Less than one week to Dream Theater Concert
I am a big Dream Theater fan and have tickets to see them on Thursday. I have never seen them before live, only on DVD. I am also trying to score some backstage passes. Wish me ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2004 | Comments (18) | Google it!
New trial version of ASD Team's PASS application now available
You can now download a new trial version ASD Team's PASS application that I blogged about in January.
Download it now or be blogged ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!
Busy
Life is extremely busy at this time. Working on an SAP conversion at work, working on a top secret project with Vince, my right arm is still bugging the crap out of me, my right ring finger also is having some issues with a ganglion cyst on my right ring ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!
Useless Notes dialog box of the day
Can you see it?
img src="http://www.BruceElgort.com/blogs/be.nsf/2/BELT-5WJUAP/$FILE/infobox.jpg" border="0" ...
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Thursday, February 26th, 2004 | Comments (5) | Google it!
OpenNTF: File Transfer
Hynek Kobelka has released version 1.0 of his "File Transfer" Notes/Domino application on OpenNTF. Download it here. The File Transfer database was desinged to facilitate automatic scheduled transfer of files between Lotus Notes/Domino servers. Hats off to ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!
OpenNTF: Surely Template
Rocky Oliver a.k.a. "Lotus Geek" has released version 1.0 of "Surely Template" on OpenNTF. Surely Template is a Notes database tool for managing replica IDs of server templates, and some other things as well. Download it here and be sure to provide Rocky ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!
From the log file
Some lucky souls wound up on my site after searching for:
Tighty Whities
Thomas Gumz
Phil Collins and Israel
Vancouver Washington Strip Clubs
Kill Notes
John Bonham Squeaking
How to twirl drumstick
Trunk Monkeys
Locate 11 million illegal aliens ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2004 | Comments (5) | Google it!
Mad cow and illegal aliens
Is it just me or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington? Also they track her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to ...
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Thursday, February 19th, 2004 | Comments (16) | Google it!
Altec Lansing inMotion portable iPod speakers
Back in December I read a review of the Altec Lansing inMotion portable iPod speakers in MacWorld and decided I had to have them.
I primarily use these speakers on my desk at work. They sound great at both low and high volumes. The speakers fold up ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!
Synchronize unread marks in a Notes/Domino cluster
Notes/Domino 6 allows you to synchronize unread marks across replicas of databases. However this feature only works on databases "going forward". Any existing unread marks are synchronized.
Someone named "Kurt" who shall remain otherwise nameless for ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!
Number one reason to buy the extended warranty
Note to self: Preview pane in Notes requires two special things
First thing to do: Give the frame that contains the Notes view the name "NotesView".
Second thing to do: Give the frame that will show the Preview document the name "NotesPreview".
Third thing to do: Figure out a way to grow the hair back that I ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2004 | Comments (0) | Google it!
John Bonham Moby Dick, ick ick ick ick...
Here's another picture from my dad's slide archives of me rocking out to some ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2004 | Comments (12) | Google it!
OpenNTF: OpenNTF Mail Experience 1.0 has been released
Version 1.0 of the OpenNTF Mail Experience has been released on OpenNTF. Download it here. Now maybe Vince can finally get some well deserved sleep.
More info on the new features coming ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2004 | Comments (7) | Google it!
Sitting in at a gig
If you ever happen to be asked to or want to sit in as a guest musician with a band at a gig, I suggest you know all of the following songs before getting up on stage:
Dock of the Bay
Respect
Chain of Fools
Stormy Monday
Brown Eyed Girl
Stand by ...
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Monday, February 16th, 2004 | Comments (18) | Google it!
Welcome new Blogsphere blogger
Please welcome Hynek Kobelka to the Notes/Domino ...
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Monday, February 16th, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!
The papers have been signed
After a week and a half of negotiations with Beth I have revised and signed child support orders. Hopefully they will get entered into court on Tuesday or Wednesday. Beers are on me! Thanks to all of you who kept me calm during these trying ...
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Sunday, February 15th, 2004 | Comments (6) | Google it!
OpenNTF: OpenNTF Mail Experience 1.0 will be released on Tuesday
OpenNTF will release the first version of the OpenNTF Mail Experience template on Tuesday, February, 17, 2003. Read more about this project here. This template includes many of the popular OpenNTF Mail Template Vi1.2 features and bundles them into a ...
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Friday, February 13th, 2004 | Comments (4) | Google it!
Note to self: Don't turn on "Enable scheduled local agents"
After turning on "Enable scheduled local agents" in my Notes User Preferences things went whacky yesterday in my Notesphere. Use extreme caution before turning this option on. Be sure that your local databases have their agent properties set to run on a ...
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Friday, February 13th, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!
madicon RSS reader for Lotus Notes 6.x
After reading this post on Volker's site I downloaded a 30 day evaluation copy of the madicon RSS reader. The setup of the database is quick and easy and the UI is wonderful. The current release comes in English and German versions. If you decide to place ...
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2004 | Comments (7) | Google it!
Gayle is a hero
Brandon, Gayle's son recently was asked at school to write a short essay about an "Everyday Hero" that he admires. Brandon chose to write about his mother. Gayle and other hero's were honored last weekend during a cermony at the Prairie High School. Here ...
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!
Mozilla Firefox (0.8) and Lotus Domino Web Access (iNotes)
Just loaded up Mozilla Firefox (0.8) on both the iMac and the PC. I then fired up my Lotus Domino Web Access (iNotes) mail client URL and on both the iMac and PC Firefox crashed. It is important to point out that Firefox is still a beta. I don't recall if ...
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2004 | Comments (12) | Google it!
Street art
If take 'N' bake pizza weren't enough
A company in iceland is developing an aphrodisiac pizza.
The Pizzagra will contain items the company says are "renowned for their ability to lift the libido in both men and women including artichoke, asparagus, ginger, chocolate and banana."
Read ...
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2004 | Comments (2) | Google it!
Would you like a shower with your chai?
For the past two days there has been a guy pressure washing the sidewalks outside of the local Starbucks during the morning rush hour. ...
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Monday, February 9th, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!
HowToHideTheSubmitButton.com
Wow! An entire domain name and site dedicated on how to hide the submit button on Notes/Domino web forms. I stumbled across this goody reading a recent post on Codestore.net. Be sure to check the "Blond" technique.
This site was built with NetObjects ...
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Saturday, February 7th, 2004 | Comments (2) | Google it!
Notes 6.5.1 - some observations
I have been using Notes and Domino 6.5.1 now for a week and noticed a couple of things you may want to know about.
The Workplace Welcome Page now remembers the positions of the frames. Simply drag the invisible frame handles to resize each of your views ...
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Friday, February 6th, 2004 | Comments (4) | Google it!
Wish me luck
I meet with the ex-wife today to revise my child support papers. This is not going to be ...
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Thursday, February 5th, 2004 | Comments (5) | Google it!
Recycling Envelopes
Ok - I just walked over to the stock room to grab some envelopes and found that someone is placing used "pre-licked" envelopes on the shelf for re-use. I can tell that they have been already used due to the fact that the sticky part is all wrinkly and has ...
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Thursday, February 5th, 2004 | Comments (6) | Google it!
Look what I found over at Tom's Rant
I had the pleasure of meeting Tom Nichols (Tom's Rant) this year at Lotusphere. We hung a couple of times at the sphere yacking about many interesting topics, but I never knew Tom had a secret talent. Click on the graphic to see "Tom the muffin man". Tom ...
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2004 | Comments (4) | Google it!
New in Domino Designer 6.5.1?
I was working in Domino Designer today and found a new purple Websphere Studio icon on my bookmark bar. Gee - go ...
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004 | Comments (4) | Google it!
More proof that Notes is Dead - Not!
Ummm....over 1,300 registrations on OpenNTF in the last 30 ...
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004 | Comments (2) | Google it!
OpenNTF: Contacts in 6.5 Mail Template
Vince is wrapping up the contacts in the mail file feature which will be included in the next version of the OpenNTF Mail Template. Anything else anyone wants to see in the ...
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004 | Comments (5) | Google it!
Remember our Friend - Danielle Elgort
Here's an article (PDF) from Danielle's school newspaper written by her teacher Misty ...
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Monday, February 2nd, 2004 | Comments (2) | Google it!


