Ian's Blog - ComputersOh god... how did this get here? I am not good with computer.tag:joshianlindsay.com,2005:63187d1266ad21283196e7e2f3ed692f/ComputersTextpattern2023-12-09T10:30:40ZIanhttps://joshianlindsay.com/Ian2020-06-14T06:54:15Z2020-06-14T10:45:04ZHome VoIP System Part 1: Provisioning the phonestag:joshianlindsay.com,2020-06-14:63187d1266ad21283196e7e2f3ed692f/a8df574f7886679b52a6dbbe68165034
A HOWTO for preparing the VoIP phones for re-use.]]>
Ian2020-06-14T06:50:35Z2020-06-14T10:45:10ZHome VoIP System Part 0: Introduction and materialstag:joshianlindsay.com,2020-06-13:63187d1266ad21283196e7e2f3ed692f/0a48ee953804998d758fc962ffcb8436
Building a home VoIP intercom/paging/control system.]]>
Ian2014-11-11T19:44:05Z2020-06-14T10:45:50ZThree-minute history of telephonytag:joshianlindsay.com,2014-11-11:63187d1266ad21283196e7e2f3ed692f/e053e3db8a1ed81cc5537abe8bb32039
This is something I wrote for some coworkers in an effort to describe why the telephone signalling system is full of what appears to be arbitrary cruft and inconsistency. I thought it might be worth poasting.]]>
Ian2009-07-05T19:16:38Z2013-09-13T05:49:46ZCloning CompactFlash Cards using WinHextag:joshianlindsay.com,2009-07-05:63187d1266ad21283196e7e2f3ed692f/eab213c9cea95b8b9655ed1e93c065ef
A procedure for making byte-for-byte copies of CF cards. Written while working at a camera repair shop that needed this capability, but it’s also useful for lifting partitions from a development system using a conventional hard drive and dropping them onto a CF card for operation in a finished condition (after appropriate edits).]]>
Ian2009-05-16T07:04:49Z2018-11-28T03:00:09ZMy first custom MediaServertag:joshianlindsay.com,2009-05-16:63187d1266ad21283196e7e2f3ed692f/63f2706f0df8235c7d0a22af7d7ecbc5
This was the first serious media server I built. I built it into a home-made acrylic case.]]>
Ian2008-12-30T11:32:15Z2013-09-13T05:42:47ZRecovering data from a damaged hard drivetag:joshianlindsay.com,2008-12-30:63187d1266ad21283196e7e2f3ed692f/744ab5dd153565241b9b111da0366202
Recovering data from a damaged hard drive is like rebuilding shattered glassware without knowing what it originally looked like.]]>
Ian2008-12-28T04:49:52Z2013-09-13T05:44:14ZMounting a MySQL database from a ram drive in slackwaretag:joshianlindsay.com,2008-12-27:63187d1266ad21283196e7e2f3ed692f/7dcc38801f37d5c011df93367a4bb91a
My little 1GHz VIAEPIA board now runs a DB that will saturate the NIC. By running the database from files located in a RAM drive, hard drive speed is no longer a limiting factor in database performance.]]>
Ian2006-07-05T19:23:59Z2017-05-05T21:14:15ZWestern Digital gets blugeoned with a class-action lawsuittag:joshianlindsay.com,2007-02-28:63187d1266ad21283196e7e2f3ed692f/e56f94ba7eb6216336426e7f1181d0fd
Western Digital just gave into a class-action suit because consumers and lawyers don’t understand how computers work.]]>