Lesson from Ken desGarennes, Zayo’s CFO Had a bit of a crisis today - lost a bunch of work. I was finally able to retrieve the file in the elusive OLK files. It took a while to find and most of the stuff on the Internet did not help. Finally found this gem buried in a forum… You cannot drill down to this folder in Windows Explorer, even with hidden files revealed. You must use the “Run…” command. example: Run… \\[computer name]\c$\Documents and Settings\[p... Read Full Story

This 5” blue vase from the School of Mines in North Dakota has the School of Mines stamp; M. Cable (Margaret Cable) and J.M (Julia Mattson) on the bottom with the numbers 514. The vase advertises Devils Lake No. Dak with two indian chefs heads on each side. The vase sold for $1006 in October 2009. Read Full Story

This unmarked 5-1/2″ x 8-1/4″ Roseville Pottery-Imperial II vase sold for $1,062 in October 2009.  The Imperial II is a rare form squat vessel covered in a dripping frothy golden-yellow over a pale aqua glaze. Read Full Story

Converting iTunes to a new format is a quick and painless process: 1. Open iTunes Preferences. Edit > Preferences. 2. Click the General button, then click the Importing Settings button in the second section of the window. 3. Choose the format that you want to convert the song to, then click OK to save the settings. 4. Select one or more songs in your library, then from the Advanced menu, choose one of the following (The menu item changes to show what’s selected in your Importing pref... Read Full Story

Google Scholar was launched in November 2004, but few seem to know that it’s out there.   If you used Google Scholar before, you might be pleasantly surprised. (Google claims that many bugs have been resolved)  Use Advanced Scholar Search for the best results.  Google explains: What is Google Scholar? Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books... Read Full Story

This Roseville Pottery Blue Pinecone pitcher & 4 tumblers sold  for just $1500 in October 2009.  The tumblers are marked Roseville USA 414 and the Pitcher is Roseville USA 415-9. Read Full Story

This is a guest blog from Cybelle Simoneau a valued member of Zayo Bandwidth’s legal team. I found this helpful info online in case you ever need it.  For a date to appear “normal”  you use    \@ “MMMM d, yyyy” Formatting dates: 1. right click on the field name e.g. > - see pop-up menu. 2. click on the ‘Toggle Field Codes’ option - see field expand e.g. { MERGEFIELD “Date” } 3. edit the field to include \@ “dd MMMM yy” e.g. { MERGEFIELD “Date” \@ “dd MMMM yy” } 4. preview your mail ... Read Full Story

Wow!  Who knew that Bunnies were in such demand?  In our neighborhood they are a bit of a nuisance, but to each his own.  This 3 1/8″ tall 1937 Rookwood Pottery Rabbit Paperweight in mint condition sold for $2,115 in October 2009. Read Full Story

This 13″ tall Birger Kaipiainen studio piece with incised script signature Kaipiainen Arabia and stamped green Arabia Made in Finland logo sold for $2,325 in October 2009 at auction. It has cobalt blue and burgandy colors and flower, grapes, sea shells and sand dollar designs. This glaze is high lustre. The piece is handmade and not molded. The top is hollow and the surface is reticulated in mint condition. Read Full Story

This 9 1/2″ tall double handled jar from Edgefield, South Carolina circa 1850’s attributed to Thomas Chandler sold for $2480 in September 2009. This piece was missing a handle and had several hairlines. It is believed that the women slaves who worked in these plantation potteries applied the decorations to the pots. Thomas Chandler was born in Virginia in 1810. According to the Mckissick Museum “by 1840, records indicate that Chandler had moved to South Carolina and turned in sev... Read Full Story