Google Latitude being rolled in to Google+

After upgrading to version 6.12 of Google Maps a few weeks ago, I noticed that the shortcut icon for Latitude has been missing from my home screen. I was kinda dissapointed, as I liked having one click access to stalk my freinds see where my friends are. Puzzled, I searched around the net. I was not alone - Android Police noticed it as well. AP theorized that Latitude is moving from Maps to Google+.

UPDATED: added more screenshots!

SSH Double tunnel: ssh via an ssh proxy

So your work place is extremely security conscious: they use alterante ports for ssh, only allow ssh keys, and have their firewall locked down to your specific ip address ONLY. You, on the other hand, want to live the dream of developer ubiquity: work anytime, from anywhere. One way might be to ssh to wherever your static ip address is located, and then ssh from there to your work server, but that is just a pain. Here is how to ssh in one simple step.

IRCCloud+ - the missing feature set

IRCCloud.com is trying to solve an interestring problem: staying online, all the time, when using the popular chat protocol irc. The problem with IRC is that it was built for a different era, and is a bit dated. For example: your "nick"name in any given channel must be unique - forcing you to have multiple nicks if you enter a channel from multiple computers or locations.

Get the last item selected in a multi Select box [jQuery]

Lets say you have a select box and you want to limit the amount options that can be selected. And lets say you want to do that with jQuery. Here is how:

Item 1 Item 2 Item 3

New FreePBX looking better than ever!

The upcoming version of FreePBX, set to enter beta any minute now, has goten a fresh coat of paint - and then some. Click past the break to see the awesome new look, available exclusively in FreePBX 2.10.

Auto archive calls recorded by Asterisk in FreePBX

One of my greatest gripes with call recording in Asterisk/FreePBX has always been the mess left behind in the monitor directory. There is a rarely know script bundled with FreePBX which is supposed to archive the call files in a year/month/day folder structure, but its rather hit or miss (it tries to match files to the cdr DB). While looking at a support ticket recently, I suddenly had a brainstorm as to how this can be accomplished in a simple and clean way.

FreePBX 2.10 sneak peak: IVR's

As in any pbx, IVR's have always been an integral component of FreePBX. For the better and for the extremely annoying, companies have been filtering inbound calls with IVR's for just about forever. While we can't change people's mentality (on both sides of the call) we CAN attempt to provide the best posible experience for those fortunate enough to be using FreePBX.

In FreePBX 2.10, we have rebuilt and rewritten almost every single line of code in IVR's. In addition, there are many framework changes in place to provide a more comfortable experience over all. Here are some quick stats from the svn log so far:

Debugging FreePBX: the dbug() function

So, you've figured out the whole bootstrap thing, and now you are starting to poke around and trying to write some stuff of your own. And then you hit a snag. Here a tip that should help when need to debug FreePBX.

RFC: Backup & Restore

There is a forum thread over at the FreePBX forums accepting comments, ideas, and suggestion for new features/improvements in the Backup & Restore module. Be sure to head over there now if you have any thoughts on how the module can be improved.

FreePBX Development: Introducing Bootstrap

FreePBX 2.9 introduced a radically new design paradigm as part of its core framework. The implementation design was inspired by the rapid growth of FreePBX over the years which lead to a disarray of "resources", spewed in many different corners of its framework. In turn, this lead to frustration by developers - especially newcomers - when it came to tracking down, including and using resources in their projects. To contest this chaos, FreePBX put forward a crucial component in it's framework: Bootstrap.