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 | 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 | 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 oo | Apr 20, 2017 | Design, Nerds
Last year, we rolled out this awesome phonetic alphabet for everyone – and to date, we’ve shipped over 1,000 copies! Now, we’re taking it one step further… making this not just a poster print, but something even more stylish that you’ll be proud to hang, display and...
by Greg Lawler | Jun 23, 2014 | Blog, Kids, kidtech, Linux, Nerds
One of our goals at Outside Open is to pass on the love of technology to others. This summer we are offering a class on computers to Kids age 9 and over in Santa Barbara. The class is based on the Raspberry Pi single-board computer and the goal is to introduce kids...
