Category Archives: Technology

My Life with Asterisk — Part 4

With the challenges of Part 3 behind me, I was optimistic of the possibility of resolving the lingering issues with my phone system. One of the first pieces that I dabbled with was setting up paging and conference calls. When … Continue reading

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My Life with Asterisk — Part 3

At the end of Part 2, I finally have AsteriskNOW installed on my phone system hardware. Now, we have to get to the real work of configuring the system to actually do useful (and not so useful) work. My first … Continue reading

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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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Smoothing Off Some Rough Edges

Lately, I have been spending some quality time again with my TC1000 from Compaq.  I purchased mine last year, along with two friends of mine.  We all have taken different approaches to making the tablets work well. I have been … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Services

Yesterday afternoon, my girlfriend discovered a particularly large volume of voicemails on her phone, after having cleaned out her mail box just 36 hours prior.  She listened to several blank voicemails, as well as one from someone who wanted us … Continue reading

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It Takes Diff’rent Strokes

Over the last few weeks, I have been enjoying the insightful, funny, and inspiring moments from the Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference (TED), an exclusive event for just 1,000 people every year. The presenters are given very specific time constraints, … Continue reading

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Starting a Podcast/Netcast

I have been wanting to start a podcast for a very long time, inspired by what Leo Laporte does with TWiT and with what my parents did educating people. So, I spent some time thinking about a focus for the … Continue reading

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Lingering Projects

Over the course of the last few months, I have come across a few projects that I have not taken the opportunity to work on, and I really should. The following projects are on my short list of things to … Continue reading

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Some Nostalgia

While surfing around the internet, I happened upon this blog and was enthralled by the August 4 entry. For those of you who enjoyed the “Lemmings” series of games for DOS and the Mac, here is your chance to play … Continue reading

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