Archive for June, 2006

The Whole House iPod

The Whole House iPod

Monday, June 26, 2006

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If you’ve loved the iPod as a stand-alone music solution, then wait ’til you see this whole house system that will have different music playing in every room of your house with the same ease of use and slick user interface…

Asterisk + The National Weather Service = Free Weather Reports For 1,000 Cities From Any Touchtone Phone

Asterisk + The National Weather Service = Free Weather Reports For 1,000 Cities From Any Touchtone Phone

Thursday, June 15, 2006

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Whether it’s a quick weather update or a seven-day forecast, you’ll now be able to listen to it from any touchtone phone by dialing 611 and then a three-digit airport code for any of 1,000 cities you’re interested in. All you’ll need is a free Asterisk@Home or TrixBox server, the free Flite speech synthesis engine, our free MySQL database of airport codes and cities in the United States, and, of course, version 2 of our free Asterisk text-to-speech weather application. Here’s how …

Newbie's Guide to TrixBox 1.0 and FreePBX 2.1.1, Part I

Newbie’s Guide to TrixBox 1.0 and FreePBX 2.1.1, Part I

Wednesday, June 7, 2006

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Here’s the definitive step-by-step guide to quickly installing the brand new Asterisk@Home replacement, TrixBox 1.0. It includes the CentOS 4.3 version of Linux and Asterisk 1.2.7.1. In addition, you’ll get an Apache web server, SendMail and Asterisk voicemail servers, MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, SugarCRM, NVfaxdetect, Samba for Microsoft file sharing/networking, and much more. The whole project will take you about 90 minutes to complete, and it’s free of charge. This edition of the Newbie’s Guide also adds tips and tricks for those updating from a previous version of Asterisk@Home.