Jens Bruntts has some information, and screenshots, on the up-coming Lotus Notes 8-enabled eProductivity template. Since this is a preview, Jens provides a link to the eProductivity site for more information.

Jeremy Hodge has posted some code that allows you to publish global and element specific partial refresh events. He’s posted examples of how to use the class and a download of the full code.

Chris Harris noticed his old Domino 8 server had some problems with dates and times. After watching it for a while, and doing some research, he found a Technote explaining the problem. He’s made some changes to the Notes.ini and is waiting to see how it works.

Charles Robinson wanted to know how long it took his server to do something. He’s posted the LotusScript code in case you need to time operations with precision.

Richard Schwartz doesn’t say if there was a full moon when he ran into this directory but, when 140,000 documents are pulled in to populate the directory catalog and promptly vanish, something is amiss.

If you didn’t make it to Lotusphere this year you still have a chance to attend some of the sessions. LotusUserGroup.org is hosting several hour-long webinars between now and June.

Andrew Pollack has posted an implementation of the SHA1 hash algorithm for use with Lotuscript. You can read the README on this page and download the code.

Mitch Cohen thinks you might want to invest an hour or two of your time in learning about the WebSphere Application Server and how it works with Lotus. He’s posted links to the IBM self-study course.

The Lotus Information Development Center is now scheduling participants for usability evaluations. If you use: 1) Lotus online community experience (forums, wikis, etc.); 2) Lotus Domino Administrator Help; or 3) Lotus Connections installation they want your feedback.

Silanis Technology has announced a beta program for its online e-signature services offering, e-SignLive for LotusLive. Business users can now test-drive e-SignDoc and e-SignRoom for free.