Oct 24 2008

Trixbox, VPNs, NAT, and the 20 second dropping issue

Published by Brian under Asterisk, Networking, Tlf, Trixbox, VoIP

I usually don’t like to cross-post between blogs, but this problem seems prevalent enough that it needs more exposure.   We’ve solved it at TLF, and here’s how:

http://www.thelinuxfix.com/blog/2008/10/24/trixbox-vpns-and-the-20-second-issue/

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Oct 16 2008

Enabling SSH on ESXi

Published by Brian under Computers, Geeky, Linux, vmware

So, I finally had a chance to play with VMware ESXi.   It’s pretty much what I expected, a straight-up version of ESX.  Very, very nice… I’ll start moving more servers over from VMware Server 1.x and report back on my progress.

One of the things that annoyed me out of the gate is the lack of SSH support.   It’s there in the underlying operating system, just not enabled.   Here’s how to turn it on:

  1. Get on the console of the ESXi server.
  2. Press ALT-F1 to get to the OS system console
  3. Type “unsupported”
  4. Enter the root password at the password prompt.
  5. Edit /etc/inetd.conf with vi, and uncomment the SSH line
  6. Run:  kill -1 $(cat /var/run/inetd.pid)

And viola!  SSH to your ESX box.   Enjoy!

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Sep 22 2008

The Chronophage

Published by Brian under Cool, Geeky, Other Stuff

Yet another cool-geeky thing.   Sort of wraps LoTR in with steampunk to bring you the wickedest clock I’ve ever seen:

Not only is the mechanical execution of the clock spectacular, but the thought behind it is equally awesome/creepy:

Your life is being eaten away by time, second by second, and represented by the Chronophage eating away, bit by bit.   Oh yea, when it strikes the hour it sounds like chains falling into a coffin.

I want one.

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Jul 21 2008

Rubik’s Cube Robot

Published by Brian under Funny, Geeky

Every once in a while I run across something, that even in my advanced state of uber-geekness, puts me in a state of awe.

Behold, the lego-robot that solves the Rubik’s Cube.

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Jul 02 2008

Rediggulo.us

Published by Brian under The Interweb

Darn.  One of my favorite news-social-networking-aggregator sites (that’s my meme for it) has closed its doors.  The landing page for http://rediggulo.us now reads:

“It was fun while it lasted but we’re done.

Unfortunately, the experiment that was reddiggulo.us has come to an end.

Why end it?  We’re moving on to greener pastures.

Anyways, thanks for coming and clicking an ad once in awhile.

Anyone interested in buying this domain, the code, database, etc, please contact “info” at this domain.”

Anyone game for snagging the domain and property?  I think I’ve got somewhere to host it!

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