Every problem is an opportunity waiting to be solved.

Projects

House Robot v2 - This robot is intended to be used in my vacation home in Oklahoma as an inside surveillance bot. He will be allow me to experiment and work towards my ultimate goal of an outside surveillance bot.

DSC Alarm - Information on the custom interface to the DSC alarm.

Power Saving External USB Drive - A need to build a external hard drive for more storage, but I don't want to waste electricity by leaving it on all the time.

Hack for Wii - Run HomeBrew games from a SD card, and backed up games from an USB hard drive or DVD-R

General Gumstix Tidbits - Various bits about the Gumstix and my findings with buildroot, i2c, etc.

i2C - Playing with i2c.

Bus Pirate - How to use the Bus Pirate for AVR programming, i2c, etc.

Future Projects

Use gumstix/robostix to create an alarm
Linux based camera interface
http://www.olimex.com/dev/images/enc28j60-sch.gif
http://www.saelig.com/ICTCPEB/ICTCPEB001.htm

Chip Makers

Electronic Components

Build Sheets

Siren / Orc - Linksys WRTSL54GS - Interface with DSC alarm

Buffalo LinkStation NAS - Customize backup solution

Hydra - Ranch's Desktop / Debian

Griffin - Ranch's Storage and Remote Dial-Up (backup connectivity solution for DSC alarm)

Elf - Netbook - Asus eee 901

Muse - Wife's Desktop / Dual Boot Debian & Windows

Dryad - Mom's Desktop / Dual Boot Debian & Windows

Lupin - Development + Gaming

California

Resetting HVAC

Simple

Set thermostat to off
In home fuse box, turn off the 40 amp breaker (on your left facing the panel)
1. Turn 40 amp breaker back on after a minute or so
Wait a couple of minutes and then turn thermostat back on
Check to see if the air is flowing from a duct

Complex

Set thermostat to off
In home fuse box, turn off the 40 amp breaker (on your left facing the panel)
1. Turn 40 amp breaker back on after a minute or so
Climb onto roof and take the yellow socket driver (1/4" socket)
Using the yellow socket driver, remove center panel (above fuse box) and likewise the inner cover as well
Check the red LED and count the blinks (iirc, typically 6 blinks)
1. Use the sheet on the back of the inner panel to decipher the blink codes
Pull fuses in HVAC and set to off position
Check and possibly clean the terminals on the internal breaker switch
Pull fuses in HVAC and set to on position
From roof, yell into house to get wife's attention (if at night, a flashlight works wonders)
1. Have wife turn thermostat back on
Check that the red LED is solid
Put the inner and cover panel back on