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25 Random Things About Me

5 February 2009

Often on social networking sites people try to create a viral message that says something silly, like you have to copy it and spread it to n number of your friends for good luck, etc, etc.  Well I got hit by one that says you need to write down 25 random things about yourself, tag [...]

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Importing a mirrored disk pair into new Windows 2003 Server

2 February 2009

At home I run a Windows 2003 R2 Server configured for Active Directory and file service for my couple of computers in the house. Way overkill but I originally did it for the learning experience and now maintain it so I don’t lose touch. Since I’m in management now, I don’t do much “real work” [...]

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Did Obama break 1981 Reagan record for inauguration?

22 January 2009

Straight from the mouths of the old, dying media comes word that — wait for it — Obama did not break 1981 Reagan Nielsen record for inauguration. Wow, you don’t say. Now run around to some friends and ask them if they watched the inauguration, and if so, how.  Most — and I mean just [...]

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Personal VOIP/PBX using Asterisk, part 2

19 January 2009

This is part two of my series on how to set up an asterisk server for home use on a Linode VPS — but is applicable to any host that doesn’t have additional hardware telephony devices installed in the server. Please refer to Part 1 for how to set up the dummy timing module. Also, [...]

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IP Telephony Codecs

17 January 2009

My first stumbling block when installing and trying to get Asterisk PBX working were the codecs and mismatching. If both ends of a connection can’t negotiate the same codec, the call won’t complete. I grabbed the recommended asterisk config for gizmo5 and when attempting to place a call to my gizmo call-in number which should [...]

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My Wife opens up her shop in Second Life

15 January 2009

My wife’s been into Second Life quite a lot lately. In fact, her avatar now has it’s own website: www.ellcee-tabak.com.   She sews a lot of neat clothes and costumes in real life, and amazingly was able to transfer that skill into the virtual world, and has opened up a store to sell her own [...]

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Personal VOIP/PBX using Asterisk, part 1

11 January 2009

Background Voice over IP is simply placing phone calls over the Internet instead of  traditional phone lines. This means the calls are usually cheaper, but not free in many cases since often the telco lines have to get involved at some point to either originate or terminate a call. However, true voip calls are almost [...]

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WordPress migration to new host

28 December 2008

I purchased a new VPS (virtual private server) host and have been moving many blogs I host for myself and others to the new host (Linode — which I’m very satisfied with and recommend highly). There’s multiple ways to do this, including just saving the mysql table as a backup, and reimporting, but since I’ve [...]

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Defining multiple cell modems in Leopard

19 June 2008

This is a guide to show how to connect and configure multiple cellular wireless devices up to a computer running Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) using USB and Bluetooth.

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Racism is alive

30 March 2008

It was the day that Kosovo declared independence and we just happened to be in New York City that day. The city was a mess with people celebrating — which meant they all had to get home, wherever that was, at the end of the day. Unfortunate timing, since my wife and I had to [...]

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TSA and expired drivers licenses…

5 June 2006

Went to Florida today for a conference. As I was going through security, the TSA agent told me “I hope you are coming back before Friday.” I’m like, “Er, no, Sunday… Why?” So she proceeds to tell me my drivers license expires on Friday and I won’t be able to use it to come back [...]

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