Pixar talks backups and testing
Wed, May 16th 2012 10:44a John James This could be a PSA. It’s worth watching.
Think about your personal life backup. Your home movies, the photos of your children.
Are you protected? [read] Keywords:
Ottawa: Food Aid BBQ
Fri, May 4th 2012 2:04p John James Food Aid BBQ
The annual Food Aid BBQ is taking place at Festival Plaza, City Hall on Friday, June 1 this year. The BBQ will bring the Ottawa Food Bank that much closer to raising the necessary funds to sustain its beef program for a year.
For only $10, hamburgers prepared by The WORKS will be served alongside chips and a drink from 11AM to 2PM. There will be plenty to see and do at Festival Plaza, with music, a live broadcast by 580 CFRA, and celebrity milking competitions at 10:30 am and 12 [read] Keywords: community
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Visualization: InMaps from LinkedIn Labs
Wed, May 2nd 2012 6:44a John James I came across this the other day on our corporate social network and thought I would share it here.
It creates an interesting visual of your LinkedIn network.
http://inmaps.linkedinlabs.com/share/John_Lawren_James/316949539857534123863686369623422544527 [read] Keywords: linkedin
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Cancer: Let’s Beat This!
Tue, May 1st 2012 8:04a John James I’ve been touched by cancer many times in my life. Through friends, family, and this year, it hit close to home, with my wife.
I’m participating in this year’s Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life so that hopefully, someday, my children will never have to go through what I’ve gone through.
http://convio.cancer.ca/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFL_ON_even_?px=4366288&pg=personal&fr_id=10562
As for my wife, she’s doing pretty well. The surgery went successfully [read] Keywords:
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Abandoned Vehicles
Sun, Apr 29th 2012 4:44p John James These are not in a location related to these photos, but I did run across them the same day.
Snow Plow: I couldn't say for certain how long this snow plow had sat here, but the size of the trees surrounding it suggests quite a while.
Caterpillar: No rubber to hit the road. All steel.
Engine #5: A fire truck from the town I grew up around.
Fire Engine: Silent, forgotten, but once essential equipment.
Hose: Dry, except for when it rains.
Gauges
Feeder line
Siren and Lights
Rust pitting the whe [read] Keywords:
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Abandoned Farmstead
Sun, Apr 29th 2012 8:44a John James I was driving back from making a pickup on Sunday morning when I spotted this house and barn, long since abandoned.
I couldn’t resist walking through the fence and exploring.
Red door: This lead into what once looked to be a chicken coop.
Log Structures: Some of the buildings on the property were the original log structures that probably dated from the original settlement of the property.
The Mow: Traditionally, the mow (pronounced MAU) would have been where the farmer stored his winter ha [read] Keywords:
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How to: Restore the Sametime Emoticon Palette
Fri, Apr 27th 2012 2:44p John James Problem
Client reports that they cannot add new emotions to Sametime.
and/or
Client does not have the emoticons palette in the Preferences menu.
Solution
Close the Lotus Notes client.
Copy the contents of the workspace.metadata.pluginscom.ibm.collaboration.realtime.palettespalettes folder to somewhere safe. This will allow the user to keep any existing emoticons.
Delete the contents of the workspace.metadata.pluginscom.ibm.collaboration.realtime.palettespalettes folder.
Launch Lotus Not [read] Keywords: collaboration
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