A special congratulations to Matt and Jess on the newest member of the Lotus community, Zoë Kendall Stratton, born on Friday, August 24th at 4:45AM. She was 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and 19 inches long. I hear that she came out dancing to the Sugarhill Gang.
Another awesome quiz… another awesome result! I AM
70%
OPTIMUS PRIMETake the Transformers Quiz
Happy birthday to the ‘Mad Scientist of Brewing’, the brewmaster of Fort Street Brewery, Doug Beedy!
The suspense was killing most of us Lotus fans as IBM Lotus Notes 8 and IBM Lotus Domino 8 was released this early this morning. It’s been fun watching as people have been downloading and installing it for use. Many of my Lotus ‘comrades’ have already upgraded their servers. It hasn’t even been 24 hours yet!
This blog has been running on ND8 Beta 3 with no problems. Hopefully some time this weekend will be spent upgrading the OS and the Domino server. (I’ve been running this on a ‘non-supported’ OS.)
My blog is now a resident of Southgate, Michigan. All I have to do now is configure the router and I’ll be back in business…
And don’t worry… the video is still coming soon…
As I prepare to move the servers to the new digs, this blog may be unavailable for a bit. I’ll keep you updated.
On Friday, July 27th and Saturday, July 28th, the Michigan Brewers Guild is hosting the 10th annual Summer Beer Festival. 35 breweries and 2 collaborative projects will present almost 250 beers featuring 40 different styles and types of beer. Normally, my wife and I would attend both days, but because of the Pridelands move, we decided to only go on Saturday.
Tickets are on sale at a discount online, and can be purchased at the gate. Get more information about the festival by going to the Michigan Brewers Guild website.
Hope to see you there!
I know I’ve been off of everyone’s radar for a while, but I’ve been working on a few things. One of the big things is that we bought a house in Southgate, Michigan, which is just south of Detroit. Our desire to move to Florida still burns in us, but as Kiara was getting close to kindergarten, we had to make a decision on our living arrangements. We also got an offer to purchase a house that needed a bit of TLC, but had almost everything that we wanted in a house.
More news (with pictures) coming soon!
I’m currently in London, Ontario, Canada, to teach some Advanced end user classes on Lotus Notes 7 and Sametime 7.5.1. The trip so far has been good, with the usual lack of sleep taking hold of me. I’m sitting in the classroom, which is right in the middle of a huge factory, waiting for student to arrive. The customer is a great client, and I would not have a problem with teaching for them again. My only issue with this entire trip (besides not sleeping) is the hotel. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a nice place at a good price, plus it’s no more than 4 minutes away from the hotel. The problem is that they advertise free wireless internet, but it’s been shoddy at best. I can’t get a signal from my room, and when I went to the lobby to connect, I kept getting dropped. Other than that, I would recommend the Airport Inn and Suites to others. (Sorry, no website.)
