Post tagged: settings

Askozia Desktop Appliance

So last weekend finally had some time to work with a Askozia Desktop Appliance. It actually arrived much earlier but without a Power Supply. Initially I though, "this is strange; I didn't know this supported PoE". (Power Over Ethernet). It turns out it didn't and there was a shipping mistake. After contacting the vendor, they sent me the required Power Supply. Overall I think the product is quite nice. It has a very nice User Interface that is quite easy to use. Simple configurations are indeed very easy to set-up. My feeling is that, as with any GUI, it usually trades user-friendly with expressiveness. So while I could configure most of the things I wanted from the UI, it did not support my home network topology fully. Initially, I had a DMZ vs Home-LAN configuration, with the Askozia box in the DMZ. Because the separation between the DMZ and the Home-LAN was through the router, it considered all the IP phones (in the Home-LAN) on the other side of the NAT, so things did not work properly. ...

Cleaning up Google Calendar

Recipe for cleaning a google calendar. Sign in to Google Calendar Click on Calendar Settings (current version has this just above the list of personal calendars, under an arrow). Click on "Delete" of the main calendar. A confirmation dialog box appears telling you that that "This deletes all events on primary Calendar". ...