Read all about it on the MSN Search Blog!

It’s got a lot of things I’m really proud of. The biggest is that we shipped Japanese search, which, as anyone who has ever done anything related to search in Japanese will tell you, is extremely hard. It’s great to see the team nail this one.

The other cool thing are a number of new language operators. These just make it easier to find things on the web. My favorite? A new experimental one called “contains:.” What “contains:” does is make it easier to find files that contain links to other file types. For example, “contains:mp3” will find you about 2.5 million pages that contain an mp3. Looking for that Debian BitTorrent file? Try “debian contains:torrent.”

Give it a whirl, you might just find something!

And no, this question doesn’t mean I’m trying to state that my cold symptoms are worse than yours.

Honest question… you have a cold, flu, whatever. It has the normal symptoms… runny nose, sore throat, cough, chill, dizziness, sneezing, maybe a rash, evil head growth, whatever. Which one is the worst?

Me, it’s the sore throat. I hate those. Mostly because everything else can be handled with some kind of medicine, or copious amounts of alcohol. But I have yet to find anything that takes the edge off a sore throat. Lozenges? Nope. Vicks? Try again. Advil Cold & Sinus? Don’t think so.

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

So maybe in my next life I’ll start a bio-med company to make a medicine that actually works on a sore throat… not sure how, but something that actually frickin’ works.