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Nothing visible at all (I hope) but I made some virtual site changes.  Some internal applications were actually visible externally, and I've made a new virtual host to isolate that stuff to the internal network (yes, I know I could have done it differently, but switching virtual hosts was easier then the first method I planned, … Continue reading Website changes

I decided to go PoE to run a few of the phones.  So far only the 7970 is using it, as the switch I got is IEEE 802.3af PoE (because I didn't feel like selling the motorbike so that I could afford a Cisco switch to run the older Cisco phones).  Not one to let mere electronics … Continue reading Power over Ethernet for Fun and Profit?

I re-read my post about the iPod touch and realised I probably wasn't very balanced in the way I discussed it, particularly in light of the fact that I specifically said it wasn't going to be a ra-ra post.  Maybe I've had a cooling-off period.  🙂  So, here goes with some of the negatives I can see... It … Continue reading iPod touch: Balance please

Here at the Crossed Wires Campus I've had LDAP at the centre of most of what the network does for quite some time now.  User-id management, telephone directory (integrated into the phone system), automount maps, Samba domain database; I even had DHCP running with LDAP as a backend for a while.  Most boxes in the house touch … Continue reading Authentication trouble

Over the last week or so I've had some fun with a couple of Cisco IP phones.  I can say fun because it actually was this time: not only did I manage to recover a 7960 from a bad firmware flash, but I unbricked my 7970!Via voip-info.org I found that a later release of the Cisco … Continue reading Cisco phones: To Brick And Back Again

I left for a short trip to Adelaide last night.  I phoned home from the airport, and Nicholas didn't want to talk to me... but Chelsea did.  🙂 Susan phoned this morning to report that Chelsea had been ill all night.  A hurried trip to the vet...  Examinations and X-rays revealed that Chelsea had bone fragments lodged in her … Continue reading Goodbye, Classy Miss

Before yesterday, I had never run Google Earth.  There, I've said it.  Some might be surprised, but for some reason I had just never bothered to look at it.  Because Sabayon Linux has it right there pre-installed, I figured I had to have a look.I like it.  Actually, I don't think like is the right word.  It's... remarkable?  Fascinating?  Incredible?  I'm still looking … Continue reading Google Earth