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Open Hardware 3 Years OnSeptember 27

In 2005 I started working with Asterisk on the Blackfin. This led to the Free Telephony Project, and the idea of using open hardware techniques for telephony. The idea of open hardware (people collaborating to build free hardware designs just like open software) was a big experiment, especially when it came to commercial [...]

Free Telephony Family TreeSeptember 27

In 2005 I started messing around with Asterisk on the Blackfin. This led to the Free Telephony Project, and the idea of using open hardware techniques for telephony. Much has happened since then. Many people and companies are now working on Blackfin Asterisk projects. New projects, and even new businesses have [...]

Driving StrikeSeptember 26

Between May and August 2008 I went on a driving strike - for 3 months I didn’t drive a car. It all started late one May evening. I was driving along the freeway on the way back to Adelaide. This was at the recent peak in fuel prices so I was actually [...]

The Mesh Potato Part 1September 9

In June 2008 I attended the Village Telco workshop in Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town in June was rainy and cold, however the South African people were really friendly. While in South Africa I also attended the Wireless Africa workshop, however that’s another story for another post! The Village Telco (and I quote) [...]

VOIP for Nine Year OldsJune 10

How easy is it to set up VOIP over Wifi? One of my goals is to help people in the developing world get telephony. The problem is that the target market (e.g. some guy in a village) may not be a highly skilled geek who can handle Linux, Wifi, and Asterisk configuration. Imagine a [...]