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Notes on recording audio calls from a Fritz!Box and playing back those captures calls

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/28

A while ago, I documented some links for In case I ever need to record calls on my Fritz!Box devices.

By now, I’ve done a bit more investigation: I’ve enabled the call monitor, did some port scans, installed domoticz and got deeper into fritzcap.

Oh and I got packet capturing to work too: Fritz!Box – capture network packets in Wireshark format or ISDN in dtrace format.

A small recap so I don’t forget what I did and what the effects were.

Enabling CallMonitor

[WayBack] Fritzbox – Domoticz showed how to enable the CallMonitor option in your Fritz!Box

  • Dial #96*5* to enable (response “CallMonitor On”)
  • Dial #96*4* to disable (response “CallMonitor Off”)
  • It seems not possible to ask for the current state (enabled/disabled)
  • After it is enabled, the TCP port 1012 on your Fritz!Box is available for tools like [WayBack] Domoticz and fritzcap.

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Conference idea: re-do my git based version control session with a good set of examples and screenshots backing it

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/27

An interesting thread that starts as a gitlab / Delphi IDE integration question, resulting into a nice discussion of tooling to use: [Archive.is] Are there any videos (not written stuff, but actual videos) that show how you’d set up and use the built-in versioning in Tokyo IDE with a gitlab repo? … – David Schwartz – Google+

If I find time, I will try to re-work my git conference session to be much more practical.

–jeroen

Posted in Conference Topics, Conferences, Development, DVCS - Distributed Version Control, Event, git, GitHub, GitLab, Software Development, Source Code Management | Leave a Comment »

On my todo list: experiment with having multiple sendmail queue directories under /var/spool/mqueue

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/27

Right now my sendmail configuration handling my domains have one queue directory /var/spool/mqueue which means that each round of the queue processing handles all the outgoing mail in succession.

This is getting less OK because of the increased mail volume over time both on mail that gets in and needs to be forwarded and mail that needs to be bounced for various reasons like SPAM.

So below are some links helping me to sort out various things including having multiple queues (as then each round can handle each queue in parallel).

The default sendmail configuration is one mail queue and I hope to find out for what reason that is.

Background info:

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Debugging Session – Brian Long, 2001

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/27

I’m amazed how little things have changed when doing hardcore Delphi debugging: [WayBack] Debugging Session

–jeroen

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Getting Started with SOAP-Based Web Services and PowerShell

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/26

Since one day this could be useful:

–jeroen

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Regular Expression Crossword Puzzle – Gregable

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/26

A crossword puzzle designed for geeks, every single clue is a regular expression.

Source: [WayBack] Regular Expression Crossword Puzzle – Gregable

No matter your take on RegEx, I think you will be amazed just looking at it.

Related:

Via:

–jeroen

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Scalable HTTP sockets for the cloud, Part 2 – grijjy blog

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/26

Interesting stuff:

In this article we will expand on our TgoHttpClient class by adding some core new features including non-blocking http responses, unifying HTTP 1.1, HTTP/S and HTTP/2 support into a common class…

Source: [WayBack] Scalable HTTP sockets for the cloud, Part 2 – grijjy blog

I’d also be interested in the server part of this, but it seems not there yet.

The client side part 1 is here: [WayBack] Scalable HTTP/S and TCP client sockets for the cloud – grijjy blog

–jeroen

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Samsung C27F390FHU Zwart – Kenmerken – Tweakers

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/25

Bumped into a place where the only external monitor was a [WayBack] Samsung C27F390FHU Zwart – Kenmerken – Tweakers

Dislike because:

  • only 1920×1080 at 27 inch
  • only HDMI and analog inputs
  • cannot adjust height, so as a dual screen with a 15 inch MacBook it is meh
  • the curve distorts horizontal lines in a way your eyes will not compensate for

Images from [WayBack] Samsung C27F390 27-Inch Curved LED Monitor – HDMI, VGA: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories below the fold.

Higher resolutions – not just 4K – have been readily available since before this monitor was introduced march 2016 [WayBack] Samsung unveils new CF591 and CF390 curved monitors

Related:

–jeroen

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How not to structure your database-backed web applications: a study of performance bugs in the wild | the morning paper

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/25

This is about Ruby anti-patterns, which is a good step to start investigating the own anti-patterns you use in your own development environment:

[WayBack] How not to structure your database-backed web applications: a study of performance bugs in the wild | the morning paper

How not to structure your database-backed web applications: a study of performance bugs in the wild Yang et al., ICSE’18 This is a fascinating study of the problems people get into when using…

Via: [WayBack] How not to structure your database-backed web applications: a study of performance bugs in the wild… – Adrian Marius Popa – Google+

–jeroen

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If you have trouble getting an screen mirror from Samsung S7 Edge to Chromecast 2 to work: reboot phone

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/09/25

A friend of mine tried to get screen mirror (now called “Smart View”) from a Samsung S7 Edge to a Chromecast 2 working, but the connection would time out each try (but not when casting regular content using the Google Home app): try rebooting your S7 Edge.

Got that reboot tip and renamed functionality thanks to the somewhat related [WayBack] Galaxy S7: How to Screen Mirror to any Samsung Smart TV:

In order to connect (screen mirror) you Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge to your Samsung smart TV you need to swipe down to open your notification area, then on the top right click that little down arrow then select “smart view”. Previous Galaxy phones called it screen mirror, not sure why Samsung changed the name in the S7.

Got the renamed functionality via the video below.

–jeroen

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