Digital DawgPound

Last month I reported that Binrev.com was ranked as the 194,542nd most visited site on the internet by Alexa.com’s traffic ranking. Well I just checked to see what it was at for this month, and now were ranked at 130,068! Rootsecure.net which is run by DDP Member, Nick84, is close behind us at 164,588.
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A while ago I noticed many people were uploading content to archive.org for their various podcast shows however archive.org provide no API to automate the process. Therefore I coded up a PHP script that can be integrated into an existing CMS or used standalone on a cron which will automatically upload MP3 files in a [...]

After coding long into the night, reading all the new items on the 30 or so RSS feeds you are subscribed to, listening to some of the new podcasts, and updating your website or blog getting up next morning can sometimes be a challenge.  I have never been a fan of startling loud alarm clocks, [...]

As of version 1.2.4, Asterisk now includes encryption support for IAX2 channels! After a user or peer is authenticated, the control and voice channels are encrypted with AES128. There are two ways to activate the encryption within you iax.conf file:
encryption=aes128 or encryption=yes
MD5 authentication has to be used on both ends for the encryption to work.
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This weekend was the Orlando “Hamcation” which is Orlando’s version of hamventions that appear all over the US. I have never been to any of them before, so this was my first experience. I have tried to go to others, particularly in Miami, but something always came up at the last minute. [...]

After loading more and more mission critical applications (read it would be annoying if they experienced downtime) onto my server I decided it was finally time to purchase a UPS. Unfortunately however the UPS was the type to only include the standard (IEC-320 C13) PC type 3 pin connectors. This was fine for the server, [...]

I really like buying new toys to play around with. So a few weeks ago I went out and bought a Sirius Satellite Radio. I am pleased with it so far. No, I didn’t pay over $300 (with subscription) because of H. Stern but I did find the satellite radio as a whole entertaining. [...]

I have used a standard cheap wireless remote control extender to change channels on a Sky Digital decoder box in another room for a number of years. Due to the distance between rooms, this usually involves pointing the remote control into the box, and moving the two in parallel around in the air until the [...]

I just got a new project up and running that I hadn’t really told anyone about at all. It is called “Hacker Events” and it is a simple calendar system that contains Hacker conventions, Hacker meetings, and other events of interest to hackers such as linux groups, other technology events, or security conventions. [...]