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Entries from February 2006

Yet another web browser on the Mac, and I like it!

February 17th, 2006 · No Comments

A version 1.0 stable of the Camino web browser has been released. It uses Gekko rendering motor, same as in Firefox, but the UI is written in glorious Cocoa. So I have switched over to it. The import of bookmarks was easy, just select import bookmarks under the file-meny and select Safari. I think I’m [...]

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Tags: Cocoa Objective-C · Technical stuff

The release of the first beta of JackenIAX SoftPhone for Mac OS 10.4 is imminent

February 17th, 2006 · No Comments

I just need to write rudimentary install instructions, finish the simple homepage for downloading and I’m in business. So any day now…

If you are in a hurry, mail me at info@jackenhack.com and ask if you can join the beta team.

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Tags: Asterisk PBX · Cocoa Objective-C · Technical stuff

Interfaces

February 8th, 2006 · 3 Comments

I used to be fascinated by the idea of a voice interface to the computer. That was until I actually used one. It feels awkward and it’s slow. Yeah it has some use in specific applications, but for general use, I think it will never be. Back in 1983 Hewlett Packard released a computer called [...]

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Tags: Technical stuff

CMoy Headphone Amplifier

February 5th, 2006 · 2 Comments

The last couple of weeks I’ve been thinking of building a small headphone amplifier. I want to tap into the line-out of my iPod to get better sound. I also have a problem with my headphone jack on my pod. After fighting with Hermans dog, he managed to get his paw entangled in my headphone [...]

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Tags: Technical stuff

New beta firmware for Grandstream GXP-2000

February 1st, 2006 · 1 Comment

A new beta firmware is available here for the Grandstream GXP-2000 ip-phone. This update adds a number of new features, one of the nicest feature is an address book. This phone gets better and better for every update.

Source: Asterisk VoIP News

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Tags: Asterisk PBX · Technical stuff

Firewall

February 1st, 2006 · No Comments

So I finally got my 100 mbit internet connection. Yay! But after testing the speed through my WRT54G router/firewall, I could not get higher speeds than around 20 mbit/sec. After assembling an old 300 mhz pc with three Ethernet cards and the SmoothWall linux firewall I get around 70 mbits/sec. I will probably try to [...]

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Tags: Technical stuff