Projects

I've finally gotten around to building this page to showcase all the crazy stuff I think up.
Software
	This is the interface for my home automation system. It's really only about half finished. Currently working are three general purpose on/off outputs and a media player the plays over the house stereo instead of the computer loading the page so I can queue up music from anywhere in the house. On the list of things to do: add a scheduler page to have the ports turn on and off at specified times, finish the tempurature sensor and integrate it with the thermostat so I can set the tempurature from anywhere, and lastly, add an IR transmitter so I can control my TV/Stereo/Whatever that uses a remote.
	Here's a page that I've built to track 1)the IP of my home network so that I can get to my automation server from anywhere and 2)the IP of anywhere else I need to. Right now I just have Internet Explorer open a page that has a Javascript page reload that opens the update page, but I'm working on a program that will do this at a preset interval and be able to handle dead connections, like when Qwest shits out, which it does early and often >:( .
Hardware
	This is my new workbench. It's got 16 outlets, 10 of which are on a kill switch (just in case...), and a hardwired worklamp. It has about all the space you could ever hope for with a 6x3 ft. desk area and an 18" shelf up top.
	This is my prototyping board which I've added a PC power supply to so now I only have to plug in one cable and I get 3.3, -5, 5, -12, and 12 volts (I only have enough connectors to get the positive leads mounted). Each post is a screw terminal as well as a banana plug, making it easy to connect test equipment or a grounding strap like in the picture. View #2 View #3
	This is my "remote" for the shambles that is my home automation system. Basically it's a Pocket PC that has WiFi that browses to my webserver which then forwards commands to my network attached IO device.
Pic coming soon!	This is the workhorse of my automation system: an Arduino Diecimelia with a networking shield. Basically a mini computer with dedicated on/off ports. I've programmed it to parse a http page to recieve commands and echo it's status back to confirm it recieved everything.