[pestlist] pestlist update - quick and extended versions
This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. --- Hello - the pestlist is changing. I am changing it now (4:00pm est) it may take a few hours to finish changing. QUICK VERSION - 1. Send emails to pestl...@googlegroups.com <mailto:pestl...@googlegroups.com> NOT pestlist@museumpests.net <mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> 2. When you reply to an email hit REPLY ALL not just reply. 3. If you have a mail rule or filter set you may need to update it. EXTENDED VERSION - In recent years the amount of bouncing and rejecting of emails sent to the pestlist has increased. This has mostly been due to increased spam filtering and malware checking. Over the past months I have been looking at other systems we could use to continue the list as close as possible to it's existing process but with fewer problems. I have decided to move the list to Google Groups. I will be moving it today. There are three changes you should be aware of - first, the new email address will be pestl...@googlegroups.com <mailto:pestl...@googlegroups.com> Second - when you receive a message or question from the list and you want to reply with a comment or answer you must hit REPLY ALL for it to go to the whole list. If you just hit reply it will only go back to the person that originated the question. Although this isn't terrible it has probably helped many to be able to see a question and answer to increase their knowledge in identifying pests and general how to information. Third - if you have any mail filters that redirect your pestlist email to a particular folder or location you may have to change how that rule works. The subject line may look a little different than it has in the soon to be past. I will put something up that will remind you of the new address if you do forget and send to the soon to be old address pestlist@museumpests.net <mailto:pestlist@museumpests.net> . Leon . Leon Zak l...@zaks.com <mailto:l...@zaks.com> http://zaks.com <http://zaks.com/> "Every day starts with one good thing - you know how your life is going so far." - To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" OR just send an email to l...@zaks.com and ask to be removed. Any problems email l...@zaks.com
RE: [pestlist] Found these
Just over ½”. With the elder suggestion I googled it and that’s it. Thanks everyone. I’m thinking I will add this to our image library. (I did look there first:)) From: pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net [mailto:pestlist-ow...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Insect Identification Services Ltd Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 12:53 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: Re: [pestlist] Found these What size are they - if Box Elder bugs they are rhopalids (Rhopalidae) On 23 February 2017 at 17:40, mailto:l...@zaks.com> > wrote: Hello – Found some of these while at a meeting yesterday. Are they roaches? Thanks, Leon … Leon Zak l...@zaks.com <mailto:l...@zaks.com> http://zaks.com <http://zaks.com/> “Every day starts with one good thing – you know how your life is going so far.” -- Stuart Hine Entomological Consultant <http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv189/bombuslucorum1/High%20Res%20Logo_zpsa9axq9kw.jpg> W <http://www.insectidentification.co.uk/> http://www.insectidentification.co.uk/ E i...@insectidentification.co.uk <mailto:i...@insectidentification.co.uk> T +44 7392 854405 Registered in England and Wales: 10153092
RE: [pestlist] bugs
This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. --- Joanna – Go here: http://museumpests.net/identification/identification-image-library/ And click on the beetle image, then look at the second one down. If you click on the image it will bring up all the info. Looks like that one to me. Just to be sure I am including our internal pest list on this one, If I’m wrong they will let me know I’m sure and I’ll pass the info on. Leon … From: joanna dudley [mailto:dudley.joa...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2016 11:30 AM To: l...@zaks.com Subject: Fwd: bugs Thanks Leon- here we go! It is about 2-3mm long and I am in Berlin, Germany. I shook a sheet which had been on the floor (wood) and it came out. It doesn’t fly and I think I found one a week or so ago on the wall near the window. Cheers, Joanna. - To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] Changed Email system - ugh.
This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. --- Hello All - The list system has been changed just now. If you are receiving this, you are back on the list. If, in the past few months you request to be off the list, I apologize - please send me an email and I will remove you from the list again. Leon Zak l...@zaks.com <mailto:l...@zaks.com> http://zaks.com "The day always starts off with a good thing - you know how your life is going to be so far." - To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] Email list service change notification
This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. --- Hello - I am going to move the pestlist to a different mail server. Each time the current company introduces an update it seems to have an effect on our list and is just too much of an interruption. I will happen in the next hour (it's 10:10am est here). (if you're not interested in why, you can stop here.) I don't exactly remember why we moved it 4 or 5 years ago, I think it was something to do with the digest mode - but I checked and we have nobody using the digest mode, so back we go. Also - as you may have seen in Pascal's email - there was an update that dropped people from the list automatically. It was a "feature" to drop an account if their delivery bounced more 2 times. Bounces are a natural occurrence in email systems - most servers automatically retry every 15 minutes or the first hour so you never see the effect of it. But many of our subscribers got dropped. So - if you know anyone that was on the list and they are not getting emails again, please have them drop me a line and I'll put them back in - only because it will take a day to get the self signup system going again. Leon . Leon Zak l...@zaks.com <mailto:l...@zaks.com> http://zaks.com - To unsubscribe from this list send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] new Zpest Tracker program
Hello - I am announcing that I have written and published a new Zpest Tracker program. It is up and running at http://zpesttracker.com. About five years ago I published Collection Pests (http://collectionpests.com - alive and well) but in listening to the feedback I have heard that it may be a bit more than many needed in a pest tracking system. Zpest Tracker was written with this in mind - simple, but useful. It has the basic Zpest interface with an enhanced reporting system. If you know anyone that uses the old Zpest program please let them know that this is available. Due to updates in operating systems Zpest can be very tricky (if not impossible) to get running on newer systems - and it was never easily available on Apple products. Zpest Tracker being an online system it can be used from most any browser. Multi location is also possible if you are a consultant to more than one location and would like one place to track all of your locations. I know that there are many of you that have or still use the original Zpest program. We have created the tools needed to import the data from the old to the new system. Please contact me with any questions, Thank You - leon ...
[pestlist] Email list information
Hello All - There are two reasons for this post to the list - 1st is I needed to test the list so this is something to say. 2nd - I found an answer to a problem that creeped into the list recently. We've recently had a few people question why they were not receiving anything from the pestlist. Our testing worked - we were unable to find any problems - until now. In one of the updates a new feature was added that would automatically remove you from the list if your email bounced too many times. In some ways this was a good thing - those that changed their emails and not tell us where automatically removed from the list. But there are other reasons that bounces happen - your service provider puts in new, tighter spam filtering - and we get bounced. AOL is especially good for this one. The down side was that the default setting was 2, just a bit low for real life - all networks have problems sometimes and over a few months a couple bounces is not unreasonable. In a normal mail situation if you email gets bounced the service will try to send it multiple times - some for up to three days - before officially bouncing it but the default system limit of 2 times didn't work. I found this new feature today and decided that we could turn it off in our situation, we'll just keep an eye on the bounces and see if there is a good limit for us or if we can just leave it off. So you have to admit this was way more interesting than "This is a test." And after typing that and looking at it I go, well maybe not. Leon Zak l...@zaks.com <mailto:l...@zaks.com> http://zaks.com
[pestlist] Workshop Papers
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello - Thank you to all that attend the 2014 Museumpests Conference and a big thank you to the CWF Crew for hosting it. As promised to those that attended my workshop I have posted the work sheet, a sample set and the data diagrams for both Zpest and CollectionPests. The sample data is in Mac Excel format (xls) - if you have any problem downloading any of the items please contact me directly at l...@zaks.com The workshop material is at http://museumpests.net, 2014 conference, look for the workshops link toward the bottom and click it. leon ... -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] test - please do not reply
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[pestlist] Zpests issue
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This goes to show you that not all bugs are immediately apparent - one has been identified in the Zpest program that I believe is important enough that if you or if you know anyone using the program, should be aware of: If you apply a filter to the (top right menu) and then quit the program and apply all changes, your data will be saved with the filter applied. That means that any data outside of the filter will be removed from your dataset. Before quitting the program you should click "Release Filter" or don't save the changes when leaving. Another good reason to do backups. Well it took over 8 years for that one to show up. Leon . Leon Zak ZAKs.com <http://collectionpests.com> http://collectionpests.com <http://ztracks.com> http://ztracks.com http://zakscloud.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] Do not open the invoice!! It is not from us. It is a virus.
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Around 1 pm Monday an email went out to everyone on the list with an invoice attached. IT IS NOT REAL. We're looking into it but have not been able to determine the origination yet. What I think happened is someone on the lists email account was hacked and then the hacker sent an email (with the invoice) to the pestlist. The pestlist would not know that it did not legitimately come from that person and resent it out to everyone on the list. The best and safest course of action is to DELETE the email without opening the zip file. As soon as we can determine where the email originated we will remove that email from the list. Leon. Leon Zak ZAKs.com http://collectionpests.com http://ztracks.com http://illustrators.net -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] From the Collection Care Network
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Greetings from the Collection Care Network - We want to partner with you. We seek to bring together preservation organizations, professionals, and information resources to support the critical work of collection care. We consider preservation as an umbrella concept that covers both preventive care and conservation treatments to achieve stabilization. We wish to foster dynamic exchange among collaborators engaged in preventive care, grow the body of preventive care knowledge and disseminate this knowledge to support the work of all collection care practitioners, conservators, and allied professions. * Give us input, your ideas and suggestions for future projects. You can connect with us at the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) meeting in Albuquerque (May 8-11, 2012). We'll be wearing light blue ribbons on our nametags. We're friendly folk and will be eager to speak with you about the CCN. Please attend the Outreach to Allies session planned Wednesday, May 9th from 2 - 5:30pm. CCN is participating as part of this session. As a springboard for your thoughts we intend to show brief videos of stakeholders in the preservation field and discuss the dilemmas that the individual's perspective brings. Immediately following the session, join us at the CCN reception. Refreshments and a cash bar will keep us sustained while we continue to collect your thoughts and ideas. * If we miss you in Albuquerque, view the videos from the Outreach to Allies session on our webpage (http://www.conservation-us.org/collectioncare) and send us your ideas. * Join us. If you are already a member of AIC, contact Ruth Seyler, (rseyler [at] conservation-us [dot] org) and request that she add you to the CCN (there is no additional cost for the network). If you are not yet a member of AIC, join and be sure to select CCN participation on your membership form - at no additional cost. We look forward to working with you. Original email by Patricia Silence, psile...@cwf.org -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] pest list test
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Not sure if we have a problem or had a problem. This may tell us. Leon Zak ZAK Software Inc. http://zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
RE: [pestlist] Insect Pest Mapping
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Hello -
I find this an interesting question - the reason I got involved with this
group more than 10 years ago was to investigate the possibility of
integrating environmental data with pest data. I've always thought it would
be a valuable resource and an interesting combination of data.
My CollectionPests.com currently does pest tracking and trap location
mapping. The importing of environmental data to be integrated with the pest
count data is being worked on for release mid 2012.
>From that point the next step would be to revive the Artifact Tracker
(artifacttracker.com) project and meld all three information databases
together. (Artifacttracker.com was put on hold when a group from Europe with
more resources than I announced the same project - but as far as I know it
did not materialize.)
So as not to be accused of "You never asked" - if any organization or group
is interested in pursuing this, contact me.
leon ...
Leon Zak
ZAK Software Inc.
http://zaks.com
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Vasiti Palavi
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 4:53 PM
To: pestlist@museumpests.net
Subject: [pestlist] Insect Pest Mapping
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Hi,
I was just wondering if anyone had any information on Insect Pest Trap
mapping through a Collection Management database.
This is something that we are interested in embarking on this year - well at
least scoping the opportunity. We would also like to incorporate the
Environmental data we collect so that can make predictions and also have
data easily and readily available to support our Integrated Pest Management
Plan.
I was at a conference about 3 years ago and this was presented and its use
within KEMu but we dont use this collection management system.
Any help would be much appreciated
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[pestlist] help
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[pestlist] reciepts again - second time
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This is interesting - Looks like the R.eturn R.eceipts were implemented at nps.gov, which means when something from the list goes out anyone at nps.gov, a r.eturn r.eceipt is getting sent back out to the list. I'm not sure how it's implemented but I'm thinking that it's not under control of the person it's getting sent from. The reason I think this is because one person from nps.gov sent me something asking if we could get rid of them - the amusing part is they probably don't know that their email also generates the return. Just so you all know, we monitor the list and when we see these we try to institute a rule in the email system that will block these types of emails, as well as any spam that may get through. It does sometimes take a few turn arounds to get it correct. leon ... p.s. the other reason I'm sending this is to see if the new rule works. p.s.s - I think it works, I sent this the first time and didn't put the "." after the r and it got blocked. -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] return reciepts
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- This is interesting - Looks like the Return Receipts were implemented at nps.gov, which means when something from the list goes out anyone at nps.gov, a return receipt is getting sent back out to the list. I'm not sure how it's implemented but I'm thinking that it's not under control of the person it's getting sent from. The reason I think this is because one person from nps.gov sent me something asking if we could get rid of them - the amusing part is they probably don't know that their email also generates the return. Just so you all know, we monitor the list and when we see these we try to institute a rule in the email system that will block these types of emails, as well as any spam that may get through. It does sometimes take a few turn arounds to get it correct. leon ... p.s. the other reason I'm sending this is to see if the new rule works. -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] apps update
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello all - I've got one app completed, Collection Pests Reference. It is published in the Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zaks.collectionpestsref2 <https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zaks.collectionpestsref2&feature= search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS56YWtzLmNvbGxlY3Rpb25wZXN0c3JlZjIiXQ. .> &feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS56YWtzLmNvbGxlY3Rpb25wZXN0c3 JlZjIiXQ.. I submitted it to the Apple App Store. It was technically OK but not accepted to be in the app store because they don't think the market size is large enough. It's a free app. So it means Apple won't make any money off of it so they don't want to list it. They don't say how big "big enough" is. What I can do is re-write it as an HTML5 app - that means it becomes a web page instead of being an app. (HTML5 is a specification for the coding used to create the web page as well as the browser. Most browsers in use support it.) This should work OK, HTML5 spec says it should be able to be cached so it can be used in places without internet connectivity. I'll announce when it's available. I've also been in contact with Christina Cain from the University of Colorado Museum and she has given permission for her Id cards to be put in an app. I've got that completed and am testing it now. It should be in the Android Market next week and of course I'll have to do it in HTML5 for the iPhone/iPad/iPod's. I think the Flash Cards we have listed on the Museumpests.net site by Sir Sanford Fleming College students would be a great resource to have available and a perfect fit for the Smartphone/pad format. If someone has a contact there that I could connect with that would be helpful. Also we're open to any app ideas. Hope this find you all having a good start to the new year - leon ... leon zak collectionpests.com l...@zaks.com -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] Collection Pests Reference tool for smartphones
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello - I've written a Smartphone / tablet app that I think is a good beginning reference tool. The app lets you browse through a list that currently has 28 collection type pests. There is information about pest - common name, scientific name, order, risk, ecotype and an image. Tapping the image brings a zoomable image that will let you get up close and able to see some nice detail of the pest. It's currently available for the Android type phones and tablets and I've got a version for the Apple series of phones and pads. The Apple apps need to go through an approval process so it will be a couple weeks before it's available. This version is free and if you have an Android running phone or tablet (Version 2.2 and up) I have submitted it to the Android Market but I'm not sure how long it will take to be available through their approval process. In the meantime it can be downloaded at http://collectionpests.com/apps/collectionpestsreference.apk You will have to turn on the feature of your Android to allow third party tools to be installed. I've run it on the Android Atrix Smartphone and the Pandigital 7" $149 tablet, I think it's also the one that has been used as a $79 special offer. I figured I could test it and the shoppers at the local Best Buy will have something interesting to look on the holiday display unit. Next versions are aimed at having the ability to have the list added to by users, community shared lists and private lists. Ultimately being able to enter pests tracking information through smart device I think would be very useful. With cameras and gps built in they can now incorporate what we talked about years ago. If you've any questions, problems or ideas, please pass them along to me, l...@zaks.com. thanks, leon ... -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
RE: [pestlist] FW: Zak's software
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello Dee- I would create a new pest called "mouse droppings", the risk would be "Indicator". If you don't have mouse traps set it could easily happen that you have mice without actually seeing one. I would also track mouse damage although there's bound to be droppings around any damage. There is a Notes field with each observation so in the case of damage there would be some merit to tracking it and describing it in the notes field. Then you've got a tracking of the damage history. We do have a search in the works that will let you pull all records that have a particular word or phrase in the notes field. We are expanding the export that is currently by start and end date to include filtering by other fields. As far as the tracking a reduction to frass of a pest I'll leave that to those more knowledgeable. I would think that anything feeding off of a trapped pest would itself be caught. leon ... -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Dee Stubbs-Lee Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 3:56 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] FW: Zak's software This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Thanks, Zak. These all sound like great improvements! I tried Zak's a few years ago but didn't stick with it. I'm looking forward to trying it again soon. One dilemma I've not found a great solution to in any tracking method (and I'm hoping someone may have a suggestion) is how to track things of note when there is no actual body count available on the sticky traps -- perhaps mouse droppings, or a previously trapped insect subsequently being reduced to a frass pile by some other insect the next month. Any thoughts? Dee Dee Stubbs-Lee, CAPC, MA Conservator, The New Brunswick Museum 277 Douglas Avenue Saint John, New Brunswick Canada E2K 1E5 telephone: (506) 643-2341 fax: (506) 643-2360 e-mail: dee.stubbs-...@nbm-mnb.ca www.nbm-mnb.ca -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Leon Zak Sent: August 5, 2011 4:38 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] FW: Zak's software This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello - One of the advantages of this type of list and having the person that designs and writes the software is a part of the list and it provides a direct line of communication not normally available with software products. I appreciate the comments about my products and do pay attention to them. The current suggestions we've been working on were the ability to do a backup of your data to your location and the need to get an Excel accessible export. We now have answers for both. Under the utilities section there is now a one click, all inclusive backup. This is a backup that we can restore your site from. It is not readily human readable, it is made for our restore system to read. This is meant for catastrophic situations - someone mistakenly goes through and deletes a large amount of data for example. We still backup the whole site each night for our purposes. For the Excel export we've added a link on the Reports page to an Export page. There are two options on this page. The first will let you define a start and end observation date (defaulting to your first and last observations entered) and then you can download the information in a CSV file format that can easily be imported into Excel. Once in Excel it can be sorted, graphed, printed and more. The second option is a complete download of all of your images - Maps, Icons, Photos etc. They are in the size and format that they were when you uploaded them. To answer the mapping concern - we have incorporated something that we think will work for many. Under the Map section you can upload a jpeg version of your floor map. Our aim was to make a system that was easy to use but did not require additional software. Once the map is upload you can add icons to the map that represent your traps. Along with a link to the map location there is a link to the trap details. This allows you to visually look at a floor map and see the placement of your traps, click on each icon and see the details of each map. You can delete a trap from a map once it has been placed. There is also a set of generic icons (you can add your own icons in add
RE: [pestlist] FW: Zak's software
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- And the first paragraph proves that I type and send quicker than I think... -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Leon Zak Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 3:38 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: RE: [pestlist] FW: Zak's software This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello - One of the advantages of this type of list and having the person that designs and writes the software is a part of the list and it provides a direct line of communication not normally available with software products. I appreciate the comments about my products and do pay attention to them. The current suggestions we've been working on were the ability to do a backup of your data to your location and the need to get an Excel accessible export. We now have answers for both. Under the utilities section there is now a one click, all inclusive backup. This is a backup that we can restore your site from. It is not readily human readable, it is made for our restore system to read. This is meant for catastrophic situations - someone mistakenly goes through and deletes a large amount of data for example. We still backup the whole site each night for our purposes. For the Excel export we've added a link on the Reports page to an Export page. There are two options on this page. The first will let you define a start and end observation date (defaulting to your first and last observations entered) and then you can download the information in a CSV file format that can easily be imported into Excel. Once in Excel it can be sorted, graphed, printed and more. The second option is a complete download of all of your images - Maps, Icons, Photos etc. They are in the size and format that they were when you uploaded them. To answer the mapping concern - we have incorporated something that we think will work for many. Under the Map section you can upload a jpeg version of your floor map. Our aim was to make a system that was easy to use but did not require additional software. Once the map is upload you can add icons to the map that represent your traps. Along with a link to the map location there is a link to the trap details. This allows you to visually look at a floor map and see the placement of your traps, click on each icon and see the details of each map. You can delete a trap from a map once it has been placed. There is also a set of generic icons (you can add your own icons in addition) that you can place on the maps. This is good for noting various things such as water leaks, food containers, event notes and more. One of the enhancements we will be working on to the maps section and to the observation section is the ability to scroll through dates and visually observe changes in pest counts. And of course down the road apps are in the vision. I am not a fulltime museum professional. But, most fulltime museum professionals are not programmers. If I did not listen to the practicing professionals in this field I would end up with the greatest program for pest control that programmers would want. Therefore I welcome and depend on your feedback. That way we all win. leon ... -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Katharine Elise Corneli Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:11 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] FW: Zak's software This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hi there, I've only recently joined the pestlist and so apologize if this is a repeat of topics previously covered. We are looking for a good database system for recording IPM information. We had been using Zak's ZPest software for Windows and exporting the data into excel. This was a pretty slow process however and we are now experimenting with an online database by the same developer at collectionpests.com. This too seems to have it's drawbacks and I am wondering if anyone uses it and what their thoughts are. I would also like to know if anyone uses other programs or databases that they could recommend. We have about 80 sticky traps throughout our museum and check them every two months, recording each insect that we find. Then we map any high risk incidents using photoshop. The whole process takes 2-3 days and I would be grateful for any time saving suggestions you might have. Thank you, Katy Cor
RE: [pestlist] FW: Zak's software
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello - One of the advantages of this type of list and having the person that designs and writes the software is a part of the list and it provides a direct line of communication not normally available with software products. I appreciate the comments about my products and do pay attention to them. The current suggestions we've been working on were the ability to do a backup of your data to your location and the need to get an Excel accessible export. We now have answers for both. Under the utilities section there is now a one click, all inclusive backup. This is a backup that we can restore your site from. It is not readily human readable, it is made for our restore system to read. This is meant for catastrophic situations - someone mistakenly goes through and deletes a large amount of data for example. We still backup the whole site each night for our purposes. For the Excel export we've added a link on the Reports page to an Export page. There are two options on this page. The first will let you define a start and end observation date (defaulting to your first and last observations entered) and then you can download the information in a CSV file format that can easily be imported into Excel. Once in Excel it can be sorted, graphed, printed and more. The second option is a complete download of all of your images - Maps, Icons, Photos etc. They are in the size and format that they were when you uploaded them. To answer the mapping concern - we have incorporated something that we think will work for many. Under the Map section you can upload a jpeg version of your floor map. Our aim was to make a system that was easy to use but did not require additional software. Once the map is upload you can add icons to the map that represent your traps. Along with a link to the map location there is a link to the trap details. This allows you to visually look at a floor map and see the placement of your traps, click on each icon and see the details of each map. You can delete a trap from a map once it has been placed. There is also a set of generic icons (you can add your own icons in addition) that you can place on the maps. This is good for noting various things such as water leaks, food containers, event notes and more. One of the enhancements we will be working on to the maps section and to the observation section is the ability to scroll through dates and visually observe changes in pest counts. And of course down the road apps are in the vision. I am not a fulltime museum professional. But, most fulltime museum professionals are not programmers. If I did not listen to the practicing professionals in this field I would end up with the greatest program for pest control that programmers would want. Therefore I welcome and depend on your feedback. That way we all win. leon ... -Original Message- From: ad...@museumpests.net [mailto:ad...@museumpests.net] On Behalf Of Katharine Elise Corneli Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:11 PM To: pestlist@museumpests.net Subject: [pestlist] FW: Zak's software This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hi there, I've only recently joined the pestlist and so apologize if this is a repeat of topics previously covered. We are looking for a good database system for recording IPM information. We had been using Zak's ZPest software for Windows and exporting the data into excel. This was a pretty slow process however and we are now experimenting with an online database by the same developer at collectionpests.com. This too seems to have it's drawbacks and I am wondering if anyone uses it and what their thoughts are. I would also like to know if anyone uses other programs or databases that they could recommend. We have about 80 sticky traps throughout our museum and check them every two months, recording each insect that we find. Then we map any high risk incidents using photoshop. The whole process takes 2-3 days and I would be grateful for any time saving suggestions you might have. Thank you, Katy Corneli Assistant Collections Manager Utah Museum of Fine Arts 410 Campus Center Drive Salt Lake City Utah, 84112 801-585-9769 -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museu
[pestlist] FW: pest identification
This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to pestlist@museumpests.net To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. --- Hello - we received the email below - the images were in the rar compressed format. Rar is not native to many computers so I've put his images on a page on the museumpests web site. If you'd like to help him out please go to http://museumpests.net/temppests and view the images. As I usually do, I also suggested that he join our list. Until he does that, which you won't know unless he sends something to us, please send your answers to the list (just so others can follow) and to him, nyilma...@nku.edu.tr leon ... P.S. - I think we had this pest come through a couple weeks ago - must be the season ? From: Nadim YILMAZER [mailto:nyilma...@nku.edu.tr] Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 7:39 AM To: i...@museumpests.net Subject: pest identification Dear Sir/Madam, Please attached to find a zipped folder including pictures of some insects we encountered in fur store of our small zoology museum. I wonder if you have chance to identify those insects? (I think they are two adults, two larvae and one pupa. One adult may be a black carpet beetle.) (By the way, I am a cell biologist, not an entomologist). Thank you for your help in advance. Best regards. Dr. Nadim Yılmazer Namık Kemal University Biology Department Tekirdag - Turkey -- To send an email to the list, send your msg to pestlist@museumpests.Net To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pestlist@museumpests.net and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email l...@collectionpests.com or l...@zaks.com
[pestlist] What a mess - the digest mode. (and I finally typed it correctly)
First - Please - DO NOT respond to this on the list, hitting reply sends it back to everyone on the list, not to just me. Short version: You're off the digest mode and it is turned off because the digest mode didn't work like we thought it would, I'll try to figure it out and let you know when it's OK. You should also know that if you have an auto-responder that responds to the list I will remove your address from the list. You don't need to read the rest of this for the short version. The explanation version: The email list system is part of a mail program I've been using for almost 15 years and it is used by Intuit (Quicken), Tulane, WebMD, Harley-Davidson, Boston Celtics, and on and on - no slouch program. You would have thought that with that kind of endorsement the list manager would be close to perfect. So much for that. Anyway, I've taken everyone out of the digest mode and put you back in the standard mode while I figure out what is going on with it. I'm going to be talking with the company and if it can be fixed I'll try the test list first that I didn't think I needed to do based on their history. The company is Ipswitch if you wanted to know. It looked like any images included with emails sent to the list, and that includes graphics with signatures, were delivered in a system called "base 64" which although looking like gibberish was the way you had to encode and send images way back in the beginning of the net. This is a group that should be OK with "old" stuff but when it comes to this we'll make an exception and see if we can make it "new". leon ... Leon Zak ZAK Software Inc. http://zaks.com
[pestlist] It's set, votes are in, decision is made.
First, I apologize for not saying this in the first email, if you want to reply please reply directly to me, l...@zaks.com, NOT the list. The results are in and the mode will be DAILY. What this means is IF you choose the digest mode you will get one email a day with all of the in it. If you do not subscribe you will continue to receive the emails as they come in. To change TO the digest mode send an email to imail...@museumpests.net and in the body of the email put: set mode digest pestlist If you want to change to the standard mode set an email to imail...@musumpests.net and put: set mode standard pestlist You may switch as often as you wish, but you MUST send the email from the same address that you are signed up with. Any questions (if you're receiving this right now, about 1:50pm est, then you are in the standard - non digest - mode) please send an email directly to me, not the list - meaning - don't just hit reply to this. Thanks, Leon Zak ZAK Software Inc. http://zaks.com http://collectionpests.com
[pestlist] Digets Mode
Hello all - I'm am setting up digest capabilities for this list. Digest mode (and it is optional by user) will save the emails that have come in over a certain period and then mail them to you all at once. If the period is set to one day, all emails coming in that day would be sent to you at one time at the end of the day. I can set the digest period and the send time. Digest period options are: daily, weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. If you think you'd like to use the digest mode, please let me know which period you would prefer - I can only set it to one. Leon Zak ZAK Software Inc. http://zaks.com
List problems fixed
Hello All - Seem that there were changes that came along with our email system updates over the past 2 months that I did not realize would change how the email lists work. Hopefully I've gotten them all straightened out. To unsubscribe: Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Put nothing in the subject. In the body of the email put: unsubscribe pestlist When you unsubscribe you must send the email from the email address you signed up with. If you are unable to do that, please send an email to me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) telling me your OLD email address and that you would like to be unsubscribed from the PESTLIST. Who would have thought we'd have bugs in our pest list? Sorry for any inconvenience, Leon Zak
