Comments on: What’s Your Next Project?

By: topperge

topperge — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:58:56 +0000

Agreed that would be an easy solution, but then I'd have to have a machine with iTunes running for my music. I'm also looking at hooking up an LCD display with some minimal buttons to it for local access if the iPhone is on the charger. Along with a local router for my machines in the media cabinet.

By: manalang

manalang — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:51:45 +0000

Ditto. I love my airport express. Need to get me more.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:46:47 +0000

If you've got an iPhone then skip the openwrt router and go buy yourself an Airport Express for about $60 on eBay. It connects to your network (ethernet or wired) and provides audio out which streams from iTunes.

And you can use the free Remote application from Apple to control it.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:07:54 +0000

I hadn't heard of UNetbootin, but it sounds pretty sweet. I'll have to check it out (adds to list); one thing I'd like to do that's already on the list is try out other Linux distros. So, that will help a lot. Thanks for the tip.

Funny, I think optimize GTD is on everyone's list of projects. Ironically, we never get to it

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:01:52 +0000

Not sure what CBO is. SQL is a good skill to have.

I've been meaning to jump into Rails for a while, but as an old school 3G programmer (C, PL/SQL), I wonder how easy it will be for me. I have a project in mind and everything, just can't find the time.

By: terrywang

terrywang — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:43:31 +0000

I agree. SSD/Flash disk has Read/Write limits. But normally it won't hit that number and it's so cheap that I just don't care for USB stick.

For USB Live, why not use UNetbootin? It's much better than the Ubuntu/Fedora built-in USB live creator.

A lot of things to learn and improve in 2009
#consolidate tech skills (get RHCE or LPI done which I cannot afford when I was a student)
#business skills, reading Web Analytics.
#Optimise my GTD methodology and tools to improve productivity...
#Build a wiki for our team, probably mediawiki or Confluence (paid). Evaluating both on Ubuntu Server...
...
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By: surachart

surachart — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:47:27 +0000

My lists 're something that I would like to improve.
- use more time to workshop about SQL, I'm interesting about CBO.
- improve my language… that's a poor. Perhaps I have to use more… more times
- write ruby on rails…
- discuss on forums and other people…

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:02:16 +0000

Nice, your list has some cool items on it. Is this how startups are born We could put all these into a virtual hat and pick out one to work on for giggles.

I agree with the appeal of bringing technology into the physical world; Paul and a friend of his have done some cool stuff with automating the home.

By: topperge

topperge — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:04:19 +0000

I've got a list and no time to do them in.
#1 finishing my workshop in the basement, I framed the entire room over Thanksgiving and haven't put enough time back in it. Full sound proofing and wiring so that when I get tired of the woodshop and the wife runs out of projects it'll become the home theater
#2 The live USB stick I owe you
#3 I have an RFID reader that I want to make a firefox plugin for to authenticate me to site
#4 A Asus openwrt based router to play music that I can control with my iPhone (much cheaper than the soundbridge and sonos solutions)
#5 Finally getting sports scores to appear on my 42"x8" dot matrix LED display (think train station sign)
#6 ...alright never mind the list is too long already

I love mating the physical world with the interwebs, things like the plants that tweet actually interest me, I'm thinking the Arduino and Xbee aren't too far off in my future. Needless to say my ADD brain has way too many things running through it