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Help Name Our New Application Results (Finally!)

Corey Davis — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:28:08 +0000

All the way back on August 11th I asked you to Help Name Our New Application. In the comments I made the ridiculous statement that I would announce the result in the “coming days or weeks”. I guess months would have been more accurate. For this I apologize. It is a prime example of the [...]

Time Machine Crash Resolved

Corey Davis — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:43:05 +0000

If you follow me on Twitter then you will know that I recently tweeted an issue in which Time Machine was failing causing my MacBook Pro to crash in what is essentially akin to the BSOD for Windows users. The first time this happened I wasn’t even using the laptop. The second time I was [...]

SnTT: Function to Determine if Addressee is Internal or External

Corey Davis — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:00:18 +0000

How familiar are you with LotusScript’s Like operator? If not very, then you are missing out because Like packs a lot of punch. To demonstrate that I am going to outline a function that I use in my applications to determine if a particular e-mail address is internal to my domain. This function requires that you [...]

Blog Upgrade and Resulting Problems

Corey Davis — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:52:36 +0000

This is just an FYI that after upgrading this blog to the latest version of WordPress some plugins are no longer working properly causing some functionality to this blog to be offline (i.e., categories and Popular Posts). I will work to restore this functionality as soon as possible.

Flow v1.0 Beta 3 LS Logging Engine Released

Corey Davis — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:25:25 +0000

This latest release of Flow, an open-source LotusScript logging engine, includes a speed enhancement provided by Kevin Pettitt, a fix for a rare inaccuracy in the error count, and adds new functionality such as ContinueText, a log cleanup utility, localization for easier international integration and more. I would like to extend a sincere thank you to [...]

SnTT: Function to Get an Addressee’s Domain

Corey Davis — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:53:46 +0000

One of the little functions that I wrote some time ago yet has come in handy time and time again is the AddresseeDomain function. When given the recipient address of an e-mail, this function will pass back the recipient’s domain be it the Internet domain or Domino domain (which is useful if you are in [...]

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Corey Davis — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:22:18 +0000

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Is IBM Eating Outsourcers Cake With New Notes Hosted Offering?

Corey Davis — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:12:24 +0000

It was announced today that IBM will be offering a Notes/Domino hosting solution targeted at the SMB market (1,000 - 10,000 seats). aimed at organizations with 1,000 - 10,000 seats. Bob Picciano, Lotus Software general manager, also stated that the solution would be available to smaller organizations clearly referring to SMB accounts. Personally, I [...]

9/11: Where I Was and Explaining it to Our Daughter

Corey Davis — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:29:31 +0000

Today Ed Brill posted about 9/11, as I’m sure have others. Ed’s in particular was how to broach the subject with his daughter which of course got me thinking. My daughter is 4, so this conversation has not yet taken place. TV in the morning is usually confined to Nick Jr. or the Disney Channel so [...]

Notes 8.0.2: Its The Little Things

Corey Davis — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:18 +0000

When installing Notes 8.0.1 without Symphony (embedded editors, office tools, whatever you want to call them) the Home Page taunted you by displaying their icons: Thankfully the Home Page is now a bit smarter in Notes 8.0.2 and will only show them if they are installed: