frankarr - an aussie microsoft blogger
Ponderings from the Pacific Northwest by an Aussie Geek who works at a software company
I'm a PC - What Are You?
I bought myself a new t-shirt from Cafepress the other day and it arrived this week. This is what it...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/29/2008
PDC2008 : WomenBuild... inspiring career paths in technology
Asli Bilgin sent a note about a wonderful initiative which will be a pre-conference activity at the...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/28/2008
PDC2008 - It's on!
The covers came off the PDC2008 site and registrations are now open. The Microsoft Professional...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/28/2008
Remix08 in Australia : Good times were had by all
The past week saw Remix08 happening downunder in both Sydney and Melbourne. The chatter on twitter...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/24/2008
NYT: The Alpha Geeks
Excerpt from New York Times Article:The Alpha...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/24/2008
What did you say?
I had my hearing tested this week at a local clinic. My wife made me do it. She says I never hear...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/23/2008
Thinking about Señor Sanchez
I got an email the other day from a dear friend - Harvey Sanchez. Harvey and I started around the...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/23/2008
17 = XVII = 1001 = Big Day
1991 was a big year for me. I got married. I bought a house. My first child was born AND I joined...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/20/2008
NYT: Microsoft Is Joining Low-Cost Laptop Project
Excerpt from New York Times Article:Microsoft Is Joining Low-Cost Laptop...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/15/2008
40 weeks (and counting)
Gosh. Another milestone. I've been here in the US for 40 weeks. 40 weeks huh? That's enough time to...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/15/2008
Microspotting - like the paparazzi, but for geeks
I cant believe I haven't written about Microspotting before. It's a blog which profiles folks at...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/12/2008
Happy Star Wars Day for 2008 !
May the 4th be with you! Technorati Tags: Star Wars Day,May 4th
Author: frankarr Date: 05/04/2008
The Baudboys sing Tripod
I got to sit and listen to the Baudboys yesterday, an all-male a cappella group composed entirely of...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/01/2008
Expression Encoder 2 : Encoding For Everyone, including you, you and you!
I bumped into my good friend Charles Finkelstein today. He was very happy and it wasn't because of...
Author: frankarr Date: 05/01/2008
Klaatu barada nikto : Robochamps Rulez!
Marc Mercuri, my neighbour from across the hallway, has been working away on a very cool project,...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/30/2008
Office Labs. Try. Experience. Discuss. Look. Listen. Laugh. Learn.
I've been watching our internal office labs for a while now and wondering when it would see the...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/29/2008
Lest We Forget ... again
Today is ANZAC Day. ANZAC Day, 25 April, is the day Australians (and New Zealanders) remember the...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/25/2008
Will Alister Stay Grumpy with Ray Ozzie?
I got the following email a while back from Alister Cameron and it's been sitting in my inbox...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/23/2008
Help Oscar Become A Doctor
My dear friend Oscar Trimboli is kicking off the process of a doctorate at the Macquarie Graduate...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/22/2008
Carbon Grove.
Carbon Grove highlights what each of us can do to help improve our Earth’s ecosystem. My tree...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/22/2008
3 year anniversary
3 years ago this week, I had major surgery. You know, It's really hard to believe it was 3 years...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/14/2008
empowerforisv.com
I've been a big fan of Microsoft Empower for ISVs since it launched. I've written a few posts about...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/10/2008
Tweetstats : In ur Tweets, Graphin' Your Stats!
I like what tweetstats does, which is a set of graphs from of your twitter stats. I also like the...
Author: frankarr Date: 04/03/2008
Fresca Free For 62 days!
Back in January, I admitted my addiction to Fresca. That was the last day I had a sip of that...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/31/2008
The Tanjay, aka Polycom’s CX700 IP Phone
11 months ago, I became a Unified Communictions user and I really, really liked it. I even had a...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/28/2008
Aussie Startups Carnival 2008 Results
I’m working through a backlog of email at the moment (1018 unread emails currently in my...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/27/2008
Did someone mention Win2K??
In my last post about browsers, Jeremy left a comment about Win2k Tuesday, March 25, 2008 7:19...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/25/2008
Upgrade from IE 6 … please
Jeremy has a new post Are you still using IE6? which made me go an look at the current browser stats...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/25/2008
Following the Footy From Far Away
Long time readers of this blog would know that I am am a passionate Australian Football (AFL) fan,...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/24/2008
Schnubert von Turkleberry : a down under .NET tiger
I got the following email over night From: Schnubert von Turkleberry Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/24/2008
Upgraded to Vista SP1 and We Survived
I’ve been running Windows Vista SP1 on my different work machines for a while and it has been...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/20/2008
8 random facts about me
I got a comment over night from Michael Specht, who tagged me in the latest meme. Sure why not....
Author: frankarr Date: 03/20/2008
Stories of Microsoft partners doing cool stuff
I came across these sites featuring stories of Microsoft partners who are doing cool stuff Blue...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/19/2008
About Microsoft on ISVs
Back in August, the blog Microsoft on ISVs was launched. (co-incidentally when I started my new job)...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/18/2008
Should We Beware the Ides of March ?
A day to beware : Ides of March: Why worrry? Technorati Tags: Ides of March,3/15
Author: frankarr Date: 03/15/2008
Hey - It's Pi Day.
It's that time of year again. It's Day. Last year, I celebrated with a post of PI to 1,000 places...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/14/2008
Wonderful WPF Applications : bTwitter
I got a note from one of my twitter friends, vincent rithner, about a new WPF application - bTwitter...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/10/2008
MIX Session Online - Including My Panel
Those MIX Magic pixies have been burning the midnight oil and have posted the Mix Sessions online,...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/07/2008
Looking back : How Did The Panel Go?
I didn't get a chance to write up about the panel session last night, so let's capture my...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/06/2008
Mixing it with all the folks in Vegas
The MIX keynote kicks off this morning. I've had a sneak preview of some of the stuff and it is way...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/05/2008
Getting Ready For Mix
Getting the last of my stuff sorted before heading down to Las Vegas for Mix08. Trying to decide if...
Author: frankarr Date: 03/02/2008
Microsoft IT Pro Evangelists around the World - We Salute You!
One of my work colleagues, Orlando Escalante, has posted a list of blogs of all the Microsoft IT Pro...
Author: frankarr Date: 02/29/2008
Happy Leap Day
Gotta love a good Leap Day! I remember one of the first bits of code I wrote during my first year of...
Author: frankarr Date: 02/29/2008
ChasF says Hello World from the Expression Encoder Blog
My good friend Charles Finkelstein introduces the Expression Encoder blog We have been having...
Author: frankarr Date: 02/29/2008