We took our third trip to Café Hollander last night. The beer selection is out of this world, including many Belgian beers on tap. Most places don't have this kind of beer selection in bottles. The frites are good, and their unique menu has something for everyone. In order:
Others in our party had Hoegaarden and a Lindeman's Kriek.
As if the beer and food aren't enough, they sponsor the Café Hollander Bicycle Team.
To delete a link, click Site Actions, Site Settings, Look and Feel, Quick Launch. So far so good. Now one would expect to delete the item here, but instead you have to click on the item, then choose Delete. See below.
Having lived in Oshkosh for two years, I already know that there many fine of independent chocolatiers from Oshkosh to Green Bay. We patronize Oak's any time we can, and we've tried candy from almost every other place listed in this JSOnline article. Though not in the Fox Valley, there's one other I need to add to the list, and that's Beernsten's in Manitowoc.
David Mamet is just like E. F. Hutton: when he speaks (through his writing), people listen. His dialogue is unique, and catchy. To get a feel for his talent, I recommend Glengarry Glen Ross and The Spanish Prisoner. He recently published an article on politics in The Village Voice. It's a call to sanity and unity in these times of heated, divisive, and visceral political discourse. A good read for those on both sides of the aisle, so to speak.
Credit goes to Mr. Sykes once again…
One of the challenges in Information Technology is finding qualified people to do the work.
Here is a video from a University of Washington Professor about how his students just aren't as good as math as they used to be. When he keeps mentioning NCTM, remember it stands for National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. I'm glad to see Jackson scored on the 100-problem fact sheets I used to do when I was a kid. Another cool anti-new math site is Weapons of Math Destruction.
I must give props to Charlie Sykes on this one, too.
Charlie Sykes mentioned it this morning, and being such a big fan of Lena Taylor (NOT!), I had to check it out.
Turns out Lena Taylor has a picture on her MySpace Account called "The World According to Americans". It doesn't surprise me that something so bizarre and childish would come from her mind. But to put it out on a public MySpace profile? And she wants to run Milwaukee County. Hmm…..
What's better than a 59° day before the Ides of March? A 69° day before the Ides of March.
One of the interesting things about life is where, when, and how one stumbles upon new and fascinating information. Take for example my KnowledgeLake training here in St. Louis.
I expected to learn more about SharePoint and ECM/Document Management. I never in a million years expected to learn about National Tithes.
Our trainer, Mike Mora, belongs to an Evangelical Free Church here in the St. Louis area. While talking about our beliefs over lunch, he was telling me about a past mission trip to Budapest. He remarked that there were a lot of churches in Europe but not a lot of relationships with Jesus being built. As we discussed how the idea of a government-sanctioned church had something to do with that, he brought up the Austrian National Tithe. The government collects taxes for the church in Austria. He mentioned it dates back to Hitler, and there's some evidence to back that up. While checking this out, I found that this was/is common place in other European Countries. Of course, more details can be obtained by clicking on the links in this post.
Pretty wild, hey? Please feel free to comment by clicking the "comment" link below or send this or any other blog post link via e-mail.
Instead of discussing everything we learned today, I thought I would focus on two highlights:
I also learned about the Austrian National Tithe over lunch. Look for that in my next post.
One of the drawbacks of being an attorney is having to make stuff like this up.
Here's a question: why doesn't Mary Ann just say that the she thought it was ground palm leaves the Professor gave her to help her sleep? It would be more believable. Apparently her propensity to cook was just from a bad case of the munchies.
Here goes:
33 Beers on tap
100 Beers in bottles
25 Single Malt Scotches
5 Small Batch Bourbons
All at Growler's Pub here in Creve Coeur. No I didn't drink all of that. Thanks to small glasses I got to try:
Their whiskey selection includes two rare finds out on the town: Macallan 25-year scotch and Blanton's bourbon.
Throw in a little pork schnitzel and you got yourself a good dinner. (Guess you have to heat, right?)
I might just get through the trip without going over to the dark side (AKA drinking Budweiser).
Greetings from St. Louis, where it's sunny and a balmy 59° outside.
Day two of training led us through the rest of the KnowledgeLake Imaging suite, including:
KnowledgeLake View
A web-based viewer that installs on a SharePoint Server allowing one to view, edit, index and annotate images.
KnowledgeLake Print Server
Allows for large-scale printing of documents out of KnowledgeLake to printers without affecting SharePoint or KnowledgeLake Performance. Now why would you want to make more paper from an ECM/DMS system? There is a practical use: allowing users to print file without having the program installed (Visio, etc.)
KnowledgeLake Query Builder
This rocks! It allows you build queries against all things SharePoint, including of course a document library.
KnowledgeLake Export
Exports documents to external file location.
KnowledgeLake Scan
If you don't know, then give up.
We're working through KnowledgeLake Capture now. Check the next post to hear about a great bar/restaurant.
Peace out!
Pardon the sarcasm, but it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. TIME and The Economist have nice commentary on Eliot Spitzer's indiscretion. Oh to see Dick Strong's face now…
With my recent martini kick, I don't drink as much beer as I used to. But on a warmer spring day (pretty sad when temps in the 40s pass for warm) a good hoppy beer hits the spot. My friend Mike turned me onto the Schlafly Brewing Company, and one of their many fine beers is a Dry-Hopped IPA. If you're ever in the St. Louis area, I suggest you try it, whether from a store or at one of their brew pubs. The thrill of barley without the agony of… Bud Light. As Chuck D and Flavor Flav say: Fight the Power!
However as good as the beer and Ravenswood Zinfandel were, they pale in comparison to the great dinner and conversation. There's no substitute for a well-prepared meal in a warm and inviting home. Props to my homey (and fellow MLHS alum) Mike, his lovely wife Jenny, and their two kids Ethan and Owen. We hope to see them in Wisconsin (for good) soon!
For all of the technical newbies, here is a demo of SharePoint to get you started. KnowledgeLake extends SharePoint to document imaging.
We spent a lot of time poring over SharePoint lists, content types and ended the day with a KnowledgeLake exclusive: the Document Class. Rather than reinvent the wheel, I put a link here with a real nice primer on the product. A Document Class allows a user to choose a document type (invoice, check, purchase order, RMA, resume whatever) and then prompts the user for the relevant fields of that document. If the user chooses invoice, it will only ask for PO number, PO Requested By, PO Amount, etc. This takes the guesswork out of indexing to the user. Some other wise tidbits to pass along:
Enjoy!
Dr. Leman and Dennis Rainey have been extolling the benefits of being a "helpmate" to your spouse. A new study by the Council on Contemporary Families lays out a cause/effect more compelling to the men of the world.
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I heard this on WMN. As a tie-in with his new movie Semi-Pro, "Jackie Moon" did a few spots for the new Old Spice deodorant. It took me a while to warm up to Will Ferrell; these spots make me wonder what my problem was. WARNING: do not attempt to consume food or drink while watching these.
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Knowing of course that most people don't care about cycling since Sir Lance retired, I direct your attention here. And no the answer is not doping. Let's hope the CAS has more guts than the UN.
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For you bourbon newbies, Elmer T. Lee is the master distiller at Buffalo Trace Distillery in Kentucky. He selects one of the barrels (out of thousands) to be bottled with his name on. It's distinctive but not ostentatious, smooth but noteworthy. Put it this way; Nicole isn't really a big bourbon drinker and after a sip insisted on her own glass.
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Well, (knock on wood) I actually had an Exchange swing migration go smoothly. I did have an issue with the following instruction from here:
After the last Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2000 server has been removed from the Exchange 2007 organization, the Write DACL inherit (group) right for the Exchange Servers group should be removed from the root of the domain by running the following command:
Remove-ADPermission "dc=
I got hung up on the domain part, so here is the command in real life, followed by the result in the Exchange Shell. (Domain names have been changed to the ubiquitous contoso.com to protect the innocent. I'll have to rant on the contoso.com thing in a future post.)
Remove-ADPermission "dc=contoso,dc=com" -user "contoso.com\Exchange Servers" -AccessRights WriteDACL -InheritedObjectType Group
Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Removing Active Directory permission "contoso.com" for user "contoso.com\Exchange Servers" with access rights "'WriteDacl'".
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): y
You're welcome!
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Decommissioning Exchange servers have been known to induce the following side effects: dizziness, nausea, lack of patience, and vertigo. Do not decommission Exchange servers under the influence of alcohol, tobacco, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) or any controlled substances. Consult your primary care physician before embarking in the consulting industry. If you feel the sudden urge to slash your wrists, seek immediate medical attention.
As if there isn't enough on the big retirement news: Here is a nice article that dissects the whole issue of whether signing Randy Moss would have made a difference. Also discusses why they didn't beg #4 to come back.
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When migrating from Exchange 2003 to 2007, there is one definitive document to use. It contains every possible task to properly remove Exchange 2003 from the environment.
I have done several Exchange 2003-2003 and 2003-2007 migrations, and the thing that never worked properly was migration of public folders – until now.
In the main instruction set, it tells you to remove the old public folder store. Here's the deal: many times the content fails to replicate unless you force the Exchange 2003 mailbox stores to use the Exchange 2007 public folder stores. The same applies to Exchange 2003-2003 migrations. (Why on earth you would install a new Exchange 2003 server in this day and age is beyond me.) Below are two screenshots:
The above solution is posted here. It's easy to miss, which is why I wrote this post. This is but one of many actions required to force public folders onto a new server. The rest are in the linked docs. Migration of the content may take days or weeks, and there's no use trying to speed it up.
Happy migrations!
Nicole and I have been ordering Martinis and Manhattans across the state and finally figured out why mine were smoother: bitters.
I use a few drops of Stirring's Blood Orange Bitters in my recipes and it seems to add a good deal of balance. Acceptable substitutes are (in order of preference) Campari, Peychaud's bitters, and Angostura bitters (if you feel like roughing it).
Lest you think the idea mine, know that bitters were once considered an elemental ingredient in all cocktails. They were using bitters in martinis and manhattans before, during, and after Prohibition.
So without further adieu, here are the recipes:
Medium-Dry Martini
Fill shaker/mixing glass with cracked ice. Add ingredients, stir, and strain into a chilled cocktail (martini) glass. Garnish with a lemon twist. I consider olives heresy, but if you insist...
Old 1920's Cocktail
This Manhattan variation is not as strong as the original, and seems to fit better with modern tastes.
Fill shaker/mixing glass with cracked ice. Add ingredients, stir, and strain into a chilled cocktail (martini) glass. Garnish with an orange twist or maraschino cherry. (I usually drop the cherry into the bottom to give people a reward for finishing the drink.) Once again, I consider olives heresy, but if you insist...
To make this into a traditional Manhattan, halve the amount of sweet and dry vermouth.
Enjoy!
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