Yea, .... Ok?

Like always I have been busy. Last week of school is coming to end. That's the "Yea" part. So what now? What are my planes for the rest of the summer, you ask?  I don't know where to begin. I have a such long to do list, i don't know where i should start or how to priorities them. So to name a few in no particular order:

Gateway: My goal it to turn a old beige PC into a local gateway/firewall/AV for my home network. The plain is to have it running virtually on my old server. The only thing i'm waiting for it to come by a gibite Ethernet card.

Beowulf Cluster: This is something i been wanting to do for a few years, but don't have the money to fund it. I'm thinking about asking office buildings and public schools if they are willing to donate about 6 of there obsoltete computers. I still would need a Switch or a hub to connect them all. Switch can be pricey, and not something people are willing to throw away. I don't know if i want the nodes to be thin client/Dumb computer without hard drives. I think it will be cooler to have the nodes to be dumb and only processes task the server sends to them.

Microcontrolls, This is something i just got interested in. First i wanted to make DAQ (data acquisition) to stream data from a load cell to my computer. Secondly i was thing about making an on board computer for a model rocket that will record altitude, acceleration, and time. It also would be able deploy parachutes. I also was thinking about adding a transceiver.



Multi Touch Display. I found a good link to a walk though on how to build your own multi touch screen along with the software necessary to get everything up in running.


Linux : I need to get Linux working back on my laptop. This is something simple and should not take to long. Th hard part/ time consuming part is backing up the data before hand. I also plan to install TrueCrypt.


On the bright side i just finshed, working on a website. So acpect to see a little JavaScript example soon.