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In his latest excellent article, Jack
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check it out, it's another great read. Better yet, point you most mischievous
mail file users to the article, it may help them manage their email more
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April has been a cr@p month 
Mon, Apr 28th 2008 6:02p Frank Docherty
Apologies for the lack of content this
month. A lot has been going on at work and at home, which has been the
main reason for the lack of new "stuff" appearing. Once I gather
my thoughts, I'll post an update soon. [read] Keywords: |
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Flying Penguins?
Tue, Apr 1st 2008 5:58a Frank Docherty
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Kb vs KB - Explained XKCD style
Mon, Mar 10th 2008 3:08a Frank Docherty
Original is here. [read] Keywords: |
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ILUG2008 - Speaker and Session Details 
Wed, Mar 5th 2008 7:20a Frank Docherty
The details haven't been finalised yet,
as Paul & the ILUG crew are still putting the finishing touches to
this years agenda, but a rough
list of speakers and sessions
for ILUG2008 has been published over at Paul's site. The sharp eyed amongst
you may have noticed that yours truly is speaking at this years event.
Yes indeed folks, subject to final clearance
and super-secret-squirrel confirmation from the ILUG2008 organisational
committee, I will be presenting a session entitled [read] Keywords: ilug
, lotus
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Jeff Healy RIP
Tue, Mar 4th 2008 2:32p Frank Docherty
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Battlestar Galactica Last Supper
Tue, Mar 4th 2008 9:55a Frank
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Battlestar Galactica Last supper, originally uploaded by kidddrunkadelic14.
This isn't my pic, nor is it my Flickr stream, so kudos goes out to the original poster. I just love this interpretation of the original. [read] Keywords: |
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Happy Feb 29th
Fri, Feb 29th 2008 3:42a Frank Docherty
For those that celebrate the fact that
we have an extra
day this year - Happy Feb 29th 2008. For those that don't ... enjoy the
extra day anyway. I just wanted to have a blog post dated 29.02.2008. [read] Keywords: |
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ILUG2008 - Booked 
Thu, Feb 28th 2008 1:50a Frank Docherty
The registration confirmation email
has been received, and the flights + hotel have been booked. I'll be staying
at the Days Inn on Talbot Street, which is probably miles away from the
conference centre, but I don't care, 'cos it's Dublin and it will be in
June! I'll be arriving on the morning of Tuesday 03 June 2008. I'm looking
forward to seeing you all there. [read] Keywords: email
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ILUG 2008 Registration
Sun, Feb 24th 2008 5:01p Frank Docherty
Remember that general registration for
ILUG2008 opens at 13:00 GMT Today. Keep your eye on the ILUG2008 website
for details about how to register, and remember to get your place reserved
as soon as possible, as spaces will fill up very quickly. [read] Keywords: ilug
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What's wrong with this picture?
Wed, Feb 20th 2008 4:02p Frank Docherty
Scratches and other surface imperfections
aside, I am now lop-sided, thanks to a missing nose-arm and nose-pad! I
think it's time I switched to contact lenses. [read] Keywords: |
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ND8.0.1 - Download Available Now
Wed, Feb 20th 2008 3:37a Frank Docherty
[read] Keywords: nd8
, notes
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Set a reminder
Mon, Feb 18th 2008 4:29p Frank Docherty
Next Monday -- 25 Feb 2008 -- registration
for ILUG2008 opens.
- It's in Dublin
- It's in June, so it may be sunny too
- It's free
- It's gonna be huge
- I've already booked the whole
week off work
Set a reminder on your Blackberries,
Windows Smartphones, Palm handhelds or whatever you use NOW! Go!
Quickly now, and don't forget to do it. [read] Keywords: |
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First Moonshot
Wed, Feb 13th 2008 5:58p Frank
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Moon, originally uploaded by Domino Geek.
This is my first attempt at capturing our planet's only natural satellite. I'm quite chuffed with it for a first stab at it. The moon, as seen from Glasgow on the evening of Tuesday 12th Feb 2008. [read] Keywords: domino
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Flickr
Wed, Feb 13th 2008 5:45p Frank
This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing. [read] Keywords: |
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There and back again ...
Tue, Feb 12th 2008 4:34p Frank Docherty
Or not, as the case may be.
The Tolkien estate is suing New Line Cinema for damages. Allegedly, New Line haven't paid the Tolkien Estate a penny from the $3bn (or so) profit from the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. (Shame on them if they haven't!)
The plaintiffs seek more than $150 million in compensatory damages, unspecified punitive damages and a court order giving the Tolkien estate the right to terminate any rights New Line may have to make films based on other works by the author, i [read] Keywords: |
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Blog Addiction
Sun, Feb 10th 2008 12:59p Frank Docherty
65%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?A reasonably accurate score I would guess. How addicted to blogging are you? [read] Keywords: blogging
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You can rent this space for 30 days. Interested?
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Error:File does not exist -- after migrating a certifier to the CA Process
Fri, Feb 8th 2008 10:12a Frank Docherty
It's been my experience in the past
that whenever I've been looking for a particular O or OU certifier ID,
I can never find it. It's either been stored on a network share that I
don't have easy access to, or it's on a PC other than the one that I want
to access. So, one of the many things I like to do as Notes & Domino
admin is to remove the need for physical access to certifier ID files,
and migrate them to the CA Process. It's quick, it's clean, and I
can control who has access to t [read] Keywords: admin
, domino
, lotus
, notes
, ntf
, template
, database
, network
, server
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ILUG 2008 Needs You
Fri, Feb 8th 2008 7:11a Frank Docherty
If you would like to be a sponsor at
ILUG2008 then please read this.
Paul, the gang organising this years event, and the Notes & Domino
community at large will be very grateful for your support. [read] Keywords: domino
, ilug
, notes
, community
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Speedcabling
Thu, Feb 7th 2008 4:05p Frank Docherty
Does this really qualify as a Sport?
"Speedcabling
is a competitive sport in which contestants race to unravel a bundle of
wires"Those crazy Californians!
All is revealed here. [read] Keywords: competitive
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Talking of Album Covers
Tue, Feb 5th 2008 4:27p Frank Docherty
Useless factoid of the day -- 25 years
ago, this album
was still appearing within the UK album charts, some 6 years after
it was first released. It makes me feel old knowing that it has been about
31 years (Yikes!) since I first listened to this album. But I can assure
you that I don't feel old when I listen to it now ... [read] Keywords: |
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My Album Cover - Updated
Tue, Feb 5th 2008 3:33p Frank Docherty
Since everyone else seems to be doing
this, why the heck not. Here's my album cover:-
EDIT: After reading Chris
Linfoot's post, I have decided
pull the image I used for my album cover, after checking the copyright
status of my randomly chosen album artwork. Suffice to say that there were
restrictions on altering the image, (no derivative works), so I will respect
the owners rights and remove the modified album image. My thanks to Mr
Linfoot for helping me re-align my moral compass.
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Blackberry Shortcuts
Tue, Feb 5th 2008 1:48p Frank Docherty
Some of these may be new to you, some
not. I certainly picked up one or two new tips from this list
over at BerryReview.com. [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Today is the day that I ...
Mon, Feb 4th 2008 1:09a Frank Docherty
-- start my new
job -- woo-hoo!
-- get to meet a lot of new colleagues
and try to remember their all of names -- Eeek!
-- have a whole new set of security
credentials and passwords to assimilate -- Yikes!
-- get to enjoy all of the best things
about working with Notes & Domino -- A new set of challenges!
Wish me luck peeps ..! [read] Keywords: domino
, notes
, security
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Minimum privileges needed to register a new user
Sun, Feb 3rd 2008 11:12a Frank Docherty
I recently had to delegate the creation
of Lotus Notes user accounts to several of our helpdesk staff, so that
I could be freed up to work on other project based activities. In order
to give the helpdesk staff just enough rights to perform this function,
here's what I did.
So as to avoid any confusion, and so
that the same staff could also perform Lotus Notes password recovery at
a later date, I registered a new user id for them called User
Registration. I then setup a
location doc [read] Keywords: acl
, administration
, document
, domino
, lotus
, notes
, database
, password
, security
, server
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Read This - Part II
Sat, Feb 2nd 2008 6:16a Frank Docherty
In his latest excellent article, Jack
Dausman discusses a subject all
to familiar to email Sys Admins -- the
ever increasing mail file. Go
check it out, it's another great read. Better yet, point you most mischievous
mail file users to the article, it may help them manage their email more
efficiently! [read] Keywords: email
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ILUG2008: Call for Abstracts
Fri, Feb 1st 2008 5:26a Frank Docherty
For those of us that missed Lotusphere
2008, the next best Lotus related event is beginning to gather momentum:-
Paul, and the gang organising ILUG2008,
are looking for session abstracts for this years event. If you want to
submit an idea for a session, then head over to Paul's
site for more details. Registration
for ILUG2008 isn't open just yet, but given that there is a call for session
abstracts now, I reckon that the user registration for this great
event will be opening [read] Keywords: lotus
, lotusphere
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Race to the finish line
Sun, Jan 27th 2008 7:51a Frank Docherty
This week is my last week as a contract Lotus Notes & Domino Administrator. Next week, w/c 04 Feb 2008, I start back as a permanent Lotus Notes & Domino Administrator.
Whilst I'll miss the freedom of contract work, i.e. -- not being tied to the same employer for any length of time, and the decent paycheck that comes with contract work -- I certainly won't miss my current 700 mile weekly commute. If anything, I'm really looking forward to just being at home with my wife and daughter, and [read] Keywords: admin
, domino
, lotus
, notes
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Goodbye Office, Hello Symphony
Thu, Jan 24th 2008 5:15p Frank Docherty
I know I'm way behind on this, but I've
now ditched my Microsoft Office installation in favour of the excellent
(and free) Lotus
Symphony. [read] Keywords: lotus
, symphony
, microsoft
, office
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Burns Night
Thu, Jan 24th 2008 5:00p Frank Docherty
Fair fa' your honest,
sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o' a grace
As lang's my arm.
--"Address
to a Haggis" by Robert Burns
Enjoy your Haggis, Neeps & Tatties
everyone! [read] Keywords: |
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And Another ...
Thu, Jan 24th 2008 3:03p Frank Docherty
The shennanigans that go on at Lotusphere ... [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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I'm Ed Brill
Thu, Jan 24th 2008 2:58p Frank Docherty
Too good not to post. [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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AvP:Requiem
Tue, Jan 22nd 2008 2:17p Frank
If your a fan of either the Alien or Predator movie franchises, like I am, then you may well be disappointed with the latest offering "AvP:Requiem". I think I just expected that wee bit more from this installment, as I really enjoyed the last offering "Aliens vs Predator". I felt that this movie didn't really deliver on what I'd come to expect from the franchise. Still, it was entertaining enough to sit through all 94mins of it. I guess if your a fan, you'll probably go see the movie for you [read] Keywords: |
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Lotusphere OGS live
Mon, Jan 21st 2008 5:51a Frank
Just waiting on the Lotusphere OGS to get underway, and I'll be able to "tune in" thanks to www.lotuspherelive.com. Kudos to Carl Tyler & Chris Miller for relaying the Lotusphere goodness, as it happens. [read] Keywords: lotusphere
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Happy Birthday Bill Buchan
Sat, Jan 19th 2008 5:00p Frank Docherty
Bill "Two Fish, The Billderbeast,
Wild Bill" Buchan is a sprightly 41yr old Today.
Happy Birthday Bill! [read] Keywords: |
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When you bleed ...
Fri, Jan 18th 2008 4:58p Frank Docherty
... do you bleed
yellow? [read] Keywords: lotus
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Cleaning up
Fri, Jan 18th 2008 4:47p Frank Docherty
Thanks to this
very helpful article by Rob "Captain Oblivious" McDonagh, I was
able to mess around and successfully import some new page skins into my
blog. I'm not too sure how long this new look will stay, but for now I
really like the uncluttered and clean look of things around here. [read] Keywords: |
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Posting from My Blackberry
Fri, Jan 11th 2008 6:27p Frank Docherty
Like Bill, I've been bitten by Jason Hook's excellent BBMetablog app for the Blackberry. Essentially, BBMetablog allows me to add new content to my blog via my BlackBerry 8820 handset. It is *very* cool ..!
** Edit : OK. I managed to post the story from my BB8820, but it did some funny stuff to my blog. So, in order to get things back to as normal as possible, Im using one of Jason's suggested workarounds, and I'm manually editing this Blog entry. [read] Keywords: blackberry
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Apologies
Thu, Jan 10th 2008 5:11p Frank Docherty
My apologies if the RSS feed from this
Blog goes a bit "nuts" in the short term. When I upgraded my
Blog template from BlogSphere 2.5.X to BlogSphere 3.X, I somehow managed
to leave a pile of previously-written-in-BlogSphere-2.5.X™
content behind. That's now been fixed, and all the cr@p that I have
written previously is back here, where it belongs!
So, apologies (again) if your RSS reader
of choice is currently being spammed by me. [read] Keywords: template
, blogSphere
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Upgrading a Domino Server with a customised Domino Directory Template
Thu, Jan 10th 2008 2:05p Frank Docherty
One of the things that I have learned
from my Domino 6.5.4 to Domino 7.0.3 migration project work this week,
is that you need to take care when you are upgrading servers which are
using a customised Domino Directory template. If you don't, you could easily
lose any custom additions to your Domino directory, and potentially corrupt
entries within it (worst case scenario!).
During the recommended sequence of upgrade
steps, you will need to update the design of your Domino Directory to the
lates [read] Keywords: document
, domino
, nd7
, notes
, ntf
, template
, server
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Moving to a New Organisational Certifier
Sun, Jan 6th 2008 7:02a Frank Docherty
No, this doesn't relate to one of the
projects that I have on the go at work just now, but it does relate to
something that I posted about in my 2007 year end review.
I've been working approx 360 miles away
from home, during weekdays for about the last 6 months. In that time a
lot has changed for Lynne (my Wife) and I, which has made working away
from home during that time pretty tough to bear. Thankfully, that's all
about to change very soon, as I have been offered a new job much c [read] Keywords: admin
, domino
, lotus
, notes
, blackberry
, development
, rim
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Re-adjusting
Thu, Jan 3rd 2008 4:28a Frank Docherty
Life is slowly getting back to normal
around here, now that all of the Christmas and New Year festivities have
passed. So much so, that I've started working on documentation for some
projects at work, involving a Domino 6.5.4 to 7.0.3 migration (I did press
them to go 8.0.1, but would they listen to me?), a complete user migration
to a new OU structure, and a step-by-step breakdown of the Lotus Notes
password recovery process. All to be done for Monday 07 Jan 2008. Eeek!
I'd better get a move on [read] Keywords: domino
, lotus
, notes
, password
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Read This
Tue, Jan 1st 2008 5:54p Frank Docherty
If you manage an email system, then
you'll want to have a read at this,
as this looks to be the first in a planned series of articles by Jack
Dausman, discussing the evolution
of messaging and collaboration technologies, and why they are here to stay.
It's good stuff! [read] Keywords: collaboration
, email
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Happy New Year
Mon, Dec 31st 2007 5:00p Frank Docherty
Happy 2008 everyone! Have a safe and
prosperous New Year. [read] Keywords: |
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2007 In Review
Mon, Dec 31st 2007 9:17a Frank Docherty
I think that this will "officially"
be my first ever yearly review , so please bear with me if I waffle on
a bit ...
Work Life
It's been a funny old year for me work
wise. In April I left the relative safety of a full time job, to dip my
toe back into the Notes & Domino Admin contract/freelance market within
the UK. I'm really glad that I did, as I was feeling very out of place
in my full time job. The move back to contracting saw me work with some
large companies and some small compani [read] Keywords: admin
, domino
, ilug
, lotusphere
, notes
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New Toy
Sat, Dec 29th 2007 6:04p Frank Docherty
My darling wife bought me the most wonderful
gift for Christmas this year. It's something that I had been promising
myself for a wee while now, but alas, my dearest beat me to it.
Initially, I wanted to jump in at the
deep end of the Digital SLR market and get myself either a Canon or Nikon
10+ Mega Pixel body and some decent lenses. However, after careful thought,
(and checking of the bank balance), I decided that a High-Zoom, or bridge
digital camera, would suit me for now. Once I get [read] Keywords: gadget
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Merry Christmas
Mon, Dec 24th 2007 8:57a Frank Docherty
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
I hope that everyone who is celebrating this evening, tomorrow and Boxing
Day, has a safe and happy time. [read] Keywords: |
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Computer knowledge 'undervalued'
Sat, Dec 15th 2007 11:11a Frank Docherty
Surprisingly, something that Mr Gates
and I actually agree
on. I can see the need for the other skills to appear higher upon this
list, but I didn't expect IT Skills to be in seventh place. Still, I suppose
it keeps people like me in a job, knowing that others will depend upon
my help to fulfil their IT Skills gap. More from Uncle Bill's thoughts
on this subject can be found here. [read] Keywords: |
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V is for Virtualisation
Thu, Dec 13th 2007 3:27p Frank Docherty
Ok it's not Lotus related, but it's still quite a funny video. Can you imagine "The T" as the celebrity guest during the Lotusphere opening general session? I pity the fool ..! [read] Keywords: lotus
, lotusphere
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Blue Wave acquires BE Systems
Mon, Dec 3rd 2007 2:16a Frank Docherty
This is such terrific news for the Irish,
UK & European Notes communities! Blue
Wave Technology (Paul's company)
have acquired BE
Systems (Warren's company), thereby
creating a "supercompany" of Notes, Domino, Sametime, BES &
Websphere geeks. You can read the official press release here.
Paul & Warren are genuinely two
of the nicest Admin/Infrastructure blokes that I have ever had the pleasure
of meeting. Both are extremely passionate about what they do, and have
been instrumental [read] Keywords: admin
, domino
, ilug
, notes
, sametime
, bes
, websphere
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Death Star Canteen (NSFW)
Sun, Dec 2nd 2007 6:41a Frank Docherty
NSFW - but very funny! [read] Keywords: |
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St Andrew's Day
Fri, Nov 30th 2007 10:22a Frank Docherty
Somewhat belated, but Happy St
Andrew's day to you all!
Slàinte [read] Keywords: |
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So close ..!
Sat, Nov 17th 2007 5:20p Frank Docherty
*Sigh*
... Still, there's always the 2010 Soccer World Cup. [read] Keywords: |
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That's better!
Fri, Nov 9th 2007 5:00p Frank Docherty
Back on the air (again!). I've finally
managed to get round to updating my Blog to BlogSphere V3.0.1 B8. It's
most likely that there will be some updates being made as I go along, and
most of them (hopefully) will be cosmetic. In the meantime, I'll get back
to tweaking! [read] Keywords: blogSphere
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