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This server hosted all my sites and will take a few weeks to get back on-line….. Details below.
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2009 Lotus Blogger of the Year & other awards.
Voting has started for the 2nd annual Planet Lotus Blogger of the Year award. The voting is the same as last year, simply log into PL and vote. You can change your votes as often as you wish. Voting will end at 5pm EST on the Friday before Lotusphere.
Discuss here -> FAQ: 2009 Blogger Awards in the Planet Lotus Forum
UPDATE: Dropping the Project of the Year all together....
OpenNTF.org: Best Open Source Contribution 2010 Lotus Awards
Stop Sametime window popping up in Sametime 8.02
This was reset during the Notes 8.5.1 upgrade . I can never remember where to stop the Sametime windows from popping up, hence, this post, to help in the future.
Preferences > Sametime > Notifications > One-on-one chat.
Deselect -> "Bring chat window to front."
Your blog post comments are being stolen!
Really?
As many of you have seen, a couple days ago I implemented a way to post inline replies or lets call them what they are, comments; on the front page of Planet Lotus. The comments appear right under the blog post itself and any registered member of the forum can make them. This is a half ass effort of mimicking the functionality of Facebook and not an attempt to steal the conversation way from blog posts. Half assed in that a pure ripoff would be ideal; it's the single best thing, in my opinion, about Facebook, and why I loath twitter.
So, is it stealing the conversation away from the blog post? It certainly could be seen as that, but couldn't you also group the posts that get sent to http://twitter.com/planetlotus or the Planet Lotus Facebook group in the same way? Go take a look, people have made comments to those posts, but i don't think those comments are the same as the comments made on the blog post itself. I think the commenter fully understands that it's not a message to the poster but rather to those deciding weather to read the post. The same could be said for Twitter. The comments or replies made to a post are about the topic in general, the poster, etc. This is the same way I hope the replies on PL are used. A way to comment on the post as it relates to being listed on PL.
If PL has jumped the shark, maybe this is a way to go back in time, to that dreaded day; and tell Fonzie to stay home. You could use this as a way to make a comment without it showing up on the actual persons' blog post, just a message to other potential readers pondering the click. Think about it, take a hyperbolic title, you could call someone out on it. How about the 18th post saying 8.5.1 is available for download?
In the end, the user will decide. Just like in many other areas of the site, it could die a slow death. It looks like this is the case since I'm the only one using it 
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Planet Lotus server update
Some good news, however I'll wait a good month to rule out any DoS suspicions; hopefully it's just the paranoia.
Thank you for contacting Server Support. I understand your server is down after doing a reboot. After reviewing your server it appears that the servers fan went bad. We have replaced the fan and the server is running as normal.
As a result of this, the process of making things more efficient and up-time will continue to be front and center. Much of this is in the way of growing pains; for example the table that tracks hits was 3.3 million rows; this needs to be addressed over time; I have ideas; all of them will take time to implement. In the short term the de-emphasis of certain hit counters will appear, like job postings, how many hits a job posting receives just isn't that important. This theme will continue; but never leave the front page posts 
SharePoint install blocked due to compatibility issues on Windows 2008 R2
You'll get this message if you try to install SharePoint on a fresh install of Windows 2008 R2. As of this posting both MOSS packed with sp2 and the Kbase doc referenced in the message (KB962935) are not available. The workaround, however, is very simple.
"This program is blocked due to compatibility issues"
The problem in a nutshell is any MOSS install package be it the RTM or MOSS w/sp1 don't have the latest updates in it. Because you've presumably updated your Windows 2008 and 2008 SQL Server with the latest patches, you can't install MOSS unless you repackage it with the SP2 update files. The instructions below explain how to, in a sense, repackage your MOSS install bundle with the latest updates.
1. Create a temp directory... C:\Temp2
2. Download the 2007 Microsoft Office Servers Service Pack 2 (SP2)
3. Start > Run and paste in the line below
C:\Temp2\officeserver2007sp2-kb953334-x64-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:C:\Temp2\
4. Go to your SharePoint install and delete all the files in the "Updates" folder
5. Copy all the extracted files from step 3 to the Updates folder.
6. Install!
For more discussion on this topic check out this thread. Thanks for the help Thibault B.
Google Sidewiki
Google Sidewiki seems like a nice way to post graffiti like comments on Planet Lotus throughout the day. I've gone ahead and posted a note to get things started. If you're new to sidewiki here is the first article I found on it while looking up the date it was launched; Sept 23rd.
http://www.google.com/sidewiki/
Not sure how I stumbled across this tonight but its odd. All week I've been wanting to do something similar to PL after figuring out how to use Twitter OAuth for TwunLog.com, it would be nice to have an ajax like way to post small comments about posts on the PL main page.
So I'm curious, is anyone else using sidewiki?
Powerful Videos
Every once in a while there is that video you watch on YouTube that just blows you away. This is one of them. I was thinking it would make a great vlog. A vlog dedicated to profound, moving videos like this one. For now this category will serve. Enjoy.
Something I take very seriously.
I try to get to all Planet Lotus requests as soon as possible however a request like this moves right up the queue... in this case, processed right away.
What attention seeking whore wouldn’t take part in this?
The idea is simple, write a quality piece on anything Lotus and see if it has what it takes to win praise from Captains of our Industry.
Think about it, you might not have the skills to bust through the defensive line of the New England Patriots or score a goal on Manchester United, but surely you can get an article through the Lotus equivalent?
Give it a try and be considered "Published" in our community, with a lot less overhead.
Notes for Authors:
1. All drafts are private, viewable only by the author and the editor-in-chief.
2. Pending articles are only seen by the edit staff.
3. Published articles will be highlighted everywhere and you will be permanently added to the "Published Authors" page. (I will soon be removing myself from this page).
Notes for Editors:
1. A "Voting" link has been added to the Journal front page to make getting to the voting booth easier.
2. The voting RSS feed is live. It will alert you of new content to vote on (available on the voting page).
3. Your services are required, an article is currently watiing your comment or approval, check it out.
Lastly, big props to Daniele Vistalli for being the first to submit an article which I hope everyone will be enjoying soon.... and also to Ulrich Krause for adding some comments to Daniele's contribution.
Sorry in advance if the title offended anyone.
How to forward a Wordpress Page to an external URL.
Since there is no option to do this in the page itself you have to use a page template.
1. Create a file called redirect_twitter.php with the text below and save it to your theme folder (/public_html/wp-content/themes/yancytheme/redirect_twitter.php).
<?php
/*
Template Name: Redirect Twitter
*/
header('Location: http://twitter.com/yancylent');
die();
?>
If you plan on making more redirects the file name starting in redirect will ensure they all stay together.
2. Create the page, and choose the 'Template Name' Twitter Redirect.
3. Save, done, test, done.
*Note that if you change your theme you'll have to move the redirect page templates. I tried adding the templates to higher level folders but they aren't picked up, so this manual process is needed.
**Also, no messing with the .htaccess.
Why Lotus Journal?
My last project came out of true personal need, a better way to organize, read and keep track of all the Lotus blogs I was consuming. The result was a ton of reading. As the number of blogs in the community increased so did the reading. So, how to cull if you can’t read everything?
Hit counts, over time there has been much talk about this, for one, the use of catchy titles to drive up the numbers. This is a huge help in guiding my reading habit and has become a cornerstone of Planet Lotus. But the hit counts only capture trends and buzz… and aren’t going anywhere; if that’s what’s on your mind. To differentiate the buzz from the quality content I implemented the use of thumbs, yes the little Lotus thumbs up icon to allow members of PL to give a “nice post” to an author and give validation or light to those posts that are great in content but lack in the catchy title department. This never got off the ground. It’s still a part of myPL so feel free to resurrect it. The quest continues.
The more thought I put into it the bigger the idea got. In addition to shedding light on quality Lotus content I wanted to also deliver it beyond the Lotus Bubble. This was months ago when there was a lot of talk about the Yellow Bubble… and then the light bulb went off, of all places from my inbox. A spinoff of UrbanDaddy.com, maybe you’ve heard of it. I was going to create a ‘email only’ magazine (like UrbanDaddy) for the Lotus community. Draw from the amazing talent of bloggers and reach out of the bubble via daily email updates. The updates would contain articles; the best imaginable, as determined by and editorial staff of esteemed member of the community.
In theory it sounded great, but over time I was wrestling with the idea of an ‘email only’ magazine in a very social, very search friendly world, not to mention the Herculean development effort to make it happen. So maybe an hybrid approach, a very open, very prestigious, top notch professional journal for Lotus professionals with a twist, authorship is open all however only articles approved by esteemed Lotus community members will be published; and with that please welcome Lotus Journal to the community.
Lotus Journal will focus on authors, their content, editors and getting as many readers as possible with ties to social media, SEO and email subscriptions to extend the site hopefully beyond the bubble.
For more information take a look at the every changing about page currently at LotusJournal.com.
UPDATE: One last thing. This idea needs your help, please consider getting the word out, and if you have a moment I would truly appreciate to hear your take on the site, like Ben did this morning. I come up with, and create these ideas in a vacuum so they stay true to their purpose. Now, what better way to make it idea grow, then with your added ideas.
Enjoy!
“…and upcoming Lotus products.”
What?
On another note, On Thursday, August 27, Alistair Rennie and Kevin Cavanaugh will be guests on the “Taking Notes Podcast” with Bruce Elgort and Julian Robichaux. They will talk about the IdeaJam, Lotus Knows campaign, Smarter Planet and upcoming Lotus products.
Either this is really cool news buried in the second to last sentence of a blog post, I'm reading 'new' products into this, or I've been living under a rock. I'm guessing the latter. Either way I'm so listening to tomorrows Taking Notes Podcast.
Thanks for the heads up Bilal!
Fail: IBM My developerWorks Blog
I just received the second request to have a blog from IBM My developerWorks posted to Planet Lotus. The first was from a team inside IBM, this new one is really good, hence this post. The fail comes in the form of the invalid Connections feed. This was a problem in the early days of Connections but was fixed in version 2.0, not sure what is going on there.
Is there anyone out there that can help out?
Feed Validator: http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fdeveloperworks%2Fmydeveloperworks%2Fblogs%2Fowed2notes%2Ffeed%2Fentries%2Fatom
W3C Feed Validation Service: http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibm.com%2Fdeveloperworks%2Fmydeveloperworks%2Fblogs%2Fowed2notes%2Ffeed%2Fentries%2Fatom
In the mean time check out Michael Kinder's blog.
The Lotus Community, how would you organize its resources?
I've wanted to do this since Planet Lotus launched, organize all the wonderful resources available out there in the Lotus Community, the projects, websites, conferences, people, companies, products, you name it, everything and anything... Lotus.
Introducing the Planet Lotus Wiki or planetlotus.org/wiki/ or for a couple minutes during install, Lotipedia.
Worse case, this thing goes empty for years, best case, we have a community built and maintained road map to all that is available to those in our field.
To make things insanely straightforward the site is a generic build of MediaWiki, the same wiki software that drives Wikipedia.
Lastly, if anyone out there is looking to make this their baby, and would like elevated rights, let me know.
Lastly II, maybe this could be the first entry... http://www.timtripcony.com/dennis/elenchus.nsf
UPDATE: I will be shortening the url's used by the site over the next fiew days, making planetlotus.org/wiki/index.php/Tim_Tripcony this... planetlotus.org/wiki/Tim_Tripcony.
UPDATE II: URL's have been shortened so planetlotus.org/wiki/Tim_Tripcony will work and all links like it will be permanent.
Roller Racing
roller racing
Every once and a while a video smacks you in the face. A friend of mine is putting on a charity event, the focus, Roller Racing at a local bar. It was nice that he included in the invite... "google it", so I did. This was the first video I watched and goosebumps were a fly'n. This video rocks, the music and the intense counter culture that I remember vividly from my OR visit a couple years ago. I truly would like to make the event this Sunday. If you live in the Boston area and want to show off your spinning skills visit Bike Dirty.
New on PlanetLotus: Blogs!
Location, Location, Location.
Blogs have arrived on Planet Lotus. The blogs are based on Wordpress MU (multi user) and to start things off I've added 100+ blog themes to choose from.
Start yours here: planetlotus.org/blogs/
The FAQ and rules:
- Be Good.
- New blogs will not show on the front of Planet Lotus. You will need to submit your blog in order to have it appear.
- Beta? - Yes, until the wrinkles are wordpress'd out.
- Widget support - Yes
- Themes to choose from - 100+
- Example blog url... planetlotus.org/blogs/yourblog/
- Size limit - I'm not sure what it should be so the default of 10mb will stay and we'll see how that rides out. If you need more ask.
Enjoy!
Have ctrl-t open a new browser tab in the Notes Client
This sounds simple enough.
PS: Planet Lotus on Facebook has 199 fans... Are you a fan?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Planet-Lotus/99056356846?ref=mf
Let it Ride… I’m doing the Pan-Mass Challenge!
After many conversations with my better half I have decided to join her in doing this years 192 mile Pan-Mass Challenge bike ride in August. This will be my second year in a row which had something to do with the decision. I plan on doing this Cancer fundraiser as long as friends and family; you, continue to support me. Johanna very much wanted to do this years ride however she isn't sure if she will do it 'ever year' (in a perfect world she will). We both felt that consistency in my doing this event was the most important factor.
This was no easy decision to make, Johanna and I are now on the line for $8,400 in donations to raise. We are just over half way there and would greatly appreciate your support. I have no clue how to get to this magic number in this awful economy, I only know that I can try, if you have given in the past please consider CHOPPING that donation in HALF! Any amount will help.
To donate - > http://www.pmc.org/YL004
For those new to why I do this ride and learn more about my Son’s successful year long battle against Leukemia, click here.
The other reasons I'm riding:
- I can help, I can do something that will chip away at this nasty disease that affects so many of our loved ones.
- The overwhelming envy that i will feel watching and cheering my wife on, I'm not a good spectator.
- I can.
- My good friend Dave Tyler announced he is doing the ride. It was a sign.
- Momentum, last year I was able to raise a lot of money, knowing they need it more then ever this year is a driving force.
- Making a donation today, no matter how small, will make your day; guaranteed.
- I can.
- Having Ethan around after his cancer battle is like Christmas and My birthday rolled into one, every day. This is my way to give back.
- I want to ensure no family goes through what mine went through.
- Fuck you cancer.
Planet Lotus now has a fan page on Facebook
Facebook fan pages are popping up everywhere in the Lotus community, might as well follow suit, anything to promote the fine blogging that has been going on over the years!
Let me know what you think. If you have ideas of how to enhance the page let me know, I'm always up for suggestions.
PS: A special thanks to Chris Toohey for the page suggestion.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Planet-Lotus/99056356846?ref=mf
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