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Although phonegnome is supposed to be the next big thing, I think the Sipura SPA-3000 device is still very good value for money. ( data sheet ) Its a relatively reasonably priced FXO, FXS interface. I've purchased a couple from jmg technology in australia which had some package deal for 2. The pain with these things http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif is that it doesn't really come easy at this stage unlike broadband internet routers. Looking at the configuration pages were a real pain and it is really difficult to understand every option. The solution was voxilla. http://voxilla.com. After you create an account in voxilla and log in. under the sidebar voIP tools, device config wizards you will find a link that will ask simliar questions to let you configure your device. The simplied setup guide for australia can be . The support website is http://www.sipura.com/support/ Just to get started - plug in everything except the phone line cable - dial **** followed by 110# to g...

Playing Quake II basically thought me that life was short and its not nice to camp with a rail gun at a spawning point. I read today that the average life span of a non protected windows machine on the internet is 20 mins. I'm assuming this is with all the normal activity that most people do like surfing and checking their email. This means that the first websites we should visit and the application to install after connecting up our new machine is the windows patch page and an anti-virus protection program. I thought this might be an interesting fact to know. And of course the average lifespan of a space marine dropped into battle is ?

Tis the season to be jolly. Christmas is upon us and I've found it excessively hard to spend time to type a new article or do any music production. I imagine it would be a great time to reflect on our achievements and areas of improvement for the next year and spend some time writing some resolutions. Merry Christmas everyone.

The problem I've been having with MIDI on my winXP machine is that I've been unable to do any MIDI routing without launching my sequencer. MacOS X has an inbuilt and intuitive function in the system preferences to manage this, however this function is lacking in windows. Some midi interfaces provide its native routing program, e.g. emagic, but my tascam us-428 just didn't have that. The solution, MIDI OX and MIDI Yoke . They have been around for a while, but its something i just discovered that does something similar. You will need to add all your MIDI devices and connect them up. Its not as pretty as the MIDI controls in MacOS X, but it works.

I believe a person's personal computer tells a lot about the person. Before that, people could only read faces, palms, handwriting. Now we know more about people by seeing what brand, operating system, choice of programs, wallpaper and desktop layout. The last few of generations of machines has just swooped by us and a lot of people would have seen at least 3 - 5 computers pass them by. Naturally, it will soon be time to be looking at a new upgrade. So what would be this character defining machine be. The more significant machines of this decade is my Fostex 4-track, Korg N5, Pentium 2-333, Pentium 3-667. G4 977 ibook. I have to say you really get great ROI on good machines. In fact, my old pentium machines are still serving faithfully to this day. The trick to actually determining ROI should be best determined by the amount of time you spend at your machine, or at least the amount of time you want to spend at your machine. i.e. your best ROI will be your wife's nightmare. Th...

Fav tracks These aren't from 2005 but I would just claim them to be my fav tracks this year. To qualify I would have listened to each track like numerous times and occasionally several times at once. A couple these tracks are fun to drum since I got my kit this year. A couple I played guitar with the band. Others are just exceptionally touching. K's Choice - Iron Flower Radiohead - Exit Music (For A Film) Beatles - Come together Bach - Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 - I. Vivace Chemical Brothers - The Test Crystal Method - Weapons of mass distortion Depeche Mode - World in my eyes Grinspoon - Kills, Thrills, And Sunday Pills Jebediah - Animal The Vines - Ride Collective soul - Listen Stone Roses - Love Spreads Getz/Gilberto - girl from ipanema Air - dirty trip New order - brutal Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66 - Más Que Nada Propellerheads - On Her Majesty's Secret Service Placebo - bulletproof cupid Other awards Best Band - K's choice (thanks to many train rides and 1 MD)...

Skype is going video while Gizmo is SIP. In all fairness, I think people should give gizmo a go. I like the idea that its interoperable with other SIP networks while maintaining the ease of Skype. Unfortunately, its not getting as much glory for being bought at a huge price, but I'm sure gizmo is a contender for the next big thing. I've got my gizmo ID, get yours!