Donald Jackson
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Posts by Donald Jackson
Kannel Web Configuration Tool v0.1 available
2009/01/05 - 1:04 pm
Tags: Kannel, PHP, Tool, Web Configuration
Posted in Kannel, Mobile, PHP, Work | No comments
Hi everyone, I have ‘released’ version 0.1 of the Kannel Web Configuration tool. I have created somewhat of a home page for it here for those who are interested. It is available as ‘donation-ware’ with full source code. Admittedly it was done in a hurry so hopefully later releases will see some code enhancements. I [...]
Kannel Web Configuration Tool
2008/12/18 - 4:24 pm
Tags: Kannel, Web Configuration
Posted in Business, Kannel, Lightbulbs, Mobile, PHP, Work | 6 comments
Following on with my previous themes of making Kannel easier to use for everyone, I have spent some time creating a tool which I think makes it easier to configure Kannel. It is a web based configuration tool which edits Kannel configuration files directly (doesn’t rely on any third party databases etc). I wrote it [...]
HOWTO: Connect Kannel to an SMPP Server
2008/12/05 - 10:36 am
Tags: HOWTO, Kannel, SMPP Client
Posted in C, General, Kannel, Mobile | 4 comments
Today I will be covering how to connect Kannel gateway to an SMPP Server. Following on from my previous post, you should have a wapbox, smsbox and bearerbox binary now compiled on your machine. Just to put your minds at ease, I want to cover some basic architecture of Kannel, so you can understand how [...]
HOWTO: Compile Kannel on Ubuntu / Kubuntu 8.04
Hey everyone, I am putting together a multi-part post on how to compile Kannel as well as connect it to an SMPP Server and send a few messages through it. I will be using Kubuntu 8.04 for the tutorial but it should apply to most Linux distro’s. Step 1 – Satisfying requirements / dependencies Install [...]
I want more HD
2008/10/27 - 12:49 pm
Posted in General, Life, Lightbulbs | 3 comments
Been a long time since a post, sorry to my massive audience Being the nerd that I am I adopted Multichoice’s HD offering as it was released. There were/are numerous things that I hate(d) about the new HD decoder. It’s buggy, it’s slow, and so on. But most of all what I hate is the [...]
My new chip credit card
2008/04/21 - 11:04 am
Posted in General | 5 comments
I recently got a new credit card from my bank with one of these ‘fantastic’ new smart chips on it. Wow, all shiny and pretty this thing must be good! Wrong. I knew this card required a PIN as opposed to my previous one, seems simple enough, I can deal with that I went to [...]
The irony of the gym parking lot.
2008/04/08 - 9:08 am
Posted in Business, General, Life, Sport | 5 comments
I am writing this post because I am completely confused. People go to gym to exercise right? Do weights, run on the treadmill, take classes, etc? If they are there to exercise, why on earth do people have to park so close to the front door? Surely a few extra steps wouldn’t hurt, maybe it [...]
C Programmers get away with murder
2008/03/27 - 3:51 pm
Posted in General | No comments
I have been reading a lot of C source code lately and I have found that C programmers are lucky, in that, they can get away with pretty much whatever they like. Why? Well firstly, there are few C programmers around to start picking apart other peoples code so the reviewing process usually gets ignored. [...]
Gauteng’s traffic explained.
2008/02/15 - 4:48 pm
Posted in General, Life, Lightbulbs | No comments
If you are like me, a person not from Gauteng, you may have wondered why you always hear about these ‘accidents’ in the morning during the traffic report. Why are there so many in Gauteng, is it just purely mathematical (more cars?) or is it some other phenomenon? Well, I have recently had the (un)fortunate [...]
Load balancing at the Gym
Being the nerd that I am, I did what all nerds do today, and hit the weights at the gym. Wow. I went around 6pm after work and I was completely shocked, the gym is completely overcrowded. When does the gym draw the line and stop accepting new members? It was quite funny to see [...]
