If any of you are considering nominating OpenNTF for a 2006 Lotus Award you can start here. If you or a customer has a great success story to tell about an OpenNTF application please feel free to submit a nomination. Thank you in ...

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Friday, October 28th, 2005 | Comments (3) | Google it!

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Friday, October 28th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

My mom and dad lost power and phones during hurricane Wilma which passed through South Florida earlier this week. I was lucky enough to have communications with them via sporadic phone service and they appeared to be doing well. This morning I spoke with my ...

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Thursday, October 27th, 2005 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Read Stephan's blog entry here where he tells about the OpenNTF presentation he gave in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Stephan indicates that about 5 percent of the audience of 350 had heard about OpenNTF which correlates with our stats which don't show many hits ...

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Thursday, October 27th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Be the first on your block to download OpenWiki V1.0.1 from OpenNTF. Updates include: Separated the Notes client and web "category" field so that categories can be removed in Notes Minor cookie / javascript fix (be sure to update your Javascript ...

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Wednesday, October 26th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

"Hot Liquid Collision" As I was turning the corner with a hot cup of Starbuck's finest coffee a coworker and I almost collided and he said "Hot Liquid Collision". James and I both looked at each other and said "great name for a band". Better yet, ...

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Wednesday, October 26th, 2005 | Comments (3) | Google it!

Read this story on AppleInsider.com that states: In a message to its channel partners this week, the iPod maker told authorized service providers to replace fifth-generation iPod products that exhibit "any type of hardware failure," including "those that ...

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Wednesday, October 26th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

I found mine (my WA State ID that is). Can you find ...

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Wednesday, October 26th, 2005 | Comments (5) | Google it!

OpenNTF visitor statisics are now available on the site as well as here. There are still several areas of the site that aren't yet included in the stats. Enjoy. Update Project download stats can be viewed ...

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Wednesday, October 26th, 2005 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Thanks to Vince Schuurman and Brendon Upson the OpenNTF site is now running on a two node Domino 7 cluster. The web side of the house is being served via Puakma Web Booster and it's built in clustering capabilities. We decided against the Domino ICM as it ...

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Tuesday, October 25th, 2005 | Comments (1) | Google it!

A couple of years ago I purchased an early 70's Rogers drum set which came with a snare drum that needed some parts. After finding all of the missing parts on eBay I now have a beautifully restored 1972 Rogers copper over brass (COB) Dynasonic snare drum. ...

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Tuesday, October 25th, 2005 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Fitting into a suit you haven't worn in seven ...

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Monday, October 24th, 2005 | Comments (2) | Google it!

I have created the Lotusphere 2006 group on Flickr. Be sure to take a look at last years photo pool as ...

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Friday, October 21st, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

On Saturday our dear friends Kelly and Brian will be getting married at the Heceta Head Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast. What a beautiful place to get married. We look forward to seeing you both on Saturday! Update Pictures from the ...

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Thursday, October 20th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Here is the PDF (22.3mb) of my presentation which was given "Dick Hardt" style. I think the group enjoyed it very much. More on the meeting soon. Update I have placed a second copy of the PDF on another server due to heavy download ...

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Wednesday, October 19th, 2005 | Comments (17) | Google it!

On Tuesday I will be at the Las Vegas Lotus Notes Users Group meeting giving a presentation on OpenNTF. The meeting will be followed by a geek dinner. See you on the other ...

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Monday, October 17th, 2005 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Drop everything your doing and go read this blog entry on Jack Dausman's blog. Oh and visit the "Sara Hates Me" CafeExpress shop while your at ...

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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Martin Streicher Editor in Chief, Linux Magazine writes about open source software licensing in Part 1 of his article "Open source licensing, Part 1: The intent" [Thanks ...

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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Eric Mack blogs about Rob Bushway's daughter who is undergoing surgery for brain cancer. As you may not know, I have personally lived through what Rob and his family are going through. I ask you to please read Eric's blog and help out Maggie if you ...

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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 | Comments (1) | Google it!

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Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 | Comments (13) | Google it!

OK - find the square root key... Here's Microsoft's workaround. You do realize however that the "standard" calculator has a square root function. :-) [Thanks ...

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Friday, October 7th, 2005 | Comments (6) | Google it!

A few days ago I received a package on my desk that contained a what appeared to be a fully functional remote control racing car. On the outside of the package it said "Bruce - take the lead with Logicalis and HP". So I proceed to open the box, take out the ...

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Friday, October 7th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Looks like the OpenNTF site is averaging over 5,000 template downloads a ...

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Friday, October 7th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

Ben Poole and others posted a link to Dick Hardt's OSCON 2005 keynote video. If you want to see a unique way to give a presentation watch this ...

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Friday, October 7th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

In a recent issue of Modern Drummer Magazine there was an article by Rod Morgenstein on double bass drumming that caught my eye. The article had the following beat: RLRL RLRL RLRL RLRL (the bold characters are accented) The accents were to be ...

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Friday, October 7th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

I have been using Notes 7, Domino Designer 7 and Domino Administrator 7 extensively lately and I must say that they are extremely stable - no red boxes of death, no NSD's - nada. Kudos to the Notes/Domino 7 development teams for a great ...

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Friday, October 7th, 2005 | Comments (2) | Google it!

Today I was quoted in "Cold water thrown on Google's app aspirations" by John Fontana in NetworkWorld. "Google is going to see what they can do," says Bruce Elgort, the manager of e-commerce for a large manufacturer. "But what they have now is tons of ...

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Friday, October 7th, 2005 | Comments (2) | Google it!

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Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 | Comments (1) | Google it!

Here's a nice artilce by Alaa Mahmoud on developerWorks on how to use AutoSave in Notes/Domino ...

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Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

I have a "friend" (who sucks at pool by the way) who needs to provide LDAP authentication against his Windows NT style domain for a new phone switch his company has purchased - NT 4.0 to be specific. I know that AD provides LDAP services but this is not an ...

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Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 | Comments (6) | Google it!

My daughter just called to let me know that she can now have her braces taken off. Congratulations ...

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Tuesday, October 4th, 2005 | Comments (0) | Google it!

I have fond memories from my childhood fishing with my dad and with my friends on Long Island Sound. I had no fear of baiting a hook with a shiner, worm or even taking the fish hook out of the fish's mouth. Eating my mom's fried or broiled fish was also ...

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Tuesday, October 4th, 2005 | Comments (5) | Google it!