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Configuring a spa3000 or spa3102

Post author:mikal
Post published:July 3, 2014
Post category:Voip

I've had a spa3000 for a long time and then it blew up. That meant I had to replace it with a spa3102, but without being able to refer to the configuration I had on the spa3000. It wasn't too bad, although the software on these devices is truly terrible (even with a modern firmware). Some pointers: Use the WAN port on the spa3102, even if you're only plugging in one ethernet port. Get firmware from Cisco. You can upload this to the spa3102 by putting it on a web server and then hitting http://SPA3102_IP/admin/upgrade?http://yourwebserver/firmware.bin. Then follow the instructions here. When you have problems with the dial plan, realize that Chris Yeoh has already solved this and go here. Finally, fix hangup detection by stealing the config line from here. Job done. Of course, there's no way to backup the config on one of these devices, so I am sure I will be back here again.

LCA2015 opens its Call for Proposals

Post author:mikal
Post published:June 11, 2014
Post category:Conference

LCA2015 will be in Auckland, New Zealand next year, and the Call for Proposals has just opened! The conference is one of the best venues in Australia and New Zealand to get word out about your Open Source project, as well as learning about the cool things that other people are doing. This is the third time the conference has been in New Zealand, and its looking to be an excellent event. This one call for proposals covers papers, tutorials, and mini conferences. For more information about the CFP, checkout http://lca2015.linux.org.au/cfp. Mini conference proposals should go to http://lca2015.linux.org.au/miniconf-cfp.

More wood turning

Post author:mikal
Post published:June 11, 2014
Post category:Wood

Just another batch of things I've worked on recently. [icbm: home]

A couple of days of turning

Post author:mikal
Post published:May 3, 2014
Post category:Wood

So... I finally got my chisels on Wednesday and so I've done a little turning at home in the last few days. There are two other items not shown here: a tool handle (cause its boring) and a bowl where I had depth fail and it came apart. Its also clear to me that dust extraction in the garage is a thing in my future, because a shop vac just doesn't cut if for cleanup. [icbm: home]

Another bowl

Post author:mikal
Post published:May 1, 2014
Post category:Wood

Here's a bowl I made last weekend. My sister hurt herself at her Roller Derby match, so she ended up with the bowl of condolences. At first I thought this wood was ash, but its acutally catalpa. [icbm: home]

Juno TC Candidacy

Post author:mikal
Post published:April 16, 2014
Post category:OpenStack

Another email archived for historical reasons. I'd also like to announce my TC candidacy. I am currently a member of the TC, and I would like to continue to serve. I first started hacking on Nova during the Diablo release, with my first code contributions appearing in the Essex release. Since then I've hacked mostly on Nova and Oslo, although I have also contributed to many other projects as my travels have required. For example, I've tried hard to keep various projects in sync with their imports of parts of Oslo I maintain. I work full time on OpenStack at Rackspace, leading a team of developers who work solely on upstream open source OpenStack. I am a Nova and Oslo core reviewer and the Nova PTL. I have been serving on the TC for the last year, and in the Icehouse release started acting as the liaison for the board "defcore" committee along with Anne Gentle. "defcore" is the board effort to define what parts of OpenStack we require vendors to ship in order to be able to use the OpenStack trade mark, so it involves both the board and the TC. That liaison relationship is very new and only…

Thoughts from the PTL

Post author:mikal
Post published:April 15, 2014
Post category:OpenStack

I sent this through to the openstack-dev mailing list (you can see the thread here), but I want to put it here as well for people who don't actively follow the mailing list. First off, thanks for electing me as the Nova PTL for Juno. I find the outcome of the election both flattering and daunting. I'd like to thank Dan and John for running as PTL candidates as well -- I strongly believe that a solid democratic process is part of what makes OpenStack so successful, and that isn't possible without people being will to stand up during the election cycle. I'm hoping to send out regular emails to this list with my thoughts about our current position in the release process. Its early in the cycle, so the ideas here aren't fully formed yet -- however I'd rather get feedback early and often, in case I'm off on the wrong path. What am I thinking about at the moment? The following things: * a mid cycle meetup. I think the Icehouse meetup was a great success, and I'd like to see us do this again in Juno. I'd also like to get the location and venue nailed down…

Initial play with wood turning

Post author:mikal
Post published:April 6, 2014
Post category:Wood

I've been going to the ACT Woodcraft Guild for the last year or so learning to turn wood on a lathe. I'm by no means an expert, but here are some of my early efforts. [icbm: home]

Juno Nova PTL Candidacy

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 30, 2014
Post category:OpenStack

This is a repost of an email to the openstack-dev list, which is mostly here for historical reasons. Hi. I would like to run for the OpenStack Compute PTL position as well. I have been an active nova developer since late 2011, and have been a core reviewer for quite a while. I am currently serving on the Technical Committee, where I have recently been spending my time liaising with the board about how to define what software should be able to use the OpenStack trade mark. I've also served on the vulnerability management team, and as nova bug czar in the past. I have extensive experience running Open Source community groups, having served on the TC, been the Director for linux.conf.au 2013, as well as serving on the boards of various community groups over the years. In Icehouse I hired a team of nine software engineers who are all working 100% on OpenStack at Rackspace Australia, developed and deployed the turbo hipster third party CI system along with Joshua Hesketh, as well as writing nova code. I recognize that if I am successful I will need to rearrange my work responsibilities, and my management is supportive of that. The…

The Hot Gate

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 27, 2014
Post category:Book

This book follows on from Live Free or Die and Citadel. This time we focus solely on Dana as she is transferred to a new unit. The story is interesting, although perhaps it focusses on the dysfunction of the Latin American countries a little more than is really necessary. More interestingly, the book ends the series (as best as I can tell) in an unusual manner for a book like this, with the humans not winning a simple out right victory -- moral or otherwise. Overall, a fun light read.