Bruce Elgort

Domino 7 and SMTP

You may want to read this post on Vince's blog regarding SMTP and Domino 7. Is it Vince or is it Domino 7? You ...

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Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 | Comments (3) | Google it!

Can you guess who the person on the right is?

Notes and Domino 7.0 are now available

Now available for download on both IBM PartnerWorld Software and IBM PassportAdvantage download websites. [via ...

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Tuesday, August 30th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Cluster quandary

I have run into an interesting Notes/Domino clustering problem that I need some assistance with. Hear me out. I currently have a three node cluster that uses a private gigabit network for cluster communications. The private network utilizes 10.10.10.x ...

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Monday, August 29th, 2005 | Comments (7) | Google it!

My number one reason why I use a Mac - Zoom

For those of you who haven't seen me use a Windows based PC let me sum it up for you - my nose presses up against the screen and leaves smudge marks. On the other hand when I use the Mac I can actually sit back in my chair and see everything on the screen - ...

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Monday, August 29th, 2005 | Comments (7) | Google it!

Somebody turned 30 last week

A belated Happy Birthday to Lotus Ranger Declan Lynch who turned 30 last ...

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Monday, August 29th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Happy Birthday Vince!

Please join me in wishing my good friend Vince Schuurman a happy 40th birthday. Jaja ...

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Sunday, August 28th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Stupid dialog box of the day

New OpenNTF Codebin RSS feed

Thanks to Niel Revelle there is now an RSS feed for the OpenNTF Code Bin. Add this link to your RSS reader: http://www.openntf.org/Projects/codebin/codebin.nsf/rss.xml You can find a complete list of the OpenNTF RSS feeds ...

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Friday, August 26th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Last 100 visitors to BruceElgort.com

Here's a Google Map of the locations of the last 100 people who visited BruceElgort.com. [Thanks Stefan and ...

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Thursday, August 25th, 2005 | Comments (3) | Google it!

The Bruce brake

I will be the first to admit that I am the worlds worst back seat driver. I mean it. First off, I don't drive a car and never have due to my limited vision (20/400 and 20/800). Secondly, I am always the passenger and usually sit in the front passenger ...

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Thursday, August 25th, 2005 | Comments (3) | Google it!

I have begun to prepare...

I have begun working on my drum solo. Stay tuned for an exciting "geek" ...

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Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 | Comments (2) | Google it!

DMB covering the Beatles

On Sunday night at The Gorge The Dave Matthews Band broke into a cover of Blackbird by The Beatles. From what I hear the song was performed totally impromptu. Butch Taylor began playing the keyboard intro for one of their new songs "Steady as we go" and ...

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Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 | Comments (7) | Google it!

OpenNTF Mail 1.7 will be released later today

Check this page later today. Lots of bug fixes and some new ...

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Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Chris Linfoot has started a new OpenNTF project

Check out the ND7 Whitelist Preparation project that Chris has started over on the OpenNTF ...

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Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 | Comments (1) | Google it!

It's like schoolyard taunting...

I'm not saying to back down from a fight. I'm saying that this isn't a fight at all. It's the equivalent of schoolyard taunting. This F____s guy is like the school bully, standing in the playground with his bully friends, yelling "John is a doodiehead!" ...

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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005 | Comments (2) | Google it!

From the referrers

"Daniel Johnson Vancouver Washington News" - Ummm, no comment "36DD" - OK you found Gayle's secret breast size - NOT! "Royce Pollard" - yes, the Vancouver, Washington mug smasher. I am still No. 2 for this wacko mayors name on Google "Lotusphere ...

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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005 | Comments (3) | Google it!

We're back!

Gayle and I are back from The Gorge DMB concert. What a blast! Lots of blog entries in the hopper. Stay ...

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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005 | Comments (2) | Google it!

OpenNTF Mail Experience Review

David at Symetrik Design has posted a nice review of the OpenNTF Mail Experience Template over on the OpenNTF site. Here are some quotes: This is a great template. A big thanks to everyone that put forth effort and energy to get it developed. The impact ...

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Friday, August 19th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Notes 7 makes Outlook 2003 crashy

Ever since I installed ND7 Beta 4 on my PC my Outlook 2003 client has become very crashy (as Damien would say) and is terminating itself every twenty minutes. The error messages say that Outlook is having problems with SmartTags. Kudos to the ...

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Friday, August 19th, 2005 | Comments (5) | Google it!

DMB Widget now available on Apple.com

It's amazing how many people like goofy things like a DMB set list widget. I am also working on some Notes/Domino widgets that time permitting, I hopefully will complete within the next couple of weeks. Stay ...

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Friday, August 19th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

OpenNTF Mail - A Guide for Administrators and End-Users

David W. Killingsworth has prepared an excellent users guide for the OpenNTF Mail Experience V1.6 template. The document is available in Word and PDF formats. You can get your copy of it ...

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Thursday, August 18th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

The Dave Matthews Band Set List Widget V0.5

Here is my first cut at The Dave Matthews Band Set List Widget. This widget reads the RSS feed from the nancies.org fan club site and displays it in the widget. In order to use this widget you will need a Macintosh running OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher. I ...

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Wednesday, August 17th, 2005 | Comments (6) | Google it!

The Dave Matthews Band set list widget coming soon

The widget will take the RSS feed from the nancies.org fan club site and make it available via the widget. A must have for all machead DMB fans running OSX ...

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Wednesday, August 17th, 2005 | Comments (3) | Google it!

Blogsphere Wiki

Everything you wanted to know about the OpenNTF Blogsphere Project and more can be found on the Blogsphere Wiki. [Thanks ...

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Tuesday, August 16th, 2005 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Matt White - AJAX Name Picker

Check out Matt's cool Notes/Domino AJAX demo that he used to create a name picker. Got to love AJAX! [Thanks ...

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Monday, August 15th, 2005 | Comments (1) | Google it!

I just added Mika Heinonen to my blog roll

Please welcome Mika to the Notes/Domino ...

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Monday, August 15th, 2005 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Somehow I agree with Dvorak

John Dvorak thinks that OS X will be available for PC's and not be restricted to running on proprietary Apple based hardware. Read "Apple on the Brink" and let me know what you ...

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Saturday, August 13th, 2005 | Comments (2) | Google it!

New OpenNTF server

The new OpenNTF server is now in production. Please let me know if you experience any ...

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Friday, August 12th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

LotusGeek - Automated Signature Block Wizard

Check out Rocky's new signature block "toolet". Maybe Rocky will allow us to include this in the OpenNTF Mail Template (with credit to Rocky of course), ...

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Friday, August 12th, 2005 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Breaking Par - Daylight Savings Time Changes

Learn more about the changes to DST in the US and how they may affect your Notes and Domino applications by reading this article on Breaking Par. Vowe also has something to say about these new changes with ...

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Friday, August 12th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Blue Yogurt

Back in the early 90's I had an employee from Laos who used to pick up his phone and page me over the intercom: "Blue Yogurt, Blue Yogurt, please call extension 909, Blue Yogurt" I don't know what reminded me of this today but I felt I had to share. :-) ...

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Thursday, August 11th, 2005 | Comments (3) | Google it!

So you thought Radicati favored Exchange - well guess again

The Radicati Group study concluded that, because of the scalability and performance of the Sun Java Communications Suite, a Sun server, on average, "can support over 26 times more users than an Exchange 2003 server. This enables organizations to ...

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Thursday, August 11th, 2005 | Comments (1) | Google it!

OpenNTF site maintenance

The OpenNTF server will not be available on Friday, August 12th, 2005 6PM til midnight (Pacific Time). During this time the new server will be cut-over. So get your butt over to OpenNTF now and check out the latest ...

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Wednesday, August 10th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Expiring Internet accounts in the Domino Directory

Let's say you have a contractor in your organization that will be working for you until September 1, 2005. They will need to access some QuickPlaces and Sametime. A Notes ID is not necessary. You create a Person document in the Domino Directory, setup the ...

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Wednesday, August 10th, 2005 | Comments (5) | Google it!

Believe it or not

Read this post on the OpenNTF Main Bar and let me know what you think. I for one don't get what Wes is trying to say here. Also see Vowe's post ...

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Wednesday, August 10th, 2005 | Comments (3) | Google it!

Bottled water

Is America the only country bent on buying bottled water? Check out this article on Starbucks latest product offering on ...

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Wednesday, August 10th, 2005 | Comments (5) | Google it!

OpenNTF Mail Experience 1.6 bug fix for Quick Forward

If you are using V1.6 of the OpenNTF Mail Template you may have noticed that Quick Forward is broken. To fix this problem take a look at this simple fix. Stay tuned for news on ...

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Tuesday, August 9th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

OK you drummers...

What is Carter Beauford wearing on his arm? I am ...

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Tuesday, August 9th, 2005 | Comments (5) | Google it!

Michael Sampson analyzes Radicati Messaging Market Analysis

I finally got around to reading Michael Sampson's excellent blog entry entitled "Response to Radicati's Messaging Market Analysis" and have to say that I still can't believe that companies continue to purchase market research from The Radicati Group. ...

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Monday, August 8th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

DMB Tickets for Sale

I have two sets of Dave Matthews Band tickets for sale for The Gorge Amphitheatre shows on August 19th and 20th. Originally Gayle and I thought we would be able to attend all three shows but, unfortunately can't this year. I don't know what Gayle is going ...

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Monday, August 8th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Apple's definition of a blogger

Fire up the Dictionary widget in Tiger and then search for blogger: [via ...

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Monday, August 8th, 2005 | Comments (4) | Google it!

OpenNTF Mail Template - Feature List

I am off to a good start on the list of features in the OpenNTF Mail Experience V1.6 ...

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Monday, August 8th, 2005 | Comments (2) | Google it!

A Unique and Wonderful Dining Experience - EVOO

by Gayle Varner A few weeks ago, Bruce and I went to our favorite spot on the beach (infamous Canon Beach) for our annual retreat. (Yes, the infamous place where we semi-got engaged!). We spent 4 days/3 nights there enjoying the food, wine and scenery. We ...

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Sunday, August 7th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Happy Birthday Ed Brill

The OpenNTF server is down right now

Ever since the new Dell server arrived the other day the old OpenNTF server is not feeling very well. Update It appears that a faulty network switch was the culprit. Last time I checked there were 49 people logged onto the server. ...

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Thursday, August 4th, 2005 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Good thing it's still Beta (4)



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