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Oddfellows Building – New Camera Alert!

Was asked to setup a different camera angle to capture the building as it reaches it’s final destination. There is a road in between where the building is now and this view. I wish I could capture the road, but this is the best I can get. Have installed a Logitech USB QuickPro 9000 USB [...]

Odd Fellows building moved!

A lot of people thought this odd building was going to crumble when they tried to move it today! But … it didn’t crumble at all! Instead it moved just like they had planned it to, well one foot anyway! See it for yourself, watch carefully! and Day 2 is more exciting to watch! and [...]

VOIP over VPN on the cheap!

We’ve successfully introduced a secure VOIP solution at my office. You see one of the major problems with VOIP calls placed over the internet is that anybody has the potential to capture the audio stream of the call. Some has said that it would be possible to go one step further for a hacker to [...]

STS-118 Endeavour Launch

I was scheduled to fly back from a conference in Florida this past Wednesday. Upon arriving at the airport we discovered that our United flight was running late and we’d miss out connecting flight from Denver. The next flight was the next day so we had to stay an extra night. When I say we [...]

Switchvox: Reboot Polycom phone remotely

We’re implementing a new VOIP phone system at work based upon the Open Source Asterisk PBX. We decided to go with Switchvox purely for it’s easyness of configuration. This was a main concern for us, especially in event that I decide to play under a bus one day! The only downside is that we’re coming [...]

When car alarms go bad!

My work gave me the chance to visit Washington DC for a VOIP conference recently, but upon my return I was stung with an alarm problem! I parked with Diamond Parking (which offer a free car wash when you leave). This always seems like a great idea since a parked car soon collects everything that’s [...]

The Motor Capitol of the world

Here I am in Detriot Michigan, which welcomed me with a very scary landing. The pilot said we had 20 mph wind sheers – I’m sure he really meant 50 mph because a few times the plane was moving sideways! We finally landed (after our right wing almost touched the runway!) I’m here to help [...]

RHCE Training

Starts today direct from India. Two other people from my work are also participating in this Redhat Certified Engineers training provided by Whizlabs. Our instructor is an Indian gentlemen called Prosenjit and he’s probably staying up pretty late to be our guide. This will be our 1st 2 hour installment of 14. Wish me luck

Usability

Usability, usability, usability – have I said it enough to sink in!

Focus Group

We had an official “ECF Court Calendar Focus Group” today with 8 people attending (including myself). We spent a good hour talking about the current problems with some software I had written and what version 2 should contain. It was a great time and we focused totally on their needs. I really enjoyed it and [...]

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