frankarr - an aussie microsoft bloggerPonderings from the Pacific Northwest by an Aussie Geek who works at a software companyBillGs Last Day Really!- June 27, 2008 Lots has been written about Bill Gates leaving Microsoft today and the Microsoft.COM home page says it all A video did the rounds from CES earlier this year, but today is THE day. Ive met Bill a few times during my career at Microsoft and we hosted him in Australia way back in 2004 - Billg heading Downunder in June, People attending Bill Gates Breakfast in Sydney,&160; Questions to ask BillG , More questions for BillG, Behind the Scenes of the BillG Breakfast, Press...http://blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/archive/2008/06/27/billg-s-last-day-really.aspx 1st day of Summer and all is good with my little world- June 21, 2008 I have been feeling like something had been missing. I arrived in Seattle in August and went through Autumn, (or as they say here Fall), Winter and then Spring. Aha! Ive missed Summer! Totally is the first day of summer (as well as the longest day of the year aka the Summer Solstice) and things are finally warming up, compare to back in Sydney. for those metric challenged folks, here it is old school Yeah Baby! Technorati Tags: Weather,Summer Solsticehttp://blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/archive/2008/06/20/1st-day-of-summer-and-all-is-good-with-m... At Home With Rigo- June 20, 2008 The house is pretty quiet at the moment. Moira and 3 of the kids have been in Australia on holidays for 2 weeks so far, leave me at home with Rigo, my 16 year old. Sure, weve been getting up to the usual shenanigans, eating out every night, staying up late, watching bad TV, drinking root beer, downloading stuff and general living the high life as only 2 geeks can. Rigo is full of stories and he has been inspired again to blog. His latest thoughts can be found at...http://blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/archive/2008/06/20/at-home-with-rigo.aspx NYT: Who Altered British TV 'Who' Indeed- June 17, 2008 Excerpt from New York Times Article: Who Altered British TV Who Indeed http:www.nytimes.com20080615artstelevision15lyal.html CARDIFF, Wales RUSSELL T DAVIES, perhaps the most admired writer and producer working in British television drama, was once confronted at a wedding by a fellow guest bristling with indignation about a scene in Mr. Daviess hugely successful, family-friendly science fiction series, Doctor Who.In the scene Capt. Jack Harkness, a swaggering...http://blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/archive/2008/06/17/nyt-who-altered-british-tv-who-indeed.as... How Did You Get That Digg This Button On Your Blog- June 17, 2008 I was chatting with Rohan Thomas (a Developer Evangelist based in Malaysia) this evening. He asked me how I got the DiggThis button my blog. I told him I would do a post about it. So, how did I get that Digg This button onto my blog Easy really. It was Windows Live Writer with the help of a cool little plugin which was in the recent SDK Technical Preview release In the SDK Technical Preview youll find the following: New SDK Features.doc Detailed descriptions of the new...http://blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/archive/2008/06/16/how-did-you-get-that-digg-this-button-on... Whats the Buzz : BuzzNumbers Can Tell You- June 16, 2008 I got an unsolicited email last week from BuzzNumbers. The email had the following intro Welcome to your buzz numbers email notification service deliverying you reports about your online social media mentions. And it provided a list of articles and blog postings where my name had been mentioned. I didn't think much of this. It looked like spam. Later in the day, I got an email from someone I did know (Nick Holmes Court) who put this BuzzNumbers thing into context for me. Turns...http://blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/archive/2008/06/16/what-s-the-buzz-buzznumbers-can-tell-you... Heres Rita- June 16, 2008 I keep getting hassled by my sister, Rita Arrigo. She says I never link to her blog Maybe thats true. Now, its time to right a wrong Heres a link to you sis! Technorati Tags: Rita Arrigo,Blogginghttp://blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/archive/2008/06/15/here-s-rita.aspx Top 20 Search Keywords- June 11, 2008 Last time I listed out the top search keywords, I listed the Top 200 Search Keywords. This prompted a rather strong comment The only people that care about search keywords for a particular site are the site owners. A top 10 list of search keywords is uninteresting and a little bit self-indulgent. A top 200 takes the cake. So, to avoid being self indulgent, Im only going to list the top 20 star wars day frank arrigo carbon grove powerpuff girls wpf rss reader silverlight.http://blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/archive/2008/06/11/top-20-search-keywords.aspx 678- June 8, 2008 Today reminds me of that really bad song by Steps 5,6,7,8 Did you know that June 7 is the 159th day of the year Not long to go to the halfway point!!!http://blogs.msdn.com/frankarr/archive/2008/06/07/6-7-8.aspx Search So That You May Give- June 5, 2008 The Live Search team kicked off their Search and Give campaign yesterday. Jeremy brought it to my attention at first, and overnight I saw a post from ReadWriteWeb - Can Microsoft Win the Search Wars with Charity and I really like the conclusion: "the cost to charities is zero, the cost to users is zero, and the benefit to everyone involved is major, so in our opinion Search and Give is a great idea" I would have to concur. 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