by Greg Lawler | Jan 21, 2022 | Blog, Linux, Nerds
In keeping with our obsession with old technology, we recently acquired a beautiful 1947 model 7H6 North Electric rotary dial telephone and got it working on our phone system in the OO office. In the early 1940’s the 7H6 body was made of metal but...
by Greg Lawler | Aug 28, 2020 | Blog, Linux
Formerly favorite* intern, Braedan Kennedy, has whipped up one of our favorite Slack apps yet. You Got Mailbot is a Slack app which posts a photo from the inside of our mailbox when we receive snail mail. As a bonus, You Got Mailbot uses AI to detect and post a...
by Greg Lawler | Apr 1, 2020 | Asterisk, Blog, Nerds
In anticipation of April 1st, we’d like to introduce you to the newest member of the Outside Open team: Say hello to Lenny! Like everyone we get a lot of unsolicited sales calls. Some of the callers have been incredibly persistent so we thought we’d have a...
by Greg Lawler | Jan 24, 2020 | Blog, Linux, Nerds, Tools, Video
ccze is a wonderful tool that brings real joy to the arduous task of reading or searching thru log files. #nerdalert We’ve been using ccze for many years but recently stumbled (um, actually, rtfm’d) upon the “missing” feature, namely the...
by Greg Lawler | Jul 11, 2019 | Blog, kidtech
The second project for the Raspberry Pi Kids class was a success! The kids programmed their Raspberry Pi to take a photo every 30 seconds and then they packaged the pi in a box with a hole for the camera module and a battery to power the whole thing. We got some...
