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 »

I do stupid things sometimes.On a Linux system (and most other Unix-like systems), the /etc directory holds most of the fundamental system configuration files. Within its hierarchy lies a number of very important nuggets: /etc/passwd and its… more »

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 »

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 »

I figure I might as well post something here, since it's Wednesday and otherwise I'd have to go outside and miss out on valuable IRCing time. ICHWB is the new Internet sensation that is rocking the world! According to the stats, five people looke… more »

... or: Checking whether build environment is sane ... build environment is grinning and holding a spatula. Guess not.I've decided that one of my projects for this weekend is building a nice new home phone system. Right now, we're using basic flat-r… more »