide Web (WWW). The application protocol that makes the web work is Hypertext Transfer Protocol or HTTP. Whereas, HTML is the language used to write web pages. HTTP is the protocol that web browsers and web servers use to communicate with each other over the Internet.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). It is used for secure communication over a computer network, and is widely used on the Internet. In HTTPS, the communication protocol is encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). This security is obtained via certificates which are maintained by the browser. The reason for using HTTPS is to secure data such as to avoid avoid loss of privacy and integrity of the exchanged data while in transmission. Any website, especially those require login credentials, atm card details should use HTTPS. In modern web browsers such as Chrome, websites that do not use HTTPS are marked differently than those that are. Look for a green padlock in the URL bar to signify the webpage is secure.


Next: simple-condition-format-control, Previous: signal, Up: Conditions Dictionary
simple-condition, condition, t
The type simple-condition represents conditions that are signaled by signal whenever a format-control is supplied as the function’s first argument.
The format control and format arguments are initialized with the initialization arguments named :format-control
and :format-arguments to make-condition, and are accessed by the functions
simple-condition-format-control
and simple-condition-format-arguments. If format arguments are not supplied to make-condition, nil is used as a default.
‘simple-condition-format-control; simple-condition-format-arguments’ ,
simple-condition-format-arguments


5.6.8-rc is out, and so I'm following up on InnoDB's online DDL new feature: the ability to SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE a table even while an ALTER TABLE is executing on same table.
The brief summary
Not as advertised; many things can't be done.
The longer review
I'm using 5.6.8-rc 64bit binary distribution for Linux, installed via mysqlsandbox. My hardware is irrelevant, but the fact I'm testing on my laptop assists me in that ALTER TABLE operations take a while, so that I'm able to easily type commands in two terminals and have the time to watch them being executed. Query cache is disabled.
I'm using the sakila sample database, and in particular I'm working with the rental table. Here's the table definition:
CREATE TABLE `rental` ( `rental_id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `rental_date` datetime NOT NULL, `inventory_id` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL, `customer_id` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL, `return_date` datetime DEFAULT NULL, `staff_id` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL, `last_update` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, PRIMARY KEY (`rental_id`), UNIQUE KEY `rental_date` (`rental_date`,`inventory_id`,`customer_id`), KEY `idx_fk_inventory_id` (`inventory_id`), KEY `idx_fk_customer_id` (`customer_id`), KEY `idx_fk_staff_id` (`staff_id`), CONSTRAINT `fk_rental_staff` FOREIGN KEY (`staff_id`) REFERENCES `staff` (`staff_id`) ON UPDATE CASCADE, CONSTRAINT `fk_rental_inventory` FOREIGN KEY (`inventory_id`) REFERENCES `inventory` (`inventory_id`) ON UPDATE CASCADE, CONSTRAINT `fk_rental_customer` FOREIGN KEY (`customer_id`) REFERENCES `customer` (`customer_id`) ON UPDATE CASCADE ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=16050 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
Highlights for the table: AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, some columns indexed, some not, and Foreign Keys in place. Pretty much a standard table. It contains 16,044 rows. Row format is COMPACT.
What I want to know is: which DDL commands allow for which online DML commands?
So, on terminal #1 I will issue queries like:
node1 5.6.8-rc-log sakila> alter table sakila.rental ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT /* or whatever */; Query OK, 0 rows affected (10.57 sec) Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
And during the above operation, I will execute the following on terminal #2:
- select max(rental_id) from sakila.rental; this queries the AUTO_INCREMENT value, which is of course a PRIMARY KEY
- select min(rental_date) from sakila.rental; there is an index on rental_date, and normal execution plan is to optimize table away and just use the index
- select min(return_date) from sakila.rental; there is no index on return_date, and full table scan is required
- update rental set return_date = return_date + interval 1 second where rental_id=3; the UPDATE uses the PRIMARY KEY
- update rental set return_date = return_date + interval 1 second where return_date = NOW(); won't actually affect anything, but requires full scan.
So here are the results:
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+---------------+---------------------+-------------------------+--------------+---------------------+ | ALTER statement | Time | General comments | select max PK | select min by index | select min by full scan | update by PK | update by full scan | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+---------------+---------------------+-------------------------+--------------+---------------------+ | ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT | 10.92 | | Instant | Instant | Instant | blocked | blocked | | AUTO_INCREMENT=16051 | 0.06 | Instant, no table rebuild | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | | ADD INDEX(last_update) | 2.37 | | blocked | blocked | blocked | blocked | blocked | | ADD INDEX(last_update), ALGORITHM=INPLACE | 1.83 | | blocked | blocked | blocked | blocked | blocked | | ADD INDEX(last_update), ALGORITHM=INPLACE, LOCK=NONE | 0.00 | ERROR 1235 (42000): ... | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | | ADD COLUMN c CHAR(1) NOT NULL | 11.20 | | Instant | Instant | Instant | blocked | blocked | | ADD COLUMN c CHAR(1) NOT NULL, ALGORITHM=INPLACE, LOCK=NONE | 0.00 | ERROR 1235 (42000): . | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+---------------+---------------------+-------------------------+--------------+---------------------+
Rather surprising, I would say.
- None of my tests resolved with online write (UPDATE). At best I could get online read (SEELCT).
- AUTO_INCREMENT is instantaneous. High time for that! It's just some number in the .frm file, never understood the need for table rebuild.
- Apparently ADD COLUMN is more online than ADD INDEX, and I've tested this again and again and again to make sure I was doing it right. This is quite weird, even according to the docs.
- In none of the above tests (and others, non listed), have I been able to specify LOCK=NONE. It's always ERROR 1235 (42000): This version of MySQL doesn't yet support 'alter table sakila.rental <whatever>, algorithm=inplace, lock=none'.
So what's so online about this? Online reads are nice, but most everyone cannot accept blocking writes (for same reason no one would use mysqlhotcopy, also so wrongly named). This leaves us again with oak-online-alter-table and pt-online-schema-change.
The butler did it
Apologies to the butler, the FOREIGN KEYs did it. Let's try the same again without foreign keys:
node1 5.6.8-rc-log sakila> create table rental2 like rental; node1 5.6.8-rc-log sakila> insert into rental2 select * from rental; node1 5.6.8-rc-log sakila> rename table rental to rental_old, rental2 to rental; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.31 sec)
Here are the results:
+-------------------------------------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------+---------------------+ | ALTER statement | Time | General comments | select max PK | select min by index | select min by full scan | update by PK | update by full scan | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------+---------------------+ | ROW_FORMAT=COMPACT | 11.03 | | Instant | Instant | Instant | Instant | Instant | | AUTO_INCREMENT=16051 | 0.05 | Instant, no table rebuild | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | | ADD INDEX(last_update) | 2.04 | | * Inconsistent | * Inconsistent | * Inconsistent | blocked | blocked | | ADD INDEX(last_update), ALGORITHM=INPLACE, LOCK=NONE | 3.14 | | * Inconsistent | * Inconsistent | * Inconsistent | blocked | blocked | | ADD COLUMN c CHAR(1) NOT NULL | ** | | * Inconsistent | * Inconsistent | * Inconsistent | * Inconsistent | * Inconsistent | | ADD COLUMN c CHAR(1) NOT NULL, ALGORITHM=INPLACE, LOCK=NONE | ** | | * Inconsistent | * Inconsistent | * Inconsistent | * Inconsistent | * Inconsistent | +-------------------------------------------------------------+-------+---------------------------+----------------+---------------------+-------------------------+----------------+---------------------+
What's going on here?
- ALGORITHM=INPLACE, LOCK=NONE is accepted! Bad, bad foreign keys!
- * ADD INDEX usually allows for concurrent reads, but after repeated tests SELECTs start to block. Then they don't work concurrently anymore until table is recreated. But even that not always, so I'm not sure what the inconsistency is.
- * ADD COLUMN is still more concurrent than ADD INDEX, and actually allows for concurrent writes! Though, inconsistently. Sometimes it does not allow for concurrent writes.
- ** ADD COLUMN runtime highly affected by concurrent queries. It wents as high as 45 seconds on my laptop. Now, to make things clear, I'm not running an automated benchmark here: I'm copying+pasting the statements from my editor to the mysql CLI. So, maybe 10 or 15SELECT and UPDATE queries executes. How does that justify 35 seconds delay in table rebuild?
Some conclusions:
- The documentation does not specify anything about FOREIGN KEYs crashing the party. It should.
- The documentation specifically mentions the ADD/DROP INDEX statements to be online. ADD INDEX is less online than ADD COLUMN.
- Everything is still shaky. Sometimes things work, sometimes they don't.
- Runtimes are unproportionally affected by concurrent queries.
- For the meantime, I keep to my online alter table scripts. Been using them for 3.5 years now.


Evers signs bill legalizing kids' lemonade stands
MADISON, Wis. - Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill into law that allows children to legally run lemonade stands.
Evers signed the bill Monday.
It allows anyone under age 18 to run lemonade stands on private property without a permit and without fear of running afoul of the law, which has happened in some states.
The bill would limit sales to $2,000 of lemonade a year, however. That translates to 8,000 cups at 25 cents each. Children would be barred from selling any potentially hazardous food, such as raw meat and egg salad.
The bill passed with bipartisan support.


The Scope protocol is used to communicate with the Opera browser.
This package contains a number of *Command
classes.
These classes are enumerations of the command
messages in the
*.proto
files in the "protos/" directory.
The event
messages in the *.proto
files are
handled in the scope.stp.UmsEventParser
class. These messages
are then passed to EventHandler
, where they are passed to the
correct class. Any new events must be added in these classes.


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Class: Concurrent::Promises::ResolvableEvent
- Inherits:
-
Event
- Object
- Synchronization::Object
- AbstractEventFuture
- Event
- Concurrent::Promises::ResolvableEvent
- Includes:
- Resolvable
- Defined in:
- lib/concurrent/promises.rb
Overview
A Event which can be resolved by user.
Instance Method Summary collapse
-
#resolve(raise_on_reassign = true) ⇒ self, false
Makes the event resolved, which triggers all dependent futures.
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#with_hidden_resolvable ⇒ Event
Creates new event wrapping receiver, effectively hiding the resolve method.
Instance Method Details
#resolve(raise_on_reassign = true) ⇒ self, false
Makes the event resolved, which triggers all dependent futures.
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# File 'lib/concurrent/promises.rb', line 1230 def resolve(raise_on_reassign = true) resolve_with RESOLVED, raise_on_reassign end |
#with_hidden_resolvable ⇒ Event
Creates new event wrapping receiver, effectively hiding the resolve method.
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# File 'lib/concurrent/promises.rb', line 1237 def with_hidden_resolvable @with_hidden_resolvable ||= EventWrapperPromise.new_blocked_by1(self, @DefaultExecutor).event end |


The Port of Singapore is on the south coast of the island.
Position 01°15'51" N,103°48'32" E (Kepple Bay marina entrance)
See the Singapore Formalites page for details of Clearance and Immigration procedures.
Last updated May 2015.
The Keppel Bay Marina is part of a new development near the old commercial port of Keppel Harbour, based on Keppel island which is now attached to the mainland. The final phase of the build was recently completed. The staff are helpful and it is close to downtown.
One15 Marina is even newer and is located on the southern shore of Sentosa Island. Not an ideal place for doing repairs, but a comfortable berth in which to stay. Sentosa Island is now a popular resort, with numerous theme parks and attractions.
Raffles Marina, in Tuas, on the west side of the island, is located adjacent to the Second Link Bridge connecting Singapore and Malaysia. It is the best place if needing to get repairs. The one great disadvantage of Raffles Marina is that it is an hour's travel time from downtown Singapore. Clearance is no longer possible at this marina.
Several new marinas have opened in the proximity of Singapore:-
Sebana Cove is located on the banks of the Sebana river on the south coast of Malaysia. A five star resort with a marina.
Nongsa Point Marina is located on the northern shore of Batam Island, in Indonesia. To visit Nongsa Pont Marina yachts require a "green book". For Singapore-based boats the green book replaces the cumbersome sailing permit but the formalities for getting the book are just as lengthy and only Singapore-based boats bother to get it.
Danga Bay Marina is at Johor Bahru on the Malaysian shore.
The SAF yacht club has 2 clubhouses, with berthing, at various locations around Singapore. See below and Changi
Last updated April 2016.