Andy Donaldson has rolled out Notes 8.5.1. It even went smoothly. So, when these errors started popping up all over the place, he got a bit warm under the collar. The fix? Well, maybe another cup of coffee before signing in to Notes would help.

A new set of charting controls, based on JFreeCharts, has been submitted to OpenNTF.org. This page includes a list of the 12 chart types in the set and a few sample images.

This is a new Redpaper from IBM discussing the runtime server component of WebSphere Application Server. The PDF is available for download.

This article on the Lotus Connections wiki explains how to download, install, and configure an IBM Lotus Connections 2.5 portlet with IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1.5.

In this article, Senior Technical Editor Mick Moignard shows you how you can use the eProductivity Essentials product.

Read this DominoPower article.

Benoit Maillet had an issue with buttons disappearing from his Notes client. Matt Cook did a little testing on his own machines and found a possible connection with the Quickr Connectors.

Ulrich Krause is using the dojo.Layout TabContainer and TabPane controls from the extension Library and is having trouble with objects keeping their position. He’s posted a short video showing the problem in hopes you can tell him of a fix.

The AusLUG 2011 conference will be held in Sydney on August 29th and 30th. Session abstracts have been posted and registration is open.

Ian Raffle downloaded Lion and started up Notes – only to have it crash, repeatedly. Thankfully IBM had already discovered a fix for the problem. Ian has posted the fix and a link to the Technote for more information.

Ferry Kranenburg offers a tip on how to save a Java object to a Notesdocument. He includes a code sample to help illustrate.