I got approval to go ahead and work on connecting our existing PBX at work with an asterisk server. So…I ordered up another T1/E1 card for the PBX and a T1/E1 PCI card for my asterisk server. The two systems will be cross-connected by an E1 [1] crossover cable, essentially giving me the ability to have 29 simultaneous conversations routing between the two systems. It should be quite a fun project, and in the end should save the company a healthy chunk of money. Our hope is to use the additional VoIP extentions for our employees out in the Vancouver office, as well as travelling users.
[1] E1 is a protocol similar to T1, only it has 30 channels versus T1′s 24. In my case, it’s going to be an E1 PRI, which allows 29 channels plus 1 channel for signalling, CID information, etc.
In my opinion, Steve Jobs’ keynote Tuesday at Macworld left a little to be desired. Yes, he did introduce a few cool products, but overall, the whole thing dragged. Anyway – here is a bit of inside information from a supposedly reliable source inside Apple. Sounds like Jobs’ original keynote had to be largely scrapped due to supply issues with the new CoreDuo processors.
Last night, my mom (graciously) volunteered to come out and watch Bjorn for an evening so Meghan and I could go out for an evening. We took her up on the offer. When presented with a free evening to go out on a date, we usually have a difficult time deciding what restaurant to try. There are so many incredible non-american restaurants in the area! The Blue Nile restaurant in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis had been recommended to us several times, but we had never had a chance to check it out until last night. One word: Amazing.
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Last week, Pat Robertson infuriated a large segment of the Christian community with his remarks about Ariel Sharon’s current health condition.
Liz has an excellent commentary on the subject.
Well – I’ve decided that my next homebrew adventure will be a belgian-style witbeer. I will be using a recipe published by silverfront on the Norther Brewer forums. Here’s the recipe:
Fermentables
- 6 lbs. (minus 1.25 cups for bottling) Muntons Wheat DME
Boil Additions
- 1.5 oz. Styrian Golding (60 mins)
- .5 oz. Styrian Golding (15 mins)
- 1 oz. Czech Saaz (1 min)
- .75 oz crushed coriander (15 mins)
- .25 oz crushed coriander (5 mins)
- .5 oz Bitter orange peel (5 mins)
Yeast
- Wyeast 3944 – Belgian Witbeer
Notes
- 2006/01/30 – Brewed. No starter. OG 1046.
- 2006/03/24 – Racked to secondary. Current gravity = 1.012.
- 2006/06/02 – Bottled. F.G. = 1.010. ABV = 4.7%
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