Optimistic and ready for realtime
Part of the definition of insanity is to expect a different result while doing the same thing repeatedly. That also fits politics and “fits of optimism”, so there are lots of examples out there. I’m currently exercising my “hoping for a miracle” server scheme.
I turned off Asterisk this evening; it had been up for 107 days at that point, and I’d applied all the patches I could. I still had not received a phone call. No matter, as I have a “new and improved” product to try. The gang over at Nerdvittles have released the brand spanking new PBXinaFlash as of this morning, and I have my ISO burned and wrapped before lunchtime was over.
There’s no new hardware in the equation; my knockoff card from China works, I think, and the Celeron box is entirely sufficient for my needs. This is a toy. I install and update and erase at will; no actual phone calls have been harmed during the production. But that could change. This new software is FAST. Finally, my little wannabe telephone exchange seems powerful enough to fill the needs of a family that is cellphone free. I’ll do the tweaking necessary to get my SIP module running over the next couple of days, and if the family goes out for the evening I’m plugging the phone line into the back. Let the unwary caller learn about my personal version of voicemail hell. I’m ready to take on the world.
A little bit of hubris never hurts in a project like this, but my experience over the last couple of years has been thoughtful and calm. I feel “at home” with the Asterisk@Home project, and the menus are familiar. Maybe I’ll actually get this to work this time. I’m like Charlie Brown with a new kite!
Anyhow, if you are in the market for a fun project, why not throw practicality to the wind and reformat your home machine. It doesn’t hurt, very much.
