billy gates

Bill Gates was here this past week to receive an honorary degree by the senior staff at the university of Edinburgh before beging a tour of the university's world reknowned scientific research facility.

He was also in town to hold the Microsoft World Leaders Conference-which attempts to harness technology to promote democracy and good governance. The conference took place about 10 minutes walk from our flat.

There was a lot of buzz around the University last week, mostly poor students hoping to have 30 seconds to convince him to pay off all their school debt. We were hoping he would come to the Ceilidh, there was no response from him, even though we told the doorman at his hotel. We were hoping the doorman would tell his manager, who would tell the Hotel owner, who would tell his publicist, who would tell his secretary who would tell Bill that we'd give him 25% off the meal if he made it.