Yesterday I had an annoying problem using LotusScript's workspace.DialogBox command, which opens a form as a dialog (duh) and presumably writes back any fields you've changed to the calling document. It's a handy and necessary evil for many Lotus Notes projects.

After fighting with it for a while last night, I finally figured out the all-too-simple solution. So, for the sake of those who come after me—and for myself, since I so rarely program Notes that I'll soon forget and need to search for this later—I posted an FYI to the Notes 4/5 Forum at IBM developerWorks. And, in case IBM decides to dump that forum (after all, Notes 6 & 6.5 have been out for a while...), I'll paste the code examples here too.

If you know me, you probably know that my mind makes countless connections between any number of things. This is in part because it's always so hungry, I have to feed it. For example, last year I was inspired to read up on quantum physics after hearing about the possibility of quantum encrpytion.

So if you find yourself similarly munchy sometime, maybe you should check out some of the links I've been reading lately...

A few changes for the L.L. Bean folks lately...

Best wishes to Dan & Alysia, since she said "Yes!" last weekend.

Congrats to FredO, who got the transfer/promotion to the Security group which he applied for a couple weeks ago.

Now remember, all of you: Don't do anything I wouldn't do. (Heh!)

Are you fairly unfamiliar with Open Source Software (abbrev. "OSS")? Are you a Windoze-only user?

Here's a way you can start to weed out the thousands of useless and redundant programs and get familar with some of the best OSS out there, all precompiled for Windows: TheOpenCD. Heck, even if you're an old OSS Evangelist, it might be handy to burn a copy of this CD for quick-and-easy installs for your friends. (I know I will.)

I'm curious if any of you Maryland (and Georgia?) readers voted on the Diebold electronic voting machines for the party primaries.

This weekend it's going the temperature in Maryland will be in the 50's and 60's. However, no doubt that Maine (where I live) and Chicago (where I'll be) will still be cold and snowy.

And speaking of 'snow', Micro$oft's David Aucsmith (perhaps a distant relative of the former Iraqi Minister of Information?) has apparently been sniffing some if he thinks that people will believe his statement, "We have never had vulnerabilities exploited before the patch was known." See the BBC News article for more shocking revolations. Spend five minutes reading the latest from Bugtraq and you'll know the truth.

So I'm in Merry-land again this week, and things are getting creepy. Last night I was convinced I was being tailed, until I figured out the truth.

I'm collecting this list of tools I'd like to add to my ever-growing toolbelt when I get some "spare time." The more I think about it, the more I remember I wanted to look at!

This morning I drove through Mexico and Peru, and on to visit a customer in... Dixfield. Yes, beautiful downtown (?) Dixfield, Maine. Actually, it was quite pleasant; but I wouldn't want to live there.

Now this is what the web is all about: sharing information. Every young man should understand the Rules of Men's Room Etiquette, and I suppose women who cross-dress and stand at the urinal should as well. Now you can learn and have fun at the same time.

And don't forget to wash your hands on the way out!