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frankarr - an aussie microsoft blogger

Ponderings from the Pacific Northwest by an Aussie Geek who works at a software company

Daylight Savings Come To Western Australia

So this weekend Daylight Savings came to our friends in the West. Our resident sandgropper, Michael...

Author: frankarr Date: 12/03/2006

WPF/E - Right Here, Right Now

Do my eyes deceive me? WPF/E is coming ... MSDN has a WPF/E Dev Center, so it must be true! “WPF/E”...

Author: frankarr Date: 12/03/2006

Australian Imagine Cup 2007 News Central Now Online

OMG, The Imagine Cup is fast approaching. Berno has been hounding me to get a blog setup for him....

Author: frankarr Date: 12/01/2006

Proud Dad Moment

Just a moment to be a proud dad Yesterday, 'Rigo competed in a Halo 2 Tournament at his High School,...

Author: frankarr Date: 12/01/2006

Ready for a new day

This morning, I attended the media launch of Office 2007, Vista and Exchange. It was nice to see...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/29/2006

SMH : Broadband is a disgrace but don't blame us: Telstra

Further to my earlier post on the Australian Broadband situation, seems like Telstra CEO Sol...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/29/2006

SMH : NSW to roll out free WiFi service

Spotted this on The SMH site today NSW to roll out free WiFi service The NSW government will offer...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/28/2006

NYT: The Socket Seekers

Excerpt from New York Times Article: The Socket Seekers...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/28/2006

SOCAP and Blogging

Today, I was interviewed by Freya Purnell, who edits a publication called Consumer Directions for...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/28/2006

Wonderful WPF Apps : UniveRSS - a 3D Vista RSS Reader

My brothers & sister in EMEA have been busy. They have launched an curious application called...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/27/2006

My very own work experience kid

I have a work experience kid in with me for the week. I have given him a series of tasks, which...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/26/2006

Sharing a hot chocolate with Rand Leeb-du Toit

I recently caught up with Randal Leeb-du Toit, at the local Max Brenner Turns out we live near by,...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/26/2006

STIRR Sydney

Now this is interesting. I spotted this on Yoick and then on Martin Well's blog STIRR is a casual...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/26/2006

Wonderful WPF Apps : TrialBalance

TrialBalance is a project being developed by Paul Stovell TrialBalance is a free, shared-source...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/26/2006

NYT: Tasmania Is Out of This World

Excerpt from New York Times Article: Tasmania Is Out of This World...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/24/2006

NewsGator Screen Saver

Anna Liu & I were having a meeting today when she was distracted by what was happening on my...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/24/2006

Steve Vamos talks about Innovation

Spotted this piece online, penned by Microsoft Australia CEO, Steve Vamos A new approach to...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/23/2006

Licensing the 2007 Microsoft Office User Interface

There had been some speculation about this in the local press SMH : Office offers to untie the...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/23/2006

Former employee survives on disability

Spooky! Former employee survives on disability Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA BY REX...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/21/2006

What Sidebar Gadget Are You Running?

I was asked what gadgets I had installed on my Sidebar. IMHO, a perfect response to put in a blog...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/21/2006

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs : Infrastructure Consultant Melbourne

As I have posted before, I am hiring. However, I am not the only person looking for good people. The...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/21/2006

NYT: The Best Science Show on Television?

Excerpt from New York Times Article: The Best Science Show on Television?...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/20/2006

Wonderful WPF Apps : De.Collage

It's more a proof of concept app, but I like De.Collage by the creative folks at Thirteen23. It...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/20/2006

'Rigo will be happy

My son 'Rigo has been bugging me for weeks. He's has been really eager to get his hands on Gears of...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/20/2006

Wonderful WPF apps : PostItBoard

I've been keeping my eyes open for WPF based applications I spotted this one a few weeks ago. it's...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/19/2006

NYT: 9 Billion-Year-Old 'Dark Energy' Reported

Excerpt from New York Times Article: 9 Billion-Year-Old ‘Dark Energy’ Reported...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/19/2006

Hey, I'm a B-Lister

Over ar Kineda, there is a Technorati-Powered widget which computes bloglebrity status based on four...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/17/2006

43 for me.

Today's my birthday. 43 - another prime number age - I can say I am in the prime of my life! My kids...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/17/2006

Dr Neil Spends Some Time In My Office

Update: The Shows Are Live : Dr. Neil's Notes 28 & Dr Neil's Notes 29 Dr Neil came to visit...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/17/2006

NYT: The Picture Frame Goes Totally Tech, and No Wires

Excerpt from New York Times Article: The Picture Frame Goes Totally Tech, and No Wires...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/16/2006

Microsoft SOA and Business Process Conference – Thursday, 30 November 2006 – SYDNEY

So, you want to know more about SOA? Come along along for a afternoon of SOA goodness. The afternoon...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/16/2006

NYT: So Much Music, So Few Choices

Excerpt from New York Times Article: So Much Music, So Few Choices...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/16/2006

OMG - The router died

The calls started this morning by 8am.Our internet access at home wasnt working and Moira was...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/16/2006

NYT: How to Make Your Web Site Sing for You

Excerpt from New York Times Article:How to Make Your Web Site Sing for...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/15/2006

Top 50 Sites in Australia ?

We were talking at lunch about the top sites, by traffic in Australia. IMHO there really isn't a...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/14/2006

XP Free Zone

All my machines are now running Windows Vista RTM. My office is now an XP Free Zone UPDATE: Folks on...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/14/2006

NYT: Microsoft Aims to Improve Its 'Works Well With Others' Score

Excerpt from New York Times Article:Microsoft Aims to Improve Its ‘Works Well With Others’...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/14/2006

SnowBot is really in my office

Some people have questioned as to whether I really had a Snowbot in the office Well here's the...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/14/2006

NYT: Microsoft Counting on a Twist to Make Zune Shine in Shadow ofiPod

Excerpt from New York Times Article: Microsoft Counting on a Twist to Make Zune Shine in Shadow of...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/13/2006

New Friend - The ThinkGeek USB Snowbot

I have a new USB powered buddy visiting me - the The ThinkGeek USB Snowbot The ThinkGeek Snowbot...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/13/2006

Sun to Opensource Java and GPL it

Robert Scoble breaks the...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/13/2006

Back on the job

I rolled into the office today Nothing too traumatic Got to meet up with newbie Upgrading machines...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/13/2006

Windows Defender beta 2 has saved my computer

I got this email via my blog recently, which gave me a smile -----Original Message----- From:...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/12/2006

NPR : New Windows Has New Sound

NPR had a story on the weekend on the new Windows Vista sound Microsoft is getting ready to release...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/12/2006

More about the new roles

A few days back, I wrote about growing the team. Not surprisingly, this generated a lot of interest...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/12/2006

NYT: Entrepreneurs See a Web Guided by Common Sense

Excerpt from New York Times Article: Entrepreneurs See a Web Guided by Common Sense...

Author: frankarr Date: 11/11/2006

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