Pointless
After reading of its impending destruction, i was hoping to pay the Encino Avenue pedestrian overpass a final visit. Unfortunately visits were discouraged. The messaging was a bit mixed, as the fence was literally tied up with string. i took pictures without trespassing. The 101 will shutdown between White Oak and Burbank over the weekend for the bridge’s demolition.
It was a bit more of a pain than i remember it being back in college. After a subtle inspiration from @stroughtonsmith. I now have BeOS VM. there is an option to play connect four while installing (an unusual feature).
What do you think? I am using the Format options of this theme.
Are you getting ready for Defcon? I was recently given some old photos from some of our early days. Find me there!
Hard to imagine that i have made 500+ posts on this site. I guess that’s what happens when you post self-indulgently for a decade! There are still piles of drafts that might be useful if i ever get around to finishing them. Not no bad, only 72 out of 501 posts are pointless.
Originally my router/PBX this Dell P4 was installed with some of the earliest Digium PCI analogue cards. This card supported both FXS and FXO modules, and i used them both in various configurations. One of the FXS modules is what allowed my housemate’s old rotary phone to connect to the house phone system. I loved testing the system by ringing his phone. The ringing of its actual bell, was a delight. That dell survived the infamous flood (by already being decommissioned). I think I paid over $200 for this card alone. Now i run Asterisk off my Raspberry Pi with a total hardware cost considerably less than that.
This is a silly project that i have spent probably too much time on. First I thought, why not time-lapse my upcoming defcon trip. Then i thought, why not live stream it. So… I started with a Pi Zero and a Pi Camera v1. Wired some pins to the GPIO for power. Made a custom wire and hot glued it into the hat. Done!
another flat. ouch! my poor car has had a rough 2018 so far.
Cleaning my desk this morning, i discovered many things. I was most impressed with the number of loose screw. I am not going to even mention the number of twist/zip ties. did i remember there was a wood veneer under all that clutter? Still lots to be done before my office is anywhere approaching clean.
