The “I deserve nice things” List
Interested in an item? Edit the page and add your name to the “Taker” field, and put in an interwiki link to your documentation.
Category | Thing/Description | Taker | Wiki Link |
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documentation | Getting Started: 3d Game Programming | mgough | Documentation |
documentation | add pedagogical pictures/images to PuTTY tutorial; create a PuTTY tutorial | open | |
documentation | vim tutorial | bh011695 | Documentation |
documentation | functions tutorials: random numbers, square roots, access/display time/date | open | Beginning Info |
documentation | debugging tutorial (gdb) | ||
documentation | howto on lab46 per-user subversion repositories | open | |
documentation | using/linking libraries with your C/C++ programs | open | |
documentation | python tutorial | afassett | Documentations |
documentation | tcpdump tutorial | open | |
documentation | OpenVPN client configuration/deployment | open | |
documentation | Dialog tutorial | jshort6 | Documentation |
documentation | Pong | jshort6 | Documentation |
documentation | Battleship (The game and documentation of source code) | jshort6 | Documentation |
documentation | Dual boot install of xp and ubuntu | jshort6 | Documentation |
networking | recrimp remaining green “over the ceiling” network cable | ryoung12 | done |
networking | redeploy VLSM on student.lan subnet with 10.80.3.0/24 and 10.80.4.0/24 | open | |
networking | figure out/deploy working PF-based OpenBSD router box that can do multipath/CARP | open | |
networking | figure out/deploy OpenBSD PF-based QoS (prioritize ssh) | open | |
programming | In C, write an X (or SDL, or OpenGL) program that can parse/display JPG/PNG files | open | |
programming | write a C program that can (using libraries) compress and uncompress files | open | |
programming | write a C or python X program that can interface/utilize a touchscreen | ||
programming | compile cgrep (from http://plg1.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~ftp/mt/cgrep/ to run on Lab46 | open | |
project | Hexadecimal Time; I'd love a clock | mtaft4 | Documentation |
project | explore/deploy Debian preseeding | open | |
project | figure out Plan 9 | open | |
project | try out Debian GNU/kFreeBSD | afassett | |
project | create a 24-hour weather map loop from publicly available animated gif weather data | open | |
project | set up a firewire iSight camera under Linux and do some cool stuff with it in the LAIR | ||
project | set up an Asterisk VoIP server and do some cool stuff with it in the LAIR (voicemail, per-user extensions, etc.) | open | |
project | set up a machine and test pile of hard drives to see if they are dead or working | afassett | documentation |
project | explore Evergreen for possible deployment in LAIRbrary | open | |
project | explore Bino to display 3D movies | open | |
sysadmin | investigate umask (what should good sane values be) | open | |
sysadmin | figure out/demonstrate xpra (from the parti suite) | open | |
sysadmin | figure out/demonstrate xmove | open | |
sysadmin | figure out/deploy vertical split in screen on Debian etch (the “Debian” way) | closed | already patched in Debian Squeeze |
sysadmin | install MacOS X 10.5 “Leopard” on the G4 cube for deployment in the LAIR | bh011695 | |
sysadmin | check the logs for errors/problems | on-going | instructions coming at some point |