actual post time was [8/25/08]12:25am

What do you know, exactly 2 months since the last entry. At this point, I am 1 week in at Georgia Tech, studying to be a computer engineer. The supercomputer was a success, and is now sitting in my closet until I get home to play with it some more. At this point, it is almost exclusively work with customizing it and experimenting with it. I got a 24 port hub from ebay for $25, so pretty good deal. The only thing is that it isn't gigabit. oh well. I got smoothwall running on my little router. I am also expecting in the mail this week a package of miracle fruit tablets. If you don't know what miracle fruit is, try Wikipedia. I am excited to begin experimenting with that. Current projects include playing with linux some more, and I'm also considering playing with controlling stuff from my computer, like using a relay on a wall socket that is hooked in to my parallel port and controlling appliances. I don't know how much time I will have to play with that sort of thing because of the work load here. It is very high. The other thing i was considering was a system that would have a usb port on the outside of a door, and then you plug in a thumb drive. then you use a shell script to read a file named a certain thing and see if it has certain text in it. if it does, then open the relay and unlock the door. if it doesnt, then deny access. everything could be logged as well. You could even get a little screen to put on the outside of the door. And a camera. hmm... And make it remotly accessable via VNC or SSH so see recordings of all entrance attempts. It would only record when there was movement or when someone stuck in a thumb drive. I hope i get a chance to try all of this.