Assorted Ideas

This is quite an extensive list where only a small subset actually will be done.

Do now / ongoing

• Start monotoring of UPS. See UPSMonitoringOpenBSD.
• Try server monitoring. See MRTG.
• Add avahi or openbsd mdns to netatalk setup.
• Configure nut for UPS.
• Setup Transmission/rTorrent on library use via web interface.
• Create a backup firewall using flashrd and Alix. See e.g. OpenBSD Embedded Router

Do later …

• Do an OpenBSD dependency graph. Maybe in Haskell. Compare with FreeBSD’s portdepends.

• 3G failover over 3G. See e.g. ifstated.conf for failover

• Test salt and zeromq.

• Port despotify to OpenBSD.

• Try YubiKey - OpenBSD port available.

• Fantastical like command line tool for entering events and tasks in google calendar.

• Try tiling WM as ScrotWM

• Test ./sysutils/smartmontools.

• Setup a movida HTPC based on OpenBSD 4.7

• SoundBridge messenger

• SiteUptime or ServiceUptime

• Check out Ryan Freeman game ports

• Automatic WLAN configuration of known networks in OpenBSD - Also see AutoWifi.

• Install or develop a web-album on Photos.

• Improved Image handling in Instiki

• WordGrinder - Create a port for WordGrinder.

• HBench - Create a port for HBench

• DIY touch panels

• iCD kitchen tablet

• Custom Tablets

• Port pinta - needs mono and GTK+.

• Install gThumb - Great image/video/audio viewer editor.

• Install Krita - Painting software part of KDE.

• Port OpenSLP - similar to zeroconf and UPnP.

• IR Reciever in OpenBSD

• Port MyPaint to OpenBSD.

• Port yaws and nitrogen to OpenBSD. Also see basho.

• Port http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varnish_(software). Good architecture for performance as well.

• OpenCommunication

• Do experiment with aucat, sndio, timidity and fluidsynth all supported by OpenBSD. Midi viewer/checker. Midi software synth. See e.g. Rosegarden, midi sw overview and Csound

• Do a simple VisiCalc clone in SmallTalk/Ruby or Java. See e.g. dabbledb and spreadsheet overview. resolver

• Build your own CallerId presenter. MT8870 design

• FanControl

• Port minidlna.

• Minimalistic Blog

• Learn Haskell and then Erlang

• mdoc to epub converter. To get your openbsd manuals on kindle.

• Secure distributed safe data storage. Use rsync, bittorrent or similar to distribute storage among friends or completely anonymous to a network. Avoid a single vendor and get control. See FreedomBox and OpenStorage.

  • OpenNAS

• Twyne - Make a interactive fiction game

Done

• CameraModel - Some initial model done
• Build netbackup to tarsnap
• RealAdventureQuiz
• Switch to mercurial. Not fully automated, but documentation has been written for all important projects.
• Build a maintenance site that can be used in case of main site failure. Try e.g. http://devio.us. I chose ARP Networks instead. Some test applications has been installed and MySQL sync need to be implemented.
• Implement A* search algorithms in Ruby (A* ruby quiz) and Haskell (Data.Graph.AStar). Multiple paths support is still not done.

Cancelled (at least way ahead in the future!)

• ThoughtDB
• Setup CVSTrac for internal CVS repository. Replaced by mercurial.

Others Ideas

• http://www.idealab.com/
• http://www.kickstarter.com