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Revisited: Asterisk and FreePBX under Ubuntu 9.10 and Lighttpd on a Linode VPS

12/06/09 18:42, by Ryan, Categories: Geekery, Howto , Tags: asterisk, dahdi, fastcgi, freepbx, grub, karmic, kernel, lighttpd, linode, module-assistant, mysql, pv-grub, pvgrub, pv_grub, spawn-fcgi, ubuntu, ubuntu 9.10, upstart

I originally wrote this howto for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) a few months before Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) was released. I happen to have a spare system lying around, so I figure I might as well update this for 9.10! Enjoy. FreePBX is a popular front end for… more »

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Measuring the water level in a dehumidifier's tank

08/23/09 21:29, by Ryan, Categories: Geekery, Howto , Tags: arduino, capacitance, compile, dehumidifier, electronics, ftdi, ftdi-sio, kernel, linode, mouser, munin, python, sensor, soldering, usb, water

When Mark Walling created his Twittering dehumidifier, I decided to kick things up a notch by monitoring the actual level of the water. This is actually a fairly simple thing to do, electronically, but it still took me awhile to actually get a sufficien… more »

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Asterisk and FreePBX under Ubuntu 9.04 and Lighttpd on a Linode VPS

08/03/09 20:19, by Ryan, Categories: Geekery, Howto , Tags: asterisk, dahdi, fastcgi, freepbx, grub, jaunty, kernel, lighttpd, linode, module-assistant, mysql, pv-grub, pvgrub, pv_grub, spawn-fcgi, ubuntu, ubuntu 9.04, zaptel, ztdummy

FreePBX is a popular front end for the Asterisk PBX system written in PHP. It adapts the complex yet very flexible Asterisk configuration system into something easier to use (yet still very extensible). When I worked for a business-class VoIP provider… more »

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