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Stupid freepbx issue

For a long while I wasn’t able to pinpoint this really stupid issue where my extensions couldn’t call each other however my trunk calls were OK. It first surfaced by not being able to point my BV to my internal extension, but I brushed it out since I had a shitty Comcast router. I first [...]

ArtsyCat

My buddies just opened their art shop. They have a great water marble (Ebru) art web page where you can purchase them imprinted on iPhone/iPad cases, mugs and greeting cards. If you want something unique and beautiful for the approaching Valentine’s Day or any other occasion, I recommend you to take a look at their [...]

Happy new year!

Oh hai!

Mac OS X pkg files

Sometimes you need to see what’s inside of that pkg file. But you also don’t want to install it. You just want to take a look at the files in it before installing it. Well, here is how to do it: PKG files usually come in a DMG image. First mount that file by double [...]

New blog theme!

My blog changed 4-5 times over the years. A facelift was long overdue. For the last 4 years I’ve been using dfBlog as my theme and the latest release is brilliant. Enjoy the new look. Hope to be more active in the future!!

Scooter fun

Some weekend scooter fun.

Some basic statistics on leaked Sony usernames and passwords data.

I spent some time on analyzing password usage using the data that leaked from couple of Sony hacks few days ago. The results are pretty scary. The data size: 38698 users on 2 sites. Top ten most used passwords are: seinfeld password winner 123456 purple sweeps contest princess maggie peanut So if you have a [...]

We were at the beach

It’s beach time!

RawCap: A new network sniffer for Windows without winpcap dependencies

Netresec released a new Windows network sniffer tool that looks promising: RawCap. It has no winpcap dependencies and with its small 17kB foot print it does not require installing. (Having said that you still need .NET Framework libraries and DLLs.) Here are the properties of RawCap from their webpage: Can sniff any interface that has [...]

Nice way of using n900 as a UPnP server

Know Nokia has a great article on compiling Fuppes for n900 and using it as a UPnP server in your LAN. In general I recommend reading all articles on Know Nokia Quality info on n900 wizardry.