TODO

Well I found the source of my problem. All the free time I have that’s not spend studing or playing Fable makes me think about all the stuff I want to make…

I though of another thing to add to the list yesterday, the difference being that it’s for me and it’s not totally coded :)

I want to make an audio switcher so I don’t have to change cabels around every time I want to, say, use the XBox instead of the computer. It’s fine if I just want multiple inputs to go to one output, there are heaps of AV switchers around but they none fit my specific purpose. I want 4 inputs and 3 outputs so any device can go to any speaker set.

So here’s the setup, I have my desktop, laptop and my 360 that all outputting sound in addition to a spare socket I can use if I need to. Then I have 3 sets of speakers. I have the Logitech 5.1 speakers (which I always run in matrix so it only uses stereo), a Panasonic stereo and headphones that I want to share the inputs between. So the idea is to have the box in between everything and routing inputs to outputs. So I could have my laptop connected to the desktop speakers and also have my 360 running through the stereo simultaneously.

So basically I want to make my own custom switcher. And because it would be boring to just use switches I’m going to use this as an excuse to learn a bot about PIC microcontrollers. They’re small and cheap but they sacrifice some ease of use as they can only run simple programs and are primarily programmed in assembely. I already know some assembly (from GMod CPU) but but it’ll be a learning experiance.

Oh and I also want it to drive a small LCD (2 lines of 16 characters each) to display what it connected to what :)

I’ll post photos across the build and upload the schematics and code if/once I finish it.

So, taking Scott’s idea, here’s a list of all the work in progress

• ScoreMonkey Only has the framework for getting data done, a few additional classes are finished but still has a bit to go. I want this finished by the end of this year at the latest.
• phpRater A full rewrite and release.
• Static merge with BlueIrn Still need to work out the minor points but the general idea is there.
• This magic audio box not even up to writing anything down yet, but it should be inexpensive and move along quickly right up to the coding.
• Cleaning… everything My room is a mess and my computers are a mess, they need a clean and a format respectively.
• Ravngr.com update I’ll do a better job of the theme, rather than something do in less than a few hours :P
• Various other web projects and apps at varying stages of development, don’t expect to see much except to occasional Java app maybe.
• C++ Going to keep on learning it :)
• GMod map and other stuff A distraction, but one that my provide good results.

Still have to wait until Friday for the last exam (I’m actually going to studying for) before I’ll actually start anything. And Fallout 3 comes out tomorrow ! (For Australia, I know the US already has it) That’ll set everything back :P