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Posted by tuckie - 20/05/09 at 12:05:52 am

I was hoping to have a bit more free time now that I’m on my spring semester, but it doesn’t seem to be the case. I’m currently taking a Unix class and a Database class, and the database class is consuming all of my free time. Its a hybrid class, which means its part in-class, part online. Somehow this translates for my teacher as 6 nights of homework in a row, starting tomorrow (so that includes homework due every night of Memorial Day break).

My current projects (that I’m not going to have time for):

Figure out what’s wrong with my Xbox (It can’t see the mod chip, but my spare modded xbox reduces motivation).
Figure out what’s wrong with my Carputer’s LCD display. The screen goes to standby half the time, I’m hoping its a software problem (hibernation bug maybe?).
Run cat5e (correctly, not through the air return) from the basement to upstairs.
Terminate previously mentioned cat5e at a patch panel on one end, and at some wall jacks on the other.
Clean, then try to fix an OLD oscilloscope that I got from a friend.
Continue my nixie clock pipe dream/vaporware.
Convince myself to spend money on a HTPC to replace my Xbox setup.

I’ve probably missed something in the list, but oh well.

I’ve made some progress on the clock front at least:

I bought a ethernet shield and have rigged a rtc chip up to it as well. My plan is to pull information from a NTP server (the basic code for this is working) and set the timezone offset via a web service (that uses the WAN IP). The user will then be able to tweak all the settings via a web interface. I’m thinking about just having one button on the clock itself for snooze/dimming/misc functions.

May 20, 2009 | In Computing, General, Projects, School | 1 Comment

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