Same truck, 200k miles
I’ve owned a few Fords in my life — from the ’78 Ford Bronco to my current 2003 Ford Expedition. Today, my truck crossed 200,000 miles.
I’m not one overly attached to my truck. I love it, don’t get me wrong. It’s very comfortable, drives well, and the air works great. This being said, if you asked me my favorite vehicle I’ve owned… I’d be at a loss.
I just don’t get emotional about vehicles.
I did love my Bronco, and I have great memories with “her.” From taking the top off and driving to Fort Lauderdale beach to off-roading with a variety of people (including my Mom) throughout South Florida. Great truck.
Alex Balashov Discusses High Performance Kamailio Tuning
I’ve discussed why I love Kamailio many times on this site — and the Kamailio community remains a strong reason for my love of the project.
Alex Balashov, a VoIP Engineer and member of the Kamailio project, is a VoIP expert and his knowledge of Kamailio, SIP, and telecommunication is without question. He also happens to be the fastest typist I’ve ever seen (seriously, it’s almost distracting).
Expanding Asterisk with Kamailio
I was honored to have been chosen as a speaker during Astricon 2015. Thanks to the miracle of modern, digital technology you can now see my presentation online from the comfort of your own chair.
Relive the excitement… or watch it for the very first time. =)
Join Me in Fort Lauderdale for Asterisk World
Asterisk World will be held in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida from January 25th — 28th, 2016. I am very honored to be speaking at this event and would love to see you in Fort Lauderdale.
Kamailio Gets New Logo
To paraphrase the song, Feeling Good:
It’s a new dawn
It’s a new day
It’s a new logo
For Kamailio
And I’m feeling good
I’m feeling good
Just in time to ring in the new year, Kamailio has introduced their new logo. Keeping in the nature of an open source project, the logo selection was conducted in the open and was open to users, developers, management, and anyone who wished to participate in the selection.
AstriCon Comes to the Sunshine State
First, some history.
I attended my first AstriCon back in 2008 and somewhere, I still have my Skype for Asterisk button. At the close of the conference Digium asked for comments—I suggested that the convention look at Orlando, Florida.
Back then, I traveled from Michigan (the dating Yeni period), yet I still maintained a strong bias for Florida. I thought (with the exception of Australia/Asia) Florida could provide both a convenient travel point (for both International and domestic travelers) as well as combine the possibility of a family vacation in the Sunshine State.
Seven years later, AstriCon 2015 granted my wish and I attended Astricon2015 in beautiful Orlando, Florida.
FCC Unwanted Call List? Not Yet
Recently, the FCC decided to publish their “informal consumer complaints about unwanted robocalls and telemarketing calls” to the interwebs.
As someone critical of government transparency, I first want to give credit where due. Releasing this information is a great step forward.
Good job!
Now, if you’re using an open source VoIP system (such as Asterisk, FreePBX, FreeSWITCH, Kamailio, etc.) it would be very easy to automatically block these numbers from reaching your phone.
Join me in Orlando for Astricon 2015
Astricon 2015 will be held in Orlando, Florida from October 13-15, 2015. This year, I am honored to be speaking at the yearly Asterisk conference and exhibition.
Besides listening to yours truly discuss the benefits of Expanding Asterisk with Kamailio, you will also be exposed to such experts as Daniel Constantin-Mierla, Leif Madsen, James Body, Tim Panton, and Yeni’s personal favorite Allison Smith.
A Lesson in How Not to Twitter
When Yeni and I were dating, her apartment used Comcast for Internet. Like armies of other customers, I experienced numerous problems and after hours on the phone expressed my outrage on Twitter.
I didn’t expect assistance. I simply wasn’t happy and wanted to express my anger, to… well, to the entire world. Surprisingly, my small tweet was noticed by Comcast, who replied to me, contacted the appropriate people, and actually resolved my problem.
Shocked? So was I.
Independence Day
Tomorrow is July 4th, or Independence Day here in the United States — where we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776.
At the time, what is now the United States existed as 13 colonies of Great Britain. For many reasons, none of which I’ll discuss here, the colonists decided to declare themselves a new nation, independent from British (or any other) rule, with certain unalienable Rights — including Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.