Bane Macleod

Bedroom Computer

Since my roommate moved out I have the spare room back, and have moved my bed into that room, so I can once again have a room separate of the computer/office stuff. The problem with that is sometimes I really want to see what's the dealy without leaving that room.

I would, at some point, like to make a bedroom computer.

It would need to be able to keep track of the time, obviously, as it's main purpose would be as an alarm clock of sorts. Event planning would be nice too, perhaps using 30 boxes or Google Calendar to keep track of my events. Some sort of RSS/email viewing would be the nift as well. As I mull it over weather would be the cool. In thinking about it I thought it would be a fantastic idea if the computer could wake me up ala Star Trek.

"Good Morning Scottie. The temperature is a cool 96 degrees and 100% humidity in sunny Southern Louisiana. You have work in one hour and 45 minutes. You have 2 events today. There are 5440982 emails awaiting you. There are 30 new items in your RSS archive. The Klingons are on the starboard bow."

With a voice recognition software this could become even more fun, allowing me the ability to give voice commands such as "Set alarm for 8:30 PM" or "Play me some John Tesh baby!".

Add in X-10 type devices like usb light and device control and there are no limits to the fun one could have.

"Computer, run Barry White.exe"