Hardware hackers rejoice!

[NoOp]

On 05/28/2007 12:02 PM, Brian Fahrlander wrote:
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> (Or, "More fun things to do with Ubuntu")
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>     I have a 'life project', http://CounterMoon.org, where I'm building
> a trailer in which I intend to spend the rest of my life on the road.
> And ya just KNOW I'm not going there without Ubuntu Linux...
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>     So I'm working on the controls; there are questions that will
> naturally arise while on the road:
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>     How much time is left on the batteries?
>     How much 110V power am I pulling?
>     Doesn't it seem [hot|cold] in here?
> 
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> 
>     We all like our systems; but at the end of the day they don't *do*
> many things.  Here, we can direct the air conditioning to the warmer
> rooms, turn on the sprinklers when they actually _need_ it, create
> keypad locks, or turn on the dehumidifier on in the NOC when the server
> room's steamy.
> 
>     Enjoy!
> 

Cool... but not sure if you've seen this or not; there are X10 packages:

<http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=x10&searchon=names&subword=1&version=feisty&release=all>
[http://preview.tinyurl.com/3d5mmy]

that yoiu might find helpful.