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Going for a walk with the dogs: Accessing the encrypted file path in ImageNow

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Saturday, January 10, 2015. Accessing the encrypted file path in ImageNow. Many years ago I took on a project to determine the protocol used to communicate between a Norand. As the Norand solution became older and the cost of functionally similar printers decreased well below the Norand product cost a demand opened up for third party printers that could be used in place of the Norand printers. The only problem was that the portable computers would only print using NPCP; a protocol that was unpublished.

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Going for a walk with the dogs: Exporting Metadata from Canon ImageWare Document Manager

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Friday, October 19, 2012. Exporting Metadata from Canon ImageWare Document Manager. Note: Canon ImageWare Document Manager (iWDM) 4.1 Workgroup Edition was used for this analysis, but I expect the details are the same or very similar for other editions and minor versions. The problem with making the switch is getting the thousands of documents from the old system into the new one. In the case of ImageWare there are some complications. All the documents are stored in a proprietary volume block. Is a numbe...

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Going for a walk with the dogs: Breaking the Folder Habit : Document Management Without Shackles

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Thursday, January 24, 2013. Breaking the Folder Habit : Document Management Without Shackles. An Electronic Document Filing Disaster. Did you ever create folders on your computer to help you organize your documents? Did it seem like a good idea at first, but later you realized your folders did not fully categorize your ideas, so you added some more folders inside your existing folders? With a shiny new document management system installed, many library administrators proceed to setup their ideal library ...

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Going for a walk with the dogs: The Shaw Gateway Six Months On

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Thursday, April 12, 2012. The Shaw Gateway Six Months On. We have had the gateway and three portals for about six months now. My first impressions of it’s-just-okay have not changed for the most part, but there are a few things I love and a similar number I hate. Let’s start off with the good. The multi-room PVR is huge. No more contention to watch recorded shows. Starting a show in the theatre then taking it into bed is great. The user interface was designed by a team of (poorly) trained monkeys attempt...

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Going for a walk with the dogs: Capturing Metadata from Folder Hierarchies

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012. Capturing Metadata from Folder Hierarchies. Have come a long way from a time when dropping critical files into a network folder was state-of-the-art. Common solutions like Sharepoint. And others have been around for many years. Even with the availability of these systems, there are still large numbers of companies that store their documents in a hierarchy of folders. Is to get away from folder mind block. Tend to use methods other than folders for storing and retrieving docume...

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Going for a walk with the dogs: Shoot Me Now!

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Sunday, July 1, 2012. It has been a bad week for things breaking. I found out my Nikon 70-200AFS f/2.8 lens, which stopped focusing, was not going to be repaired under warranty ($600 plus tax); the air conditioner stopped working a week after getting repaired; something got stuck in the central vacuum pipes in the wall and it lost suction; and, my photo edit suite workstation died. As a side note, I found a great piece of software during this ordeal. TestDisk. Is used to repair problem drive partitions a...

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Going for a walk with the dogs: Bose Quiet Comfort 3 are the Greatest Headphones Ever!

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Friday, February 8, 2013. Bose Quiet Comfort 3 are the Greatest Headphones Ever! So often you read product reviews from people that just acquired the product. They have only had a limited opportunity to put the product through its paces and are really only able to give a first impression. At best you might read a review after a few months of use. I have been using the Bose Quiet Comfort 3. From day one I was not disappointed. They worked just like the first ones I tried and they were comfortable enou...