Contents tagged with Frank's World
Back Online With Orchard
You may have noticed that my blog’s been a bit unstable lately. I’ve had quite the issues during my migration to Orchard. Orchard is a great platform and I’m happy to get my blog working on it. Now that my blog is back up and running smoothly, I’ll be blogging again with alarming regularity. I also …
Happy 16th Birthday to Franks World
Sixteen years ago today, I uploaded the first HTML, GIF, and JPG files to the web space my ISP provided. It wasn’t much at first, just a few static pages that was a web take on the Weekly World News. That may sound ridiculous today, but this was 1995: Back when print publications were oblivious of …
New Design
Finally, after a few months on Orchard, I had the chance to work on the template design. It’s still got a few rough edges, but overall I’m happy with it over the previous, rather dry one. Let me know that you think in the comments! And, if you’re handy with CSS, tell me what I’m doing wrong!
Frank's World Now Has Site Pinning
If you’re running Windows 7 and have Internet Explorer 9, then you can take advantage of a cool feature called Site Pinning.
To try it, drag the Frank’s World icon in the address bar in the browser to the task bar.
Then right mouse click on the newly added icon.
You’ll see the …
Happy New Year!
I hope your 2011 celebrations were excellent and are looking forward to a bright and excellent 2012. This year is also designated as being Alan Turing Year to mark the centennial of the computer science pioneer’s birth. And don’t let the Mayans scare you, their calendar doesn’t end this year. It …
With a Name Like Frankies It Has to Be Good
When I arrived at my hotel for the SC-GMIS Developer Summit, I saw a travel brochure for a nicely named establishment: Frankie’s Fun Park. With a name like Frankie’s, it’s has to be good. So, on my way back to the airport, I stopped in to check the place out and pick up some “Frankie’s swag.” After …
Happy Blogoversary to Me
Eight years ago tonight, I relaunched the blog part of Frank’s World with this simple post. 3380 posts later, the blog is going stronger than ever. As a fun trivia fact, my first blog was a blogger account that I used FTP scripts and batch file to cross post onto Frank’s World. It ran from …
Still Alive and Kicking
The blog has been quiet lately and for that I apologize. It’s been hectic here in Frank’s World: in the past three weeks, I’ve been in six states (seven if you count DC ). I spoke at a mobile developer conference in Sacramento, watched the Super Bowl in Pennsylvania, went to a team offsite in DC, …
On Vacation in the Unicorn Parking Lot
In case you’re wondering what happened to the steady stream of blog posts here, I was on the road last week attending the Public Sector CIO Summit, the MVP Summit, and Windows 8 Train the Trainer training. This week, I’ve been on vacation in Disney World. I’ll be back in the office and blogging …
The Rental Car Rick Rolled Me
While I was on vacation, my rental car Rick-Rolled me.
Celebrating One Year at Microsoft
Today marks my one year anniversary at Microsoft! It’s also Pi Day, so I have two reasons to celebrate. I’ve got to say I’ve really enjoyed my first year at Microsoft and working with Public Sector customers, who have some very interesting and challenging IT problems to solve. I’m looking forward to …
Food Poisoning and Electronic Medical Records
I’m back online after a few days of dealing with food poisoning. No matter how sick I get, the inner geek still thrives. At a local urgent care facility, I was handed a tablet PC to sign in and enter my medical history. The receptionist was quick to explain the system and go into detail about …
Back to Blogging
May 2012 has been quite a blur. I’ve been doing a lot of heads down work coding in Windows8 Metro as well as presenting at events all around the region. We’re also starting a kitchen renovation here at the house. Needless to say, I’ve been swamped with work: both at work and at home. I’m excited to …
Requiem for My Caprice Classic
In my last post, I mentioned my fondness for classic Chevrolet cars. I thought I should mention that earlier this month, I had to get rid of my classic Chevy. The transmission needed to be replaced and that really exceeded the value of the car. The car had originally been my parents’ car and my …
Happy New (Work) Year
At Microsoft, the fiscal year starts on July 1. It’s not quite Christmas in July, but there’s a definite feeling of the calendar resetting.
Eleven Years and a Lifetime to Go
At 8:45 AM on 9/11, I woke up to a loud boom. I lived on John St. near the WTC. I didn't check the news or go online. I showered, got dressed and hoped not to be too late for a 9AM meeting at WTC 6. I didn't know what was going on. I took this picture of the North Tower a few min before the South …
3500th Post
On February 24, 2004, I wrote this simple post into the .TEXT admin console and the rest, as they say, was history. Now, 3499 posts and 8 years later, I’d though it was worth noting the milestone. Previous milestones: 42nd post 100th post 200th post 400th post 1000th post 1501st post 2000th post …
Frank's World Turns 17
Seventeen years ago today, I uploaded the first few HTML, JPG and GIF files that made up Frank’s World to the free 1MB web storage that came with my dial up internet account. A year later, I secured the FranksWorld.com domain name and moved it to a hosting provider. And the rest, as they …
History of Frank's World: Part 1
You didn’t think that I’d let a 17 year milestone pass with just one blog post. No way!
This is an event that needs to be celebrated!
A few weeks ago, someone asked me about how this site got started and told me how they remembered the site’s address: by saying …
History of Frank's World: Part 2
This is Part 2 of the 17 year history of Frank’s World.
Yesterday, I wrote about the origins of Frank’s World: about the journey from the Bronx to Europe.
Today, the story continues and it’s not all rainbows and kittens (or even schnauzers).
Surviving a Tragedy: 2001 …