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A Reason to Hate Cisco

January 4, 2009 - Asterisk , Computers , VoIP - by admin - 1 Comment

Last week I ‘accidentally’ bought a Cisco 7911 phone on Ebay. My bid was low, the device was missing a few bits, but I still thought I wouldn’t get it. Suffice to say… I’ve just written this piece on how to load the SIP firmware onto a Cisco 7911 phone. […]

More progress

January 4, 2009 - Land Rover , Modelling , TR6 , Vehicles - by admin - No Comments

It’s been a busy few days, whilst I’ve had some time off. The Land Rover is progressing, slowly but surely. Bill has come up with a list of things that need done and/or purchased, and I’ve started making it happen. The roof has been loosened off all around the Land […]

PS3 and Matroska? Could be soon…

December 29, 2008 - Computers , Cool things - by admin - 3 Comments

Word is that the Matroska container format will be officially supported by DivX 7. Surely a good thing, as Sony have a deal with Divx to provide decoding software for the PS3. Maybe this will spell the end of having to transcode those ubiquitous MKV files for use on a […]

OpenStreetMap Christmas

December 23, 2008 - Cool things , Internet , Openstreetmap , Web - by admin - No Comments

One day to go before Christmas, and the UK government have made an astounding contribution to the OpenStreetMap project. It will shortly be announced that through collaboration with the Department for Transport, Traveline, and OpenStreetMap, most of the NaPTAN and NPTG datasets will be offered to OpenStreetMap as a one […]

Birthday

December 14, 2008 - Internet , Life - by admin - No Comments

It seems unreal, but today is the tenth birthday of Glasgownet.com. All those years ago, thinking I was crazy and it was a passing fad. My grandpa paid for the first two years subscription, and here we are today. I think now is a good time for cake.