16May 2017 by Jim Blaich

Last post to date (5-16-2017)

Asterisk, computers, Linux, Raspberry Pi
I've neglected posting for numerous reasons.  I've wanted to come back and post on several occasions.  Things just keep popping up or I feel lazy.  Since there are a lot of things that have happened during that time I thought I'd update some. Going way back I've been working with getting the pihole working.  This is an amazing tool.  Integrating it with my network is a bit tricky.  Each time I do something like adding stuff to my network I learn what doesn't work and hence I learn new things.  That's really why I am in this field and stay at this level.   The pihole provides a LAN wide blocking of ad and tracking sites.  How it works is pretty simple.  It's based on the concept of DNS. That's domain…
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15Jun 2016 by Jim Blaich

KangarooPC and Linux.

Asterisk, Linux, Pico Computing, Raspberry Pi
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="1500"] Kangaroo PC, an Intel SOC quad core 1.44ghz (turbo to 2.24) with 2gb of RAM, 802.11ac, 1 USB 3 and 1 USB 2. No ethernet.[/caption] Been doing the Raspberry Pi thing for a long time, actually from the beginning. Been working on many different projects with them. I have a history and a set of expectations from other devices to stand up to the RPI. I was hoping this one could. After about a week of use where I'm trying to do similar things that I do on a Pi I have come to some conclusions. Some good, some bad. This is a PC. It can have any number of OSes installed on it. It is after all an amd64 based chip. One should expect that…
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10Jun 2016 by Jim Blaich

My Purpose for this Site

Asterisk, domestic surveillance, Google, Internet, Linux, Microsoft, Postfix, Virtual Web Servers
I've decided to host my own servers and to do all the setup and maintenance myself for hosting this site and other services.  I've been working up to this for years with most of that time just having thoughts in passing about it.  In the past couple months I put together the infrastructure.  The servers, the software, the security, the maintenance tools the development tools, the backup tools and such to get it running.  I also put together a plan to hold it together. I decided to do it because I can.  I decided to do it to test my knowledge.  I decided to do it to integrate it into much of what I already have. (more…)
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06Jun 2016 by Jim Blaich

Who am I

Asterisk, History, Linux, Postfix, Virtual Web Servers
My experience with desktop computing goes back to the early years of PCs.  I began working with desktop computers in the early 80s.  I worked on some terminal based systems in the USAF and in college, yet any computing interest never took hold.  They seemed costly (expensive) and impersonal. (more…)
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