Small Asterisk-Addons 1.4 Chan OOH323 compilation howto

Today I was trying to upgrade to the latest Asterisk-Addons on my Asterisk server. I am using the 1.4 series (as you all should be by now) and the most current release of Gentoo Linux. Because Gentoo uses somewhat “unstable” software I have differing versions of libtool.m4 and ltmain.sh. In order to get around this I had to do the following # cd asterisk-addons-1.4.2 # cd asterisk-ooh323c # nano configure and then I had to hit control-w, and search for libtool....

June 24, 2007 · 2 min · 312 words · Matt G

Best cover letter ever!

My buddy works for a certain governmental agency down in St Catherines, Ontario. Since all the students are getting out of school, he has been getting lots of resumes. This one struck him as standing out a little bit. What do you think? Arrogant? or just a creative way of trying to get a job? I may risk sounding a bit arrogant and far from modest, but I am a widely talented, energetic, courteous, honest and creative individual that would be a fantastic asset to the COMPANY NAME HERE....

May 10, 2007 · 1 min · 121 words · Matt G

Asterisk, Cacti, SNMP howto updated for slackware and translated to portugese!

Thanks to my good buddy Everton from Brazil, we’ve updated the SNMP Howto for Asterisk 1.4 with updated instructions for slackware. He’s also been so kind to provide a pdf that’s in portugese so all our non english speaking friends can read along as well. Download the slackware + snmp + asterisk howto in english here Download the slackware + snmp + asterisk howto in portugese here Leave us any comments if you find omissions or errors....

May 9, 2007 · 1 min · 77 words · Matt G

Replace Notepad with Notepad2 on Windows XP SP2

I noticed yesterday that there was a new Notepad2 release. If you’re not aware, notepad2 is a fantastic replacement for the regular notepad that comes with your windows installation. Check out notepad2 here. In the past it’s been a bit of a pain in the ass to replace notepad with notepad2 on your windows xp box. This weekend I decided to replace it on my system with the new release, which now supports ....

May 6, 2007 · 2 min · 403 words · Matt G

censor me?

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May 2, 2007 · 1 min · 43 words · Matt G