Akimbo STB -> MythTV Frontend Part 1

akimbo

This project is done. I got one on ebay and opened her up. I removed the hard drive, took it to another machine, the immediatly blew out the existing xp embedded install and applications with cfdisk. After I finished a fedora core 6 install on the drive I re installed it into the akimbo case. I had to edit /etc/fstab to fix some paths but afterward it boots.

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Review of the Meraki Mini.

Meraki Mini

The meraki mini is a compact, low power, and above all low cost 802.11b/g compatible solution with a twist.
Traditional wireless networks work by having each client associate itself with a wireless access point. The wireless access point is then usually hard wired to some type of internet connection. All traffic to the internet passes directly from the client to the access point, thus creating a series of point to point connections, and a single point of failure. The meraki nodes operate under a different network architecture called a mesh network.

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Integrating asterisk with the rest of the house; part 1. (OS X Address Book + Asterisk)

Last weekend I decided to try my own hand at using asterisk to create a click to call integration with the os x address book, and I am going to tell you how I got everything working. These instructions assume that you already have both an asterisk, and apache install up and running (on the same machine), and that you are using the asterisk install to power the phone system at your location.

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