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Pointless
Cleaning out my office I found an ancient Asterisk Box!
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.
Introducing DEFCam or how i made a hat for DEFCON!
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!




51 screws, 3 resistors. . .
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.
I setup an emoji domain on a dare. . .
check out ?.be3n.com. for no reason at all.
no more i only i?!
The fun “i?” i bug in iOS 11.1 on a 6s plus.
UPDATE: Fixed in iOS 11.1.1!