In this episode of Frank’s World TV, I step away from the green screen to enjoy the delightful DC weather. I also spend some time at the Dolphin Tank at Day of Fosterly 2013.

I took this last night during a torrential rain storm.

I am at the awesome Capitol One Labs in Clarendon, VA for the MoDevUX 2013 Hack-a-thon today and I took some pictures.   Above: Sponsors show off their APIs and tools. Above: I was filming for Frank’s World TV The Capital One Labs office space was spectacular. Here’s a view from the …

The animated GIF is enjoying somewhat of a renaissance. Cinegraph is a handy little app for the Nokia Lumia 920, that lets you “film” a short animated GIF. Here’s one from today’s MoDevUX 2013 Hack-a-thon in Clarendon, VA and it captures the interesting mementoes on someone’s desk.

While setting up the Microsoft booth for Fosterly 2013, I had the chance to record a quick video for Frank’s World TV.

After having FiOS for well over a year at our old house in Virginia, it was a hard adjustment to lose that much internet speed when we moved into our current house in Maryland. Well, if all goes according to plan, once again I will have fiber to Casa d’ Frankie. In case you’re wondering what our …

This dialog box has been the bane of my existence since the days of Windows 3.1. It has returned the last couple of days on my Windows 8 machine like a monster from a bad horror film.

Found this inspirational slide deck on SlideShare. As luck would have it, May has 31 days in it. :) 31 Things You can Do to Improve Your Life in 31 Days from Nicole Elmore    

Ever wonder how the “Overly Attached Girlfriend” meme got started. Laina tells her story on Business Insider.  

This has been on my YouTube channel for a while and I should cross-post here.

I had the opportunity to speak and attend the 2013 Pennsylvania IT Conference and I thought I’d share the experience with the Frank’s World audience.  

In case you’re wondering, they would *not* …

Write apps for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 and you can get cash. Not just cash from what revenue your apps(s) may earn, but cash for just authoring apps for Windows.  

Here are the slides from my presentation yesterday at NoVA Code Camp 2013.1.  

The latest episode of Frank’s World TV is now online.  

Imagine if you took Rebecca Black’s Friday and mashed it up with some science for 3/14. You get this:

Not only is it Pi Day (3/14), it’s also Einstein’s birthday. Check out this documentary on his life. His professors thought he was a goof off and he thought himself a loser. He contemplated leaving science to sell insurance. Imagine that.

This is probably how I will feel explaining the 90’s to my son.

Shot live at the Microsoft Store in Pentagon City.

Show Notes:

DC Snow Wimpshttp://www.buzzfeed.com/danoshinsky/washington-dc-is-the-worst-during-a-snowstorm

Making Money from Windows 8 Appshttp://kevinashley.com/making-30000-a-month-on-windows-8-apps/

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In this TED talk by Sarah Parcak, she talks about integrating satellite imagery in archeology. Using this technology, archeologists found a city lost for thousands of years. It’s interesting to note how they used topology data from NASA. What else is out there?