This ain't no golf cart

Now this is what I'm talking about.  Tesla had a press conference yesterday to announce their new electric Roadster.  Similar looks to an Elise, it's based off of it, and 0-60 in 4.0!  I think one of the most stunning stats is 250 mile range!…

Writers block

Well, writers block sounds rather grandiose.  But that's basically what it is.  I think of things to write at the most inopportune times.  Like when I'm driving, or in the shower.  Then, when I sit down to write them...nothing. I stumbled across this blog entry.…

Trixbox and a SIP gateway

At this rate I should make an Asterisk category!  Something I keep running across and forgetting to document is the configuration of the Cisco 1760 as a SIP gateway.  Specifically, I have the context set to "from-pstn".  I prefer this because it separates it, if such a thing…

Therapeutic mowing

I've found that mowing can often lead my mind to wander to interesting places.  I sometimes experience this when I'm driving and don't have the radio on.  Today I had a bit of a revelation in the self-awareness department. Something I stress…

SCCP park

I always forget this but it's important to add the following line to modules.conf when you compile in park and paging with SCCP: load => res_features.so…

Trixbox and SCCP

I'm in the process of installing Trixbox which is the new version of Asterisk@Home.  It seems some things are not enabled by default, like voicemail.  Also, it would seem SCCP is missing some stuff to install.  I found this maillist entry that sums up the steps pretty…

Child of the 50's?

Is it possible to feel nostalgia for something you've never experienced?  Such is the conundrum I'm left with after taking the kids to see Cars yesterday.  As with just about every Pixar movie it was pretty good.  I'm looking forward to seeing it again…

Mmm....Jelly....

In the transition to OS X for my work laptop I've found one thing that's been kind of annoying.  No Putty!  Putty is great for managing SSH and Telnet sessions on the Windows side.  On OS X I was happy with Terminal but it has no…