Category Archives: Friends

My Life with Asterisk — Part 2

When we left off, I had finally decided to use AsteriskNOW and replace my hand-crafted dialplan with something more flexible and easier to modify. Before I could do anything else, I had to get the distribution installed. What follows was … Continue reading

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My Life with Asterisk — Part 1

So, I started using Asterisk a few years ago. I started working for a small IT company; my prime focus was on developing a sellable SMB phone system product. Unfortunately, the firm folded just as we were ready to launch. … Continue reading

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A Rare Road Trip/Vacation

Any of you who know me as of late know that I have been spending a good portion of my time working. While I do try to work full time, sometimes missing the hours, I have not taken an overnight … Continue reading

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Random Thoughts at Radio Shack

Here I am, standing in Radio Shack with my girlfriend, Jen. It’s been an awesome month and a half. I have not mentioned it here before, because I have usually been a very closed person to people I don’t know. … Continue reading

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Copious Updates

I know I haven’t blogged in over a month, but things have been hectic here. Early this month, I spent a week in Michigan with the rest of the family. I was hoping to go kayaking, but it rained each … Continue reading

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Some Linkage To A Friend

I wanted to give a bit of screen time to a friend of mine from NC State. Matt Jones just got a new web host (34sp.com, like myself) and revamped his site: http://www.mysticalmatthew.com. An amateur magician and a technologist, Matt … Continue reading

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Regionals Tomorrow

Well, tomorrow is it. While I have been to a couple of pre-release tournaments before, the Magic: The Gathering Regionals tournament is tomorrow at about 10AM. I am excited, but I need to know what is up with Dan and … Continue reading

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Random Thoughts

Tonight at work was quite boring, and we all know that boring nights tend to lead to interesting conversations… At about 10PM, I was needed at the Service Desk, and I just stayed up there. Jen was there, and she … Continue reading

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Results from Regionals

Regionals were fun, although disappointing from a win/loss standpoint. My overall record was 1-4. Yes, that’s one win and four losses. I had a decent deck built, but it just wasn’t enough. I faced 5 different decks, including a near … Continue reading

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New Decks In Progress

Yesterday was a rather busy day for me. I met Dan for lunch and then went over to Mike’s house to play MtG. The major purpose for Dan and Mike was to test their Odyssey Block Constructed decks against other … Continue reading

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