If you have a copy of the old Lotus Notes TeamRoom 4.6.x template lying around please shoot me a note. Thank you in advance. Update The TeamRoom template was not included on the Domino distribution CD's. It was made available as a separate download. ...

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2004 | Comments (6) | Google it!

Check here. From this blog posting on Carl's ...

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!

The last couple of weeks have been extremely busy for me. I have re-architected our wireless network, am preparing for an outside audit of our IT infrastructure, considering implementing Active Directory as well as seeing to the day-to-day operations of the ...

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Tuesday, August 31st, 2004 | Comments (5) | Google it!

Michael Sampson of Shared Spaces Research and Consulting recently issued a white paper entitled "Collaboration Software Clients: Email, IM, Presence, RSS and Collaborative Workspaces Should Be Integrated for Business Communication ... Part 1. Strengths and ...

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Monday, August 30th, 2004 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Please welcome Ben Rose to the Notes/Domino blogging community. Ben is the OpenNTF Master Chef for the OpenNTF Mail Experience International ...

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Friday, August 27th, 2004 | Comments (4) | Google it!

I recently received a copy of Danielle's yearbook from her elementary school. This page was included in the book in memory of Danielle. I thought I would share this with all of ...

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Wednesday, August 25th, 2004 | Comments (5) | Google it!

First, lets get the obvious out of the way - the Notes Welcome Page could be much better. While there have been changes to in Notes 6.5 it still in my honest opinion can be better. I am certain that many of you Notes developers out there have been tasked ...

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Tuesday, August 24th, 2004 | Comments (25) | Google it!

I pulled my Xbox out of the closet recently and was wondering if anybody could recommend some good games for it. Sound ...

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Monday, August 23rd, 2004 | Comments (10) | Google it!

I was invited to attend the Gartner West Coast Enterprise Summit in San Diego, September 19-21, 2004. If you are in the San Diego area and want to meet up please drop me a ...

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Monday, August 23rd, 2004 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Back in my freshman year of college I took a mechanical engineering course (one of many) that was taught by Professor Chang. Professor Chang was Chinese and spoke with a German accent. Our examinations consisted of three questions worth 33 points each. ...

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Friday, August 20th, 2004 | Comments (7) | Google it!

The first external beta version of Skype Technologies' free voice over IP (VoIP) software for Mac OS X has been distributed to a limited number of testers and is expected to reach public beta in the coming months. Read about it ...

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Wednesday, August 18th, 2004 | Comments (0) | Google it!

There are a few places that have made it here each year--including San Jose, Calif., and Bergen-Passaic, N.J.--but we have a few newcomers this year, too. Portland, Ore., for example, has a diverse business base, but it's been saddled with high unemployment ...

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Tuesday, August 17th, 2004 | Comments (4) | Google it!

Looks like Chris Brandlehner is the new chef for the OpenNTF Blogsphere project. Looks like Chris has also decided to take a vacation in my neck of the woods prior to his now OpenNTF responsibilities. Let me know how I can help Chris and hopefully we will ...

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Tuesday, August 17th, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!

I was just asked by no other than Tom of Tom's Rant to lay down the drum track for the forthcoming episode of "Biscuit ...

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Monday, August 16th, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!

I received this message in my inbox today: Bruce, please fill out the attached form and return to XXXXXXX.   XXXXXXX, I have experience with both FAX and EDI. I found FAX much more reliable and easier to maintain. Using auto FAX allows many FAX ...

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Monday, August 16th, 2004 | Comments (4) | Google it!

Gayle and I are getting ready to see The Dave Matthews Band at Gorge September 3rd, 4th and 5th. I have heard from a fellow Notes/Domino BP from New Jersey that he is making his way out here for the show. See you in the beer ...

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Monday, August 16th, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!

Looks like the downtown Vancouver, Washington is going to get free public Wi-Fi: It’s been months in the making, but the city of Vancouver is about to step into the brave new world of free public wireless Internet access. Visitors to Esther Short Park ...

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Friday, August 13th, 2004 | Comments (5) | Google it!

We have installed the Microsoft patch to not download XP SP2 through Software Update as a result of this weeks testing of SP2. Appears that laptops are particularly susceptible to problems as a result of the install. More to ...

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Friday, August 13th, 2004 | Comments (7) | Google it!

If you haven't heard about Ferdy's latest Domino blogging project go read about it here. Take a look at the documentation here. Ferdy is looking to release this fully XHTML compliant Notes/Domino blogging template on October 1, ...

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Friday, August 13th, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!

I have a situation where I have an R5 application server that has over 150 databases on it. Many of these databases have agents which make use of calls to ODBC sources which in Domino 6 require the use of restricted operations to be set via the agent ...

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Friday, August 13th, 2004 | Comments (6) | Google it!

I just got word that Domino's (my dog) grandmother Delta was put to sleep this afternoon. Delta was fourteen years old and was having problems breathing. Hopefully she will hook up with Dani in heaven. My deepest sympathies to Don, Carol and Kelly ...

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Thursday, August 12th, 2004 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Yippie! Read about it here. Update: And the "official" word on ...

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Thursday, August 12th, 2004 | Comments (2) | Google it!

I am considering modifying the size of email attachments here at work. I would be interested in hearing what your outbound/inbound size limitations are for your organization. Thank you in advance for your ...

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Thursday, August 12th, 2004 | Comments (16) | Google it!

Let's me set the stage by showing you the following screen shot from Domino Designer: There are three design elements that either have the name "frmTicket" or are aliased with "frmTicket" (frmTicketCustomer). The first one in the list is used for the ...

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Thursday, August 12th, 2004 | Comments (8) | Google it!

Today at 2PM EST my friend and "evil twin" Nathan T. Freeman was married to his beautiful bride Lisa Farrar. Congratulations! And for their honeymoon they are moving to South Africa. Be safe my ...

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Wednesday, August 11th, 2004 | Comments (7) | Google it!

For those of you who may have a daughter you may want to bookmark this link on Eric Mack's site. While your at it bookmark this one ...

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Tuesday, August 10th, 2004 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Introducing Motion, the only motion graphics package with real-time previews, procedural behavior animation and Final Cut Pro HD integration. Apple’s high-performance motion graphic design and production application lets you explore new creative ...

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Tuesday, August 10th, 2004 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Ferdy has been busy creating a new Notes/Domino XHTML compliant blogging template called S3MAPHOR3. Check it ...

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Monday, August 9th, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!

The latest DVD from Dream Theater - Images and Words/5 Years in a Live Time Watch the ...

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Monday, August 9th, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Perform your software update now. Here are some of the new features and enhancements you will find in this ...

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Monday, August 9th, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Read "Price not right on Bagle variant" on News.com. It's a little know fact that I do work most of my working hours in a Microsoft shop. Shhhh... don't tell my ...

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Monday, August 9th, 2004 | Comments (0) | Google it!

I often find people ending up on this site trying to find out about the configuration of Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band drum setup. Here ya go: Yamaha 22"x18" recording custom kick Yamaha 8" tom Yamaha 10" tom Yamaha 12" tom ...

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Sunday, August 8th, 2004 | Comments (7) | Google it!

A must read for all those who followed the last two weeks chain of analyst related events. Here are some quotes: "Our spending on analysts is down 50 percent," says John Halamka, CIO of CareGroup Healthcare System, a network of prestigious hospitals ...

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Sunday, August 8th, 2004 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Hello everyone! Guest blogger Mike Lazar for this entry, so you won't get the usual musings of our friend in the Pacific Northwest. I travel a lot. I have a pair of Phillips over-the-ear noise canceling headphones, and they are very nice. ...

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Friday, August 6th, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!

Read Sean Gallagher's story here. I am not going to waste anytime pulling out quotes from this story. Go read it. Hopefully this story will put an end to this mess The Radicati Group has gotten themselves into. You also need to read Michael Sampson's ...

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Thursday, August 5th, 2004 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Happy Birthday Ed. You have been and continue to be a tremendous resource to the IBM/Lotus community. I value the professional relationship that we have and I look forward to the continued success of the products which your company consistently delivers. ...

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Thursday, August 5th, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Gayle and I will be having a BBQ on Saturday at 4pm. Drop me a note if you plan on attending. Gayle promises to bake some ...

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Thursday, August 5th, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!

Lots of work to do. No time to blog. Be back ...

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Engadget has a small blurb about the new HP nx5000 laptop that will come bundled with SuSe Linux and OpenOffice. We were recently looking for a brand name laptop with just this ...

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Wednesday, August 4th, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!

There's been a bit of fun happening over at Ed Brill's blog. And it's spilling over to his work blog. Ed has had a long career at Lotus and IBM--he's been the Notes/Domino brand manager, and now he's the head of worldwide Notes/Domino sales. His personal ...

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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!

Dumont, senior product manager for Lotus Workplace and Domino, says, "The Notes and Domino platform is evolving on an aggressive schedule, putting innovations in customers' hands as quickly as possible." For a proof point he cites the 6.5.1 release. "That ...

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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Job well done Ben. Take a ...

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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!

CodeWeavers, a company which specializes in software that lets Windows programs run on Linux, told CNet on Monday that it is developing a new version of its software that adds support for Apple's iTunes. The company said CrossOver Office 3.1 will add ...

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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004 | Comments (0) | Google it!

It looks like July saw some increased activity in the OpenNTF Code Bin. Check it out. Donate some of your code and help make someone's ...

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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Domino Administrator extrodinaire Mike Lazar is now answering your questions here for the next two weeks. He says he's up for a challenge ...

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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004 | Comments (3) | Google it!

Rune pointed me to this article on DomonoZone which talks about the new OpenNTF Project that allows you to run mail rules locally. Here is a link to the project "snapshot" on the OpenNTF ...

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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004 | Comments (2) | Google it!

As many of you know I have an English Springer Spaniel named Domino. On Sunday Gayle, Kelly and I took Domino, Jazz (Kelly's dog) and Calvin (Domino's uncle) on a hike in a park in Salmon Creek. As you can see from the picture below the dogs had a great ...

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Monday, August 2nd, 2004 | Comments (0) | Google it!

What is new in iPhoto 4.0.2 iPhoto 4.0.2 addresses minor issues with Smart Albums and European books, and provides notification when new versions of iPhoto are available. Download it ...

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Monday, August 2nd, 2004 | Comments (0) | Google it!

IBM responds to The Radicati Group's "IBM and Microsoft Corporate Messaging Market Analysis" with "Perspectives on the June, 2004, Radicati Group Corporate Messaging Market Analysis" which was posted earlier today. ...

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Monday, August 2nd, 2004 | Comments (2) | Google it!

This morning I received a call from the Marketing Communications department. They received the email below from a "Daniel Johnson". I believe that Mr./Ms. Johnson felt that my posting on Colin Pretorius's site whereby I asked for him/her to contact me ...

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Monday, August 2nd, 2004 | Comments (14) | Google it!

I have added a site disclaimer at the bottom of my site and to the About ...

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Monday, August 2nd, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!

President and CEO Sara Radicati said that those conclusions are based on numerous briefings that she and other Radicati Group analysts have had with IBM Lotus representatives during the past year. She said the Radicati Group's definition of an end-of-life ...

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Monday, August 2nd, 2004 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Turbo-charge your management style! ActionItems™ is a sleek new application for the OS X platform, designed to help the busy individual take charge of their life! Set up Projects and People in easy to use outline form, adding and amending notes, checking ...

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Sunday, August 1st, 2004 | Comments (5) | Google it!