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I plan on seeing how quickly I can assemble a weekly chess webzine while I'm there, but since the deadline for this is very slack, if there's something else you want me to work on, just talk to me and we'll see.

have fun,
arlen
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In God We Trust, all others must provide data.

Well, let's see ... I can stay home and work on openSUSE Linux 11 Unleashed by myself, or do it with a bunch of others while soliciting ideas for building my website.

If I have the slightest bit of energy left after the long week...I'll see ya there!

But I thought some folks might be interested in this:

http://www.badgercode.com/project_1_-_palm_custom_ftp.html

Opportunity #1. What would you do with 20 Sun Microsystems SunFire v100 servers? Sure they're only 550mhz Ultra SPARC IIi CPU's with 1GB ram and 80GB hard drives, but you've got 20 of 'em!

Project comes with optional load balancing, 1GB internet link and options with external RAID storage if needed. Additionally, 3 SunFire E420R Quad CPU systems can also be utilized for this project. This project is rack mounted in our data center in Green Bay Wisconsin.

Opportunity #2. What would you do with 5 workstations with dual NVidia GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics cards (each with 2xGPU's) mounted on an NVidia nForce 790i motherboards? Project is rack mounted in our data center in Green Bay Wisconsin.

#bh

Since it's a DevHouse, I have a bunch of webdev projects to start/finish/mozy through. Don't think I'll need help with anything, but fellow coders help the overall vibe.

If I'm bored, I might try to do a Drupal install. I haven't played with it yet, and I hear it's all the rage with the kids.

If I'm feeling antsy, I might work on any number of my current photo projects, which includes everything from editing road trip pictures to setting up a process for an event photobooth.

If all else fails, I'll just hang out all night, being lazy and talking with people.

I'm looking to make a "hello world" type application for my iPod touch which means I have to learn a little Cocoa. If doing that is a breeze then I will try to make something more complex.

I'm also interested in rasters gPhoto project (I can bring another compatible camera for testing purposes). If we have enough cameras we might even be able to make a REALLY "ghetto" version of this http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Enter-the-Ghetto-Matrix-DIY-Bullet-Time/ It just so happens that I've already created an application with vvvv that can load a directory of images into ram and step through them pretty damn quickly. It was actually built for a matrixesque bullet time setup.

edit: oh yeah, I might also be messing around with Ableton Live or puredata.

I will be working on one of the following things:

1. Creating an semantically palatable GCC-AVR library for talking to Robotis Dynamixel servos. The vendor supplied code is pretty crude.

2. Creating a wxWidgets GUI interface to AVRDUDE so it is easier for new folks to use all the cheap custom programmers running around.

3. Design and code an autonomous robot and associated contest to push steel cans around. The contest needs to be targeted at entry-level roboticists.

I have the intention of working on a weekly web chess magazine, but I'm open for other projects, so if you want some assistance, talk to me.

have fun,
arlen
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In God We Trust, all others must provide data.

I've got a few things I want to work on...

1. Install gPhoto on my Eee PC and make it function as an intervalometer.

2. Get the Bucketworks screen printing machine up and running.

3. Update my WordPress sites...

Our pals at Web608 are also planning devMadhouse1.0 for Saturday, December 6th, 2008 in Madison, Wisconsin. So if you miss MilwaukeeDevHouse3 (or love it so much that you want more) check out what Madison has to offer...