Matthew Smith will be giving a talk about advanced usage of Linux on the WRT54G.

Short description of talk:

Topic 1: Using the WRT54G to make a cheap network bridge.

Topic 2: Using the WRT54G to monitor and control the physical world. I'll
talk about how you can monitor input pins and turn on/off output pins. With
a simple circuit (which I'll show) you can control anything you want.

Extra Links

Openwrt site:

http://www.openwrt.org

WRT54G compatibility information:

http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware

DD-WRT:

http://www.dd-wrt.com/

Doing the serial mod (includes where to buy the pcboard):

http://www.rwhitby.net/wrt54gs/serial.html

Speakers TBD, but the presentation will be a round table discussion of some of the current popular Linux distributions.

If you're interested in talking about your favorite distribution for a few minutes, please contact speakers@nblug.org.

Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It lets you write beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration."

Rob will demonstrate the creation of a simple database driven web application using the Rails framework. He'll also talk about some of the best practices that Rails brings to the web programming table and how it, and projects like it, are making programming more fun.

NBLUG Board Meeting @ Sizzling Tandoor in Santa Rosa. All are invited, but all are paying for their own meals. :)

• Roll Call (Eric)
• Approval of October Minutes (Eric)
• Board Meeting Frequency and Scheduling (Kyle)
• InstallFest?
• Upcoming meetings
  • Tomorrow: DVD Authoring
  • March: Linux on the XBox
  • April: Trac
  • May:
  • June:
  • July:
  • August:
• Items carried over from previous meeting:
  • Status of General Meeting Videos (Dan?)