This is more of a bookmark post. Whatever.
Lately, I’ve been liking the idea of small devices that can just plug into a network and do something. The something is less relevant at this point; it could be VOIP related, file serving, video related, webcammy, or the always popular class of “whatever,” but it doesn’t really matter, since we’re still in tech fetish mode at the moment.
I’ve heard lots of things about hacking the Linksys WRT54G, and I saw one running Asterix a while back. Too bad I gave my (semi-flaky) router away a few months back…
Ile sans Fil, Montreal’s version of Wireless Toronto, has a neat project called HAL - media content tied to local hostspots using a modified Linksys NSLU2.
I also just saw the eXcito Bubba this morning, which looks like a neat toy, but ships from Europe.
…And then, of course, there’s the whole mini-ATX range where you can make whatever you want, but at the moment (since this probably won’t go past theory phase anyway), I like the idea of repurposing existing stuff. Remember the hubub about running Linux on a Dreamcast?
I first started running Linux because I couldn’t afford to run a proper Windows box. It’s interesting that now that consumer electronics are so much cheaper (and I have an actual income), the drive to make things is weighted more to the “wouldn’t it be cool” side than the cost side, but we pretty much win either way.
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