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I really wanted to put some of my programming skills to use to make things in real life do something
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Same here. Been thinking about various projects based on a device with N LED's that you could control via the PC. Then have various scripts do something and change the LED based on your needs. eg: a log file has something in it.. Flash LED 5.. New email, flash #2. System low on disk space, flash all of them.. etc..
I a few commercial products along the email checking lines, but it was USB and windows-only. What fun is that?
This originally started by torking on an i-opener then turning on the green LED's at the top when I had email. (simple perl pop checker)
Semi-related:
http://www.soekris.com/ These mini boards look pretty slick. Might be interesting to use them in the mix. (
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004...y_Daemons.html )
-r