Archive for May, 2006
Mac Mail
In: Good Stuff
31 May 2006Auckland, NZ: Apple G4 tower converted to a roadside mailbox.
Found on gizmodo.com
E-News Update
In: eNews
30 May 2006Bulk mail, mass mail, spam. Call it what you will, but we’re calling it e-news now.
Our reseller account with StreamSend is all set up. I’ve created accounts for Gauri and Sara Richardson. Users log in at http://enews.zingermans.com. The admin account for IT is zingermans with our vendor password; click “Switch to Reseller [...]
A T1 Alternative for Z-Haus?
In: Uncategorized
30 May 20063Com® 11g 54Mbps Wireless LAN Outdoor Building-to-Building Bridge
“Avoid fiber cable installation expenses and problems or monthly T1/E1 charges by connecting LANs over secure, high-speed wireless links. The outdoor building-to-building bridge with integrated 18dBi high-gain panel antenna is designed for short- or long-distance (up to 17 km or 10 miles) communications, connecting to another bridge. The [...]
Revised Exchange Schedule
In: Exchange Project
29 May 2006-Exchange server + ISA + OWA rebuilt by June 7th.
-RH AD migration on June 14th
-BH / CR AD migration on June 16th
-Deli / ATS / Zhaus AD migration on June 18th
-MO AD migration on June 20th
-Migrate select mailboxes on June 22nd.
-Migrate all users on Saturday, June 24th.
Bluetooth enabled watch
In: Geek Finds
28 May 2006An oh-so stylish find from Allen:
“…With the addition of software installed on your Bluetooth-enabled phone, the watch can do all of the following:
Alert you with a sound or by vibrating when someone calls.
Show you the name of the caller.
Allow you to mute the phone’s ring.
Allow you to reject the call and forward to voice mail.
Indicate [...]
Entourage Users
In: Exchange Project
24 May 2006Currently using entourage:
Ron
Jenny
Maggie
Erica
Billie
Pete
Raul
Currently using Outlook 2001:
Lynn Yates
Paul Saginaw
Mo
Brad
Stas’
Maggie (iBook)
Ann Agler
Nicole
Ian
Phoebe
Hannah?
Using other IMAP clients:
Paul Metler
Gauri
Serice Innovation: Ticket Take-Down
In: Work updates
22 May 2006Using Mail Order’s award winning Code Red Knockdown as our guide, IT has started Ticket Take-Down.
During our Friday huddles we record the number of tickets still open at the end of the week (EOW) on our DOR board. In the past we would then review and discuss these tickets, but lately we’ve fallen out [...]
Service Innovation Game
In: Work updates
18 May 2006To get D$E 200 – We have to be one of the first 5 to implement a service innovation piloted by another business. The list was handed out during the Spruddle.
To get an additional D$E 100 – We have to show we used BLC to do it.
Our short list of innovations to adopt (I’ve added [...]
Exchange Server Rollout
In: Exchange Project
15 May 2006Vision:
“Seamless” is the overwhelming descriptor of the new email system–both in its implementation and its easy accessibility from work and from the web. Even the strong password conversion was met with understanding and acceptance, in a few cases, enthusiasm. The evening and weekend times for the switchover made for minimal downtime for all [...]
OWA scavenger hunt questions
In: Work updates
8 May 2006From a web browser, like Internet Explorer, go to http://208.23.159.130/exchange (external)
http://10.10.15.19/exchange/ (internal)
Login as testuser
password: zing
domain: zingermans
Once logged in, you can explore the new web interface and answer the following:
-What is the testuser’s “Out of Office” Message?
-Who’s name is included in the “Island of misfits?”
-What is testuser doing on Tuesday, May 23?
-When is [...]
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- John Reed: A cauliflower crust!?!? Do tell, do tell!! Sounds yummy! [...]
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- nicole Robichaud: what is ignite a2 [...]
- Billie: Oh geeeeeez Juleen! [...]
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