[COLUG] June meeting suggestions

[Chris Clonch]

On Friday 06 June 2008 3:24:17 Scott Merrill wrote:
> Are you working on anything cool you'd like to show off?
> Have you recently found a clever solution to a common problem?

While not at a point to show off here are some bits I'm chewing on.  It would 
be great to hear from others who have done similar or just have ideas.

- Autonomous system administration.  Using subversion, cfengine/puppet, 
kickstart, nagios/hobbit and probably some perl to glue it together.  Toying 
with the idea, but unfortunately not a main goal at work so I haven't been 
able to create a working model.

- Home automation (domotics).  Using sensor networks, X10/insteon/UPB/Z-wave 
and linux to automate the house.  Throw in home theater to the mix and you've 
got the house of the future. ;)  Again still mainly in idea phase but would 
love to hear from those that have venture into this realm.  Extra points to 
being able to start small (read cheap) and scale to a full-blown setup.

> We're a pretty casual bunch, so please don't feel like presentations
> need to be anything spectacular.  Sometimes just introducing a new
> package, or revisiting a long-standing complaint is enough to get
> things going!

Definitely will make it to this meeting so I can finally meet everyone in 
person.

-Chris