Friday, 25 December 2009
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Happy Birthday Marie
Just because I can.
Happy Birthday Marie!!
(He's not happy because he just filled his diaper. A very extreme fill...)
Happy Birthday Marie!!
(He's not happy because he just filled his diaper. A very extreme fill...)
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Birds on the Jack Pine Trail
We decided to take a walk this morning, we had been thinking about visiting the Valleyview Little Animal Farm, but my daughter seemed rather indifferent to it, so instead, we took a walk.
We headed to the Jack Pine Trail, part of the Stoney Swamp greenspace in Ottawa (off Moodie between Hunt Club and Fallowfield). My wife had been here a time or two when we were dating, and I think we might have brought my daughter when she was much younger.
The parking lot was packed, but we were still able to find space.
I didn't realize that if you come here, you need to bring bird seed. (So, if you're going, now you know.) We came across the first of many bird feeders on the 2.5km loop, and I grabbed a small handful of what was left in the feeder and managed to get these pics.
The path that meandered along was very level, although there were a few rocks and roots that would have made a stroller difficult to navigate.
There are a number of raised wooden boardwalks to get you over muddy sections, and even a few that cross the middle of the swamp and allow interaction with any ducks that happen to be in the area.
Oh, and the birds, they really are tame, people don't faze them a bit.
How to get there
Take the Hunt Club exit from highway 416, turn west onto Hunt Club and then Left onto Moodie Drive. Parking lot is on your left.
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We headed to the Jack Pine Trail, part of the Stoney Swamp greenspace in Ottawa (off Moodie between Hunt Club and Fallowfield). My wife had been here a time or two when we were dating, and I think we might have brought my daughter when she was much younger.
The parking lot was packed, but we were still able to find space.
I didn't realize that if you come here, you need to bring bird seed. (So, if you're going, now you know.) We came across the first of many bird feeders on the 2.5km loop, and I grabbed a small handful of what was left in the feeder and managed to get these pics.
The path that meandered along was very level, although there were a few rocks and roots that would have made a stroller difficult to navigate.
There are a number of raised wooden boardwalks to get you over muddy sections, and even a few that cross the middle of the swamp and allow interaction with any ducks that happen to be in the area.
Oh, and the birds, they really are tame, people don't faze them a bit.
How to get there
Take the Hunt Club exit from highway 416, turn west onto Hunt Club and then Left onto Moodie Drive. Parking lot is on your left.
View Larger Map
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
The day a strange package arrives, then the phone rings.
So, yesterday a package arrived for me. Which is interesting, because I wasn't expecting anything.
It came to me from Cisco, a company I have absolutely no ties to.
So, with the VP of Sales and Marketing looking over my shoulder (he happened to deliver it to me), I opened it up.
And found this. A map of the world, with some major roads on it. Oh, and a sticky note with my name, and a customized url for me to visit.
When I visited it, I found this.
And about an 1/2 hour later, my phone rang.
No, I don't work for an international company with multiple office locations.
No, I'm not in the market to purchase a phone switch.
No, I don't need web conferencing software.
No, I'm not looking for unified telephony.
I like the campaign, it worked really well in getting me to visit the site, but the targeting was poor. I have no idea where they got my name, phone number and company info, but a quick bit of research would show that my company is pretty small, and centered in one geographic locale.
It came to me from Cisco, a company I have absolutely no ties to.
So, with the VP of Sales and Marketing looking over my shoulder (he happened to deliver it to me), I opened it up.
And found this. A map of the world, with some major roads on it. Oh, and a sticky note with my name, and a customized url for me to visit.
When I visited it, I found this.
And about an 1/2 hour later, my phone rang.
No, I don't work for an international company with multiple office locations.
No, I'm not in the market to purchase a phone switch.
No, I don't need web conferencing software.
No, I'm not looking for unified telephony.
I like the campaign, it worked really well in getting me to visit the site, but the targeting was poor. I have no idea where they got my name, phone number and company info, but a quick bit of research would show that my company is pretty small, and centered in one geographic locale.
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Charity: Doing Christmas a little different this year...
So a conversation was started in my family this autumn, about Christmas, and gifts and such...
It basically went this way.
My Dad didn't want to have to ask us what we wanted for Christmas, any found it to be getting more and more expensive as we were gaining in significant others and children. So, he brought up the idea of making donations to charity in each others names instead of going out and buying each other gifts.
Very quickly, my siblings and I all bought into it, as well as our significant others...
We're still buying gifts for the children, after all there are only 2 at the moment, and the day will be more magical for them, but for the adults, only an exchange of a piece of paper, "A donation has been made on your behalf...".
So, where does that leave us? Oh, yeah. Where to give? And how to pick the charity to give to?
Some ideas have been tossed about, with all of them, once a charity has 'won' it is no longer eligable:
It basically went this way.
My Dad didn't want to have to ask us what we wanted for Christmas, any found it to be getting more and more expensive as we were gaining in significant others and children. So, he brought up the idea of making donations to charity in each others names instead of going out and buying each other gifts.
Very quickly, my siblings and I all bought into it, as well as our significant others...
We're still buying gifts for the children, after all there are only 2 at the moment, and the day will be more magical for them, but for the adults, only an exchange of a piece of paper, "A donation has been made on your behalf...".
So, where does that leave us? Oh, yeah. Where to give? And how to pick the charity to give to?
Some ideas have been tossed about, with all of them, once a charity has 'won' it is no longer eligable:
- each person picks one charity and they all get added to a hat. One gets picked randomly to receive all funds, you can change your charity next year providing it didn't win
- cycle charity selection by age, youngest person picks this year, next youngest next year, etc.
- put all charities on a wheel and spin for elimination, the last charity left get all funds
- each person selects their charity and their 'gift' goes to that charity
- pool the money and dole it out to random charities in lots of $100
- invest it through the Community Association of Ottawa and dole out the interest every year
Friday, 2 October 2009
1st Cross Country Lotus User Group
So, yesterday we had the 1st Cross Country Lotus User Group meeting in Ottawa, Markham, Calgary and Montreal.
For my part of the inital CCLUG, we met with David Clarke (Technical Manager - Canada & Caribean) in one of the IBM offices in Ottawa Ontario for our part of the 4 city and webcast CCLUG.
Starting the 1st CCLUG is a presentation by Kevin Lynch presenting "Life of the Notes ID" on lowering the TCO of Notes/Domino wth ID Vault and the PKI infrastructure.
New in 8.5.1 is the Windows single sign-on for Web Clients. Using the windows desktop password for your iNotes or web application login.
Future feature will move the person documents and IDs out of Domino Directory and into LDAP or ActiveDirectory.
ID Vault will simplify the provisioning of ID credentials. Uploads existing ID files to the vault. Streamlines the process for resetting lost passwords. Manages changes across multiple copies of Notes IDs. Provides 'Auditor' function to extract ID files for legal access to encrypted data.
Notes Shared Login elimiates the need to use Lotus Notes ID passwords. Password changes are controlled by the operating system password policies. No need to sync passwords between systems. No longer need policies to control the history, length, complexity of Notes passwords.
If made available, the presentation contains everything needed to configure the items listed above.
I'm wondering how Windows SSO for Web Clients would work in a SaaS Domino environment. Would be cool to allow a client logged into their Windows network to seemlessly connect to their SaaS Domino applications. Might be a new SSO type authentication to look into.
All documents used will be available on greenhouse.lotus.com in the CCLUG community. (Or somewhere else, that may be determined.)
The next presenter is David Julien from Ytria in Montreal. David is presenting on Ytria's set of 7 Notes/Domino tools to find and change any and all settings of Notes Databases. Allows easy solving of replication or document field changes.
I just realized that my daughter has swimming lessons tonight and I have a feeling I'm going to miss Mary Beth Raven's session on what's coming in Notes 8.5.1.
David Clarke set out a number of initiatives for his team, one of which was establishing a LUG to help create a feedback chain around the Lotus product line.
Newsflash, the Lotus Knows bus will be in Toronto on November 2nd, and Ottawa on November 4th.
The last Ottawa LUG was active about 10 years ago, and regularily filled auditoriums. It consisted of business partners, end users, developers and admins and promoted an open technical exchange.
Apparently there is an Ontario LUG somewhere too...
The more I look at my notes, the more disconnected they seem. More updates to come.
For my part of the inital CCLUG, we met with David Clarke (Technical Manager - Canada & Caribean) in one of the IBM offices in Ottawa Ontario for our part of the 4 city and webcast CCLUG.
Starting the 1st CCLUG is a presentation by Kevin Lynch presenting "Life of the Notes ID" on lowering the TCO of Notes/Domino wth ID Vault and the PKI infrastructure.
New in 8.5.1 is the Windows single sign-on for Web Clients. Using the windows desktop password for your iNotes or web application login.
Future feature will move the person documents and IDs out of Domino Directory and into LDAP or ActiveDirectory.
ID Vault will simplify the provisioning of ID credentials. Uploads existing ID files to the vault. Streamlines the process for resetting lost passwords. Manages changes across multiple copies of Notes IDs. Provides 'Auditor' function to extract ID files for legal access to encrypted data.
Notes Shared Login elimiates the need to use Lotus Notes ID passwords. Password changes are controlled by the operating system password policies. No need to sync passwords between systems. No longer need policies to control the history, length, complexity of Notes passwords.
If made available, the presentation contains everything needed to configure the items listed above.
I'm wondering how Windows SSO for Web Clients would work in a SaaS Domino environment. Would be cool to allow a client logged into their Windows network to seemlessly connect to their SaaS Domino applications. Might be a new SSO type authentication to look into.
All documents used will be available on greenhouse.lotus.com in the CCLUG community. (Or somewhere else, that may be determined.)
The next presenter is David Julien from Ytria in Montreal. David is presenting on Ytria's set of 7 Notes/Domino tools to find and change any and all settings of Notes Databases. Allows easy solving of replication or document field changes.
I just realized that my daughter has swimming lessons tonight and I have a feeling I'm going to miss Mary Beth Raven's session on what's coming in Notes 8.5.1.
David Clarke set out a number of initiatives for his team, one of which was establishing a LUG to help create a feedback chain around the Lotus product line.
Newsflash, the Lotus Knows bus will be in Toronto on November 2nd, and Ottawa on November 4th.
The last Ottawa LUG was active about 10 years ago, and regularily filled auditoriums. It consisted of business partners, end users, developers and admins and promoted an open technical exchange.
Apparently there is an Ontario LUG somewhere too...
The more I look at my notes, the more disconnected they seem. More updates to come.
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Lotus Domino and Tivoli Directory Integrator
There is a great series of blog posts on Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) going on by Marie Scott and Thomas Duff.
I actually have a project that I'm hoping TDI with solve for me, so I've been reading all their articles on the subject, and looking for some other sources as well.
Here's a quick list of sources aside from the ones above that I've compliled.
- Lotus Domino integration with Tivoli Directory Integrator (IBM, registration required)
- TDI Google Group
- TDI User Group
- TDI Domino Integration
- RedBook - Robust Data Synchronization with Tivoli Directory Integrator
- Series of Youtube Videos
- RedBook - Synchronizing Data with IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator 6.1
Oh, and Ed Brill says that we get to use TDI v7 when Domino 8.5.1 ships...
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Loading Yellowfin on Linux
Did you follow all the instructions but still can't get your Yellowfin to load on Linux?
See this link:
(If this makes no sense to you, and there is a good chance it won't, just ignore it. If you've installed Yellowfin on a Linux platform and can't get the freakin' login page, follow the link.)
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Friday, 18 September 2009
Not a Cabbage Patch Kid...
Every once in a while, you come across something interesting in the garden.
Today, I found a very large zuchinni. Here it is next to Isaac for reference.
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Shocking Lotusphere News!
Hmm... A subtle message delivered in the middle of the night. Almost makes you wonder if they are hiding something... I smell conspiracy...
(If nothing else this will ust get you all fired up about Lotussphere 2010, featuring the inaugural Lotussphere 5K, which is supported by this person, this person and this person.
Ubuntu and DB2
Just a quick note really to pull a few resources into one place.
Installing DB2-Express C on to Ubuntu server, you need to do the following:
sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 sudo apt-get install libaio-dev sudo ./db2setupThanks.
Monday, 14 September 2009
Canada is getting a LUG!!
Okay, so David blogged about it, so I suppose I can now!!
So, Canada is getting a Lotus User Group. Country-wide it seems. (Including the Caribbean. I expect to see you there Francie!!!)
They're going to host a multi-city webcast/live event, all across the country.
It'll be October 1st, and run from 11:30am to 5:30pm EST, and you can see great people like me there...
Among the presenters will be Mary Beth Raven (IBM), David Julien (Ytria), Peter Janzen (IBM), Philippe Riand (IBM), Joseph Gerard (Customer Expressions), Kathy Collins (Sears), Laurie Desautels (Kryos Systems), Bill McNaughton (Kryos Systems), Frederic Dahm (IBM).
The locations are here:
Montreal
1250 René Levesque Blvd West, 7th floor, room 777
Local Host: Angela Caruso, acaruso@ca.ibm.com
Ottawa
2220 Walkley Road, e-Learning Room 1
Local Host: Connie Triassi, ctriassi@ca.ibm.com
Markham
3600 Steeles Ave. East, Room D103
Local Host: Anoop Sidhu, anoops@ca.ibm.com
Calgary
227 - 11th Avenue SW
Local Host: Don Gillis, dgillis@ca.ibm.com
And you can sign-up here: https://events.webdialogs.com/register.php?id=3c9a3ae3b2&l;=en-US
(You great Americans and the rest of the world can probably drop in too... Us Canadians are really welcoming...)
Domino and Web Admin Reader Access
So, here is the scenario.
I'm stepping back a bit from the day-to-day server maintenance. I needed to setup an employee to be able to log into the Domino webadmin.nsf database to see if there were any users logged into the server.
I gave the fellow 'View only' administrator permissions in the Server Document, and then gave him 'Reader' access to the webadmin.nsf database, and set him up with only the 'ServerStatus' role.
When he went to log into the database, he got a pop-up with 'You are not authorized to perform that operation.'.
In the server log, I found the following:
So, it looks like an agent gets run on access to webadmin.nsf, that the 'Reader' level user doesn't have permissions to run.
A quick test across all my servers shows that it's only an issue in the 6.x code stream. Domino 7.x and 8.x work fine.
So, now the work around I found. Grant your user 'Author' access, have them access the webadmin.nsf application, then lower them to 'Reader' again. It'll be a bit (read: great) pain, but a good reason to upgrade to Domino 8.5.
Domino Insufficient Memory - Server Executive Pool is Full
Found the following error in my Miscellaneous Events log after a crash the other night. It occured after a Notes Client could not access the server, but server access could still be made through HTTP and SMTP.
ERROR MESSAGE: Notes error: Insufficient memory - server executive pool is full.
Turns out it's a problem with Domino 8.5. There are 2 fixes, one short term, one long term.
Short term, reboot the server. That'll give you around 2-3 days before the server process has memory issues.
Long term, upgrade to Domino 8.5 FP 1. It solves the issue.
There's also a Notes.ini variable you can add short term.
enable_collection_clean_queue=0
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Friday, 21 August 2009
Apparently, my email address is not valid...
Apparently, my email address is not valid. That really sucks because I've been using it for quite a while...
Thursday, 13 August 2009
The Best Fruit Fly Trap
There was a conversation on Twitter a while ago about catching fruit flies. I'd like to add my method (learned from a friend) to the pool of ideas.
Take a glass (jar, etc), put a piece of over ripe fruit in it. I used a banana, peaches work well too. Cover the top with plastic film (Saran Wrap, etc) and poke a few small holes in it with the tip of a knife. Small like 3/16".
Let it sit on the counter and wait.
Mine got so full you could hear them bouncing off the plastic wrap. You can even count them in the photo. Must have been 70 or so.
How to upgrade from Domino 8.5 HF460?
If you're looking for answers, don't look here. I'll post a solution when I find it.
How did I get here?
First, I popped on over to the wee Irish fellow's site because I remembered seeing a link there. Downloaded the file (lotus_domino85FP1_w32_CZ344EN.exe), downed the server. Got the message above.
So I thought I'd jump over to Fix Central. Noticed that the file there had a different name (DominoServer_85FP1_W32.exe), however, same problem.
Anyone got a solution?
How did I get here?
First, I popped on over to the wee Irish fellow's site because I remembered seeing a link there. Downloaded the file (lotus_domino85FP1_w32_CZ344EN.exe), downed the server. Got the message above.
So I thought I'd jump over to Fix Central. Noticed that the file there had a different name (DominoServer_85FP1_W32.exe), however, same problem.
Anyone got a solution?
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Two Divas and That Guy
Just had to point out that two of the Divas (and that Brill fella) have their blogs in the Hot Blogs list on PlanetLotus.org.
To follow-up on all the women in IT postings. We have a great female programmer on our team, I'd probably even trade 2 of the guys on the team for another one like her. (Nothing against you other guys and all, but she's really good...)
To follow-up on all the women in IT postings. We have a great female programmer on our team, I'd probably even trade 2 of the guys on the team for another one like her. (Nothing against you other guys and all, but she's really good...)
Linux and Domino on a x440 - Part 3: First Virtual Machine
My initial trials with OVF to convert my existing virtual systems didn't go well. Namely it didn't like my CDRom drive.
So, I opted to create a new one.
Login into VMX interface. Check.
Create new virtual machine. Windows XP. Check.
Place install CD in local drive. Check.
Boot up virtual machine. Check.
Connect CD drive. Check.
Watch Windows XP being it's install. Check.
No hard drive found. Huh? But I created one. I know I did. Hmm... Review logs. Find where it says that Windows XP doesn't support the BusLogic SCSI driver. Okay.
Delete Windows XP virtual machine. Check.
Create Windows XP virtual machine. Check.
Select LSI Logic SCSI driver. Check.
Place install CD in local drive. Check.
Boot up virtual machine. Check.
Connect CD drive. Check.
Watch Windows XP being it's install. Check.
No hard drive found. Huh? Oh well. Guess I'll go off and research this one now... Or maybe just make the jump to Linux. Ubuntu here I come...
End of Support for Domino 7.0.x
Via Stuart McIntyre, I got the link to the Software withdrawal of Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino and LEI 7.0.x..
Looks like it may be time to get those nasty Domino 6.5.x servers out of my environment.
(Nah, who am I kidding...)
(Nah, who am I kidding...)
Domino 8.5 Server not starting as a Service on Windows 2008 Server
I came in this morning to find that overnight, my newest server decided to restart itself. At 3:00AM. That was the first clue as to why. Turns out that Windows Update was never disabled. So, nicely, it decided to install its updates and reboot.
Funny thing is, after the reboot, Domino never started up. Rather, it started up, but then shutdown about 9 seconds later. Long enough to send me a Fault Recovery Notification, but not long enough to trigger NSD. So, I end up with an e-mail saying that the server was restarted after a fault, but not why. Very useful.
First thing, I uninstall the 4 updates from last night. (This has worked for me in the past.) One at a time, with a reboot after each one. Each time I get the same e-mail, but nothing further.
Next step, run Domino as a Windows application, to see if I can see anything on screen. Low and behold, I can. It starts perfectly.
Next, shut Domino down and restart the service. No dice. Same story as before.
Quick search of the IBM support site reveals nothing. (Nothing useful to this at least.)
The premise behind it is to statically tie the IP address of the server to the TCPIP port, and to do the same for the server controller. I edited my notes.ini directly as I didn't want anyone to remove it from the server configuration document by accident someday.
TCPIP_TcpIpAddress=0,8.55.128.173:1352
TCPIP_ControllerTcpIpAddress=8.55.128.173:2050
TCPIP_ControllerTcpIpAddress=8.55.128.173:2050
My server is back up and running and I've done a few reboots to make sure it stays that way.
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
Linux and Domino on a x440 - Part 2: Installing VMWare
So, at first glance it looked easy enough to install VMWare on the x440. Download the ESX server, burn to CD, and install.
Okay, as it turns out, only certain versions of ESX will run on a 440. The latest and greatest is not one of them. Turn out that you need ESXi 3.5 Update 2. I learned that here. With VMWare now installed. (Note to self, you need more than 10GB of free drive space to make an effective virtual server solution.)
For some reason creating a new virtual machine didn't get very far, as the CD drive refused to recognize that a CD was loaded. (Remember, we loaded VMWare using the same CD drive.)
Attempting to migrate an existing virtual image onto the box didn't get us any further. I'm now looking into OVF file and how to make one...
Okay, as it turns out, only certain versions of ESX will run on a 440. The latest and greatest is not one of them. Turn out that you need ESXi 3.5 Update 2. I learned that here. With VMWare now installed. (Note to self, you need more than 10GB of free drive space to make an effective virtual server solution.)
For some reason creating a new virtual machine didn't get very far, as the CD drive refused to recognize that a CD was loaded. (Remember, we loaded VMWare using the same CD drive.)
Attempting to migrate an existing virtual image onto the box didn't get us any further. I'm now looking into OVF file and how to make one...
Monday, 10 August 2009
Linux and Domino on a xSeries 440
So, I arrived at work this morning to a bit of a surprise. (Not a complete one, I did get a phone call yesterday afternoon asking me if I could use some (yes, some) xSeries 440 boxes as sandbox servers.
Of course, I said yes. I now have 3 of them. One 8-way CPU, 2 4-way CPU. All with 4 to 8 GB of RAM.
So, I'm going to take the 8-Way and turn it into a Domino on Linux platform, and take one of the 4-Ways and see if I can get VMWare ESXi on to it.
I'll post my love/hate affair with the process here for other who may come by equipment like this.
Oh, and expect a series of posts on getting Domino up and running on a P-Series. (or two... You should have an extra for spare parts, right?)
Of course, I said yes. I now have 3 of them. One 8-way CPU, 2 4-way CPU. All with 4 to 8 GB of RAM.
So, I'm going to take the 8-Way and turn it into a Domino on Linux platform, and take one of the 4-Ways and see if I can get VMWare ESXi on to it.
I'll post my love/hate affair with the process here for other who may come by equipment like this.
Oh, and expect a series of posts on getting Domino up and running on a P-Series. (or two... You should have an extra for spare parts, right?)
Friday, 7 August 2009
Everyone Needs a New Toy...
Got a new toy that arrived at work today.
See...
I bet you wish you had one of those... It's my new Domino server...
(Oh, and I get a second one next week...)
Whatever shall I call them? I'm leaning towards 'Aleph' and 'Bet'...
See...
I bet you wish you had one of those... It's my new Domino server...
(Oh, and I get a second one next week...)
Whatever shall I call them? I'm leaning towards 'Aleph' and 'Bet'...
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
New on PlanetLotus: How to leave Lotus Notes
I saw this today as part of my morning review.
I don't have a problem with it per say, free speech is free speech, but advertising an event on leaving Lotus Notes being posted on a very Pro-Lotus site. That I find rather amusing.
Monday, 20 July 2009
Monday, 13 July 2009
No implementation defined for org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory
I kept coming across this while working on a Java Web Services connector to Yellowfin 4.0. So, because I know I will forget it, I'm gonna link to it here, so at least I can find my own blog post on it when I search for it next time.
LeoTech » Blog Archive » No implementation defined for org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory
LeoTech » Blog Archive » No implementation defined for org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory
Friday, 10 July 2009
Thursday, 9 July 2009
What's Hot on PlanetLotus? Looks like I am (was)...
More for the memories... I hit the top hot spot, for a little bit anyways, on PlanetLotus.org.
Lotus Trading Cards
I was painting the house last night, and my mind got to wandering... Bruce Elgort mentioned on Twitter last night that he was thinking of a VC fund for Lotus projects. So my mind wandered about that, and turned to how we present ourselves. I got to thinking that business cards are so ... old school.
I think we need Trading Cards.
So, here are the first few I've come up with.
I think we need Trading Cards.
So, here are the first few I've come up with.
Friday, 3 July 2009
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Human Cost
Sitting at work this evening, I find myself wondering about the human cost of working long hours.
We're approaching a deadline for a client project, and I can understand the need to put in the extra hours, but being hump day today, I find myself wishing I was at home. For the 2nd day, I've been denied the chance to play with my daughter. (Everyone else is single or has grown up kids.) In fact, other than crawling into bed beside my wife, I haven't seen or talked to her much in the past two days.
Right now, I'm sitting waiting for the testing team to 'find me something to fix'. Could take two minutes, could take an hour. May not even happen.
I want to go home. And sleep. But I still need to water the garden if it's going to survive tomorrow. And my neighbours garden while he's on holiday.
Sigh.
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
More from the Media
Just a list of other places I've shown up on the Web.
Yahoo! Canada
The Algoma News
The Ottawa Sun
The Ottawa Citizen
The Montreal Gazette
Wellington Area AC Blog
Yahoo! Canada
The Algoma News
The Ottawa Sun
The Ottawa Citizen
The Montreal Gazette
Wellington Area AC Blog
Monday, 1 June 2009
I made it on the CBC.
Alright, this is just more of my 15 minutes of fame, I'm well aware of that, but here's an article from the CBC, Canada's National Broadcaster.
They even used my quote, not one that the Media types make up, but one I actually wrote.
"I'm not like one of the athletes," he said. "I don't get up at 4 o'clock in the morning to put in two hours of training before I go to work."http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/06/01/ottawa-olympic-torch-bearer.html
Full Disclosure: The photo is copyright of the CBC.
2010 Olympics: RBC Press Release
RBC recognizes Scouts Canada volunteer as its first Ottawa Torchbearer
OTTAWA, June 1 /CNW/ - John James, RBC's first Ottawa Torchbearer, has pledged to create a stronger community through continuing his volunteer efforts with Scouts Canada by helping young adults grow and become leaders."I think that all athletes are amazing. It is inspiring to see how athletes push themselves to be the best they can be. The Olympic Games embodies this spirit and I'd like to thank RBC for giving me the chance to be a part of the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay," said John James. "Helping youth is critical - they need support as they go through major life changes. I am happy that being selected as a torchbearer will allow me to get this important message out to the country."
James is entering his tenth year of volunteering with Scouts Canada and works with youth aged 18 to 26. As the father of a three-year-old daughter, he is committed to helping youth and working with his community to provide support and guidance to the adults of tomorrow.
"We are pleased to announce John James as our first Ottawa Torchbearer and recognize the contribution his pledge will make to creating an even better Canada," said Rod Schaaf, regional president, Ontario North and East, RBC. "Anyone can be part of the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. We encourage Ottawa to share in this thrill of a lifetime by entering our contest at rbc.com/carrythetorch to be a torchbearer and win the ultimate Olympic experience."
RBC will award over 2,300 Olympic Torchbearer spots through this contest which closes July 15, 2009. To enter, pledge to create a better Canada at rbc.com/carrythetorch.
Approximately 12,000 Canadians will carry the flame across the country at their own pace with millions more cheering and supporting them. Applicants will be asked to select where in Canada they want to carry the Olympic Flame. Torchbearer applicants must be a resident of Canada, aged 13 or older. Full contest rules and regulations are available on the website at rbc.com/carrythetorch.
For further information
Lauren Raley, Communications Advisor, Ontario North and East Region, (416) 313-6496, lauren.raley@rbc.com
Elsewhere on the web:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/RBC-recognizes-Scouts-Canada-cnw-15401529.html?.v=1
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2354149/
Olympic Torch Runner
As I have mentioned to a few individuals, I've been selected as the first Olympic Torchbearer in Ottawa for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch run across Canada.
Still no news as to when I'll actually be doing the run through Ottawa, but I'll post it when I know.
There is still time to sign up by the way: rbc.com/carrythetorch
Cheers!
Still no news as to when I'll actually be doing the run through Ottawa, but I'll post it when I know.
There is still time to sign up by the way: rbc.com/carrythetorch
Cheers!
Friday, 29 May 2009
Big News Coming Monday!!!
I'll have a big news announcement coming Monday. It involves me, some media, and a certain large worldwide sports event!
Stay tuned!
Thursday, 28 May 2009
My New Favorite Error Message
My new favorite error message.
... But you have the memory to create a dialog box to tell me you didn't have any memory...
Friday, 22 May 2009
Interim Fix 5 for Domino 8.5
On the off chance you haven't heard, IBM had released Interim Fix 5 for Domino 8.5.
Details available here: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid;=swg21385261
You can download it from Fix Central: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
Details available here: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid;=swg21385261
You can download it from Fix Central: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
One Design Decision: Why I can't migrate to Designer 8.5
I have a team of developers who work for our company, we work daily with probably 8-10 databases.
I installed the 8.5 Client and Designer on my system at work, and the first time I went to remove a database from the Navigator, I saw this:
I can't find a way to remove it from this pop-up window, and I can only imagine how many databases will get deleted accidentally. As the fellow who manages the backup system as well, I can picture the lost productivity.
Does anyone have a solution?
I installed the 8.5 Client and Designer on my system at work, and the first time I went to remove a database from the Navigator, I saw this:
I can't find a way to remove it from this pop-up window, and I can only imagine how many databases will get deleted accidentally. As the fellow who manages the backup system as well, I can picture the lost productivity.
Does anyone have a solution?
Friday, 20 March 2009
Monday, 2 March 2009
Renaming a Domino Database with the Server Up
Looking to solve an issue where 3 different versions of the same database (dev, beta and production) had different names, I went looking for a way to fix it without shutting the server down (and losing sleep).
Enter IBM Technote #1257799.
Clipped from the technote, available here.
“If the server cannot be shut down, it is possible to rename the OS file name with the server up if there are no external third-party software factors to consider. Keep in mind that a server task acting on the database can create a database handle and not allow you to rename the file. To prevent this from occurring:
1. Let the user know you are going to rename their database and instruct them to exit their Lotus Notes® client. (Also, ensure that the database is not open by anyone else.)
2. Shut down the Domino Router by issuing tell router quit at the server console.
3. Issue the command drop database mailfilename.nsf
4. Make sure replication/cluster replication is not occurring.
5. Issue the command dbcache flush
6. Rename the database on the file system.
7. Update the Person document "Mail File" field to the new file name of the mail file.
8. Restart the Router task by issuing "load router" at the server console.
9. Make sure the end user's Location document is also updated with the new file name. (Location document -> Mail Tab -> "Mail file" field).”
Saturday, 14 February 2009
We didn't
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye"
Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser aand Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy hn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron
Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez
CHORUS
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"
Lebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia
Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo
CHORUS
Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say
CHORUS
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodsto/ck/, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore
CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye"
Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser aand Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy hn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron
Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez
CHORUS
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"
Lebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia
Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo
CHORUS
Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say
CHORUS
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodsto/ck/, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore
CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
xkcd
This is probably my favorite xkcd strip to date. I think it’s really cute and totally see the romantic comedy in it.
My wife however, just rolls here eyes…
Cheers!
Thursday, 29 January 2009
All my Podcasts
I got to wondering how to go about finding out the cool podcasts that people listen to, in order to grow my own list of podcasts.
I guess the best way to discover what people listen to would be to get them talking, perhaps by sharing what I listen to. So, here they are, the Podcasts that I currently have loaded on my iPod. (In no particular order, even though they are numbered.
- Best Ads on TV – Video Podcast – Published weekly
I’ve always been a fan of advertising, never been involved in the industry, but love to see the unique ideas that people come up with to sell something.
- CBC Radio: Dispatches – Audio Podcast – Published weekly
CBC’s weekly radio show has short dispatches from correspondents from around the world. Always eye-opening.
- CBC Radio: Search Engine – Audio Podcast – Published weekly
Trendy show about the best of the web.
- CBC Radio: Spark – Audio Podcast – Published Weekly
A crossover radioshow/blog.
- CBC Radio: Vinyl Café – Audio Podcast – Published Weekly
Stories from CBC’s Vinyl Café – Humorous, funny and music.
- IDoNotes (and sleep) – Audio Podcast – Random
News from the Lotus world
- Taking Notes – Audio Podcast – Random
News from the Lotus world
- The 1352 Report
News from the Lotus world
Sunday, 11 January 2009
It's all about love.
My wife's been exhausted all weekend and has been in bed before 7:30 both Saturday and Sunday nights. My daughter's been under the weather too. The house is torn apart due to the renovation of 2 bathrooms and 1 bedroom. Can't always find what you're looking for because everything is everywhere. But, as I was cleaning a paint roller, I glanced into the other sink. It's all about love.
Where are the Lotus Domino/Notes books?
This may be considered a bit of a rant, but I'm due.
I'm excited about the features coming in Domino 8.5. I've especially excited about DAOS, and X-pages.
For those who don't know me, I'm a Domino admin for an ASP who hosts our own Domino based web applications. I don't have a lot of time at work to play with any new software, and my wife, daughter and house keep my personal life quite busy. Oh, and often work as well. Part of the function of my job is that of a one-stop IT shop. I manage about 70 devices ranging from Domino to Windows servers and desktops, firewalls and IPS devices.
I went to my local bookstore this afternoon and wandered through their computer book selection, but despite the fact I could buy 12 different books about how to use my iPhone (none of them mentioned Traveller), there was not even a single Lotus book. Was I surprised? No, not really.
So I wandered over to the computerized index/kiosk and did a search for 'Lotus Domino'. I received 126 results, but not a single one of them covered Domino 8, and only one of those covered Domino 7. The same search for 'Lotus Notes' found 153 books, again with no Domino 8 books, and the same Domino 7 one.
Perhaps, just perhaps that if we are trying to get people to accept Note and Domino 8.x, and especially Xpages, we should get to writing books and articles that will allow us to help and gather in those users, developers and admins who need to learn more about Domino/Notes, but don't have the ability to attend Lotusphere or the View or other direct training events.
I never complain about something without offering a solution. I'm going to use this space to point fingers at good, solid Domino 8.5 resources. Not a 'Notes 8.5 has been released sort of thing, but to good solid code examples, how-to articles and the like. If you have something to add, leave a comment, and I'll add you to the list.
Cheers!
I'm excited about the features coming in Domino 8.5. I've especially excited about DAOS, and X-pages.
For those who don't know me, I'm a Domino admin for an ASP who hosts our own Domino based web applications. I don't have a lot of time at work to play with any new software, and my wife, daughter and house keep my personal life quite busy. Oh, and often work as well. Part of the function of my job is that of a one-stop IT shop. I manage about 70 devices ranging from Domino to Windows servers and desktops, firewalls and IPS devices.
I went to my local bookstore this afternoon and wandered through their computer book selection, but despite the fact I could buy 12 different books about how to use my iPhone (none of them mentioned Traveller), there was not even a single Lotus book. Was I surprised? No, not really.
So I wandered over to the computerized index/kiosk and did a search for 'Lotus Domino'. I received 126 results, but not a single one of them covered Domino 8, and only one of those covered Domino 7. The same search for 'Lotus Notes' found 153 books, again with no Domino 8 books, and the same Domino 7 one.
Perhaps, just perhaps that if we are trying to get people to accept Note and Domino 8.x, and especially Xpages, we should get to writing books and articles that will allow us to help and gather in those users, developers and admins who need to learn more about Domino/Notes, but don't have the ability to attend Lotusphere or the View or other direct training events.
I never complain about something without offering a solution. I'm going to use this space to point fingers at good, solid Domino 8.5 resources. Not a 'Notes 8.5 has been released sort of thing, but to good solid code examples, how-to articles and the like. If you have something to add, leave a comment, and I'll add you to the list.
Cheers!
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