by Greg Lawler | Jan 10, 2019 | Asterisk, Blog, pfSense
Getting Asterisk VOIP systems set up and working behind a pfSense firewall has become routine as pfSense grows in popularity and as our clients switch from legacy phone systems to Voice over IP systems. The following setup instructions for opening firewall ports to...
by Greg Lawler | Jan 10, 2019 | Blog, Design, Nerds
At Outside Open we collectively love Will Forte’s “Last Man on Earth” TV show. As nerds and designers we also really enjoy the t-shirts worn by Forte’s character, Phil. When tasked with creating a tshirt for the OO team, I refused to just slap...
by Greg Lawler | Dec 21, 2016 | Blog, Comic
by Greg Lawler | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog, Tools, web
Last week SpaceX changed space flight forever by launching, and then subsequently landing, a 15 story tall booster rocket on a moving platform in the ocean. In a similar (but less dramatic) launch, letsencrypt.com has changed the Internet forever by offering free SSL...
by Greg Lawler | Feb 16, 2016 | Blog, Mac, Tools, Video
Even if your company (or home) doesn’t officially support Apple devices, it’s likely that there are dozens of BYOD Apple devices (BYOAD?) on the network. When a new OS update or patch is released, all those devices clamor for bandwidth which can have a...
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by Greg Lawler | Nov 15, 2015 | Blog, Tools
[UPDATE] Starting in July 2018, Google Chrome version 48 will start labeling sites still using unencrypted HTTP as “not secure.” Google is constantly making improvements and tweaks to their ranking algorithm (which affects the order of search results)...
