In case anyone out there is interested, I’ve updated my resume to include recently obtained degrees and certifications.  Specifically, a couple of months ago I managed to obtain OSCP status, and today I graduated with my Associate of Science in Information Technology.
I’m continuing on to achieve my Bachelor’s by next summer and I hope to obtain another [...]

For those who don’t know, OSS = Open Source Software.
I need to find a good OSS project that I care about that I think I can make some kind of contribution to.  I’m most likely looking for something security-focused.  I also need to continue to improve my programming skills before I can get too involved. [...]

We’ve been having trouble with our integration of an Asterisk server and our old Sasmung Prostart DCS.  The two are connected via FXO ports on the Asterisk-side, connected to SLI cards on the Samsung-side.  The problem involves background noise on the lines, lines not hanging up when they’re supposed to, and lines randomly diconnecting during [...]

Well I’ve already run into my first problem getting Asterisk working seemlessly with our old Samsung DCS, and I’ve managed to get the problem resolved as well. The problem was when making or receiving calls between the two phone systems if the caller on the Samsung side hungup first, Asterisk did not detect a [...]

We finally reached a point in the remodelling of the new offices that I was able to run network cable. I also got the wireless bridge setup, and then I was able to plug in a phone and make a call through the Asterisk server.
So all the hardware is in place, now it’s just [...]

I was chatting in the SMUUG (Southwest Missouri Unix Users Group) IRC channel from my favorite IRC client irssi, and someone posted a link to vimpress. That’s right, I can now post my WordPress blog entries directly from vim, my favorite editor and yours.
Now if that ain’t geeky enough for you, I don’t know [...]

So last night was our second SMUUG (http://www.smuug.org) meeting.  Last time we had four people, by the end of last night we had seven, so we’re growing.  We’re still trying to figure out what we’re all about and what our plans for the future are.  I think we’re going to try an install party sometime [...]

Yesterday we lost power for about 45 minutes here in the office.  Not really sure why, but we did.  Everything worked like it was supposed to, UPS’s are all good.  I went ahead and shut the servers down right away.  I thought I’d preserver the batteries in case for some reason we really needed them, [...]

Just released today: http://news.samba.org/announcements/pfif/
Today the Protocol Freedom Information Foundation (PFIF), a non-profit organization created by the Software Freedom Law Center, signed an agreement with Microsoft to receive the protocol documentation needed to fully interoperate with the Microsoft Windows workgroup server products and to make them available to Free Software projects such as Samba.
WOOT!

So… anybody interested in starting a Joplin Linux Users Group?
I’m thinking a Linux only LAN party might be a good way to kick it off.
So if you’re interested in a Joplin LUG, or just a LAN party leave me a comment.