Re: Idea: Desktop wakeup on user proximity

2007-02-06 Thread kkr
Another way to do it: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Bluetooth_Proximity_Monitor Regards Le mercredi 24 janvier 2007 à 01:42 +, Robert McQueen a écrit : This already does half of what you want: http://matthew.ath.cx/projects/bluemon/ The problem with this kind of thing is that

Idea: Desktop wakeup on user proximity

2007-01-23 Thread Richard Franks
So when I walk into my office in the morning my computer wakes the monitor and logs in, opens up a browser with slashdot, etc. So when I walk towards my house at night, my computer is already cuing up some music for me. Detection could be via GPS/data connection, but in many workplaces,

Re: Idea: Desktop wakeup on user proximity

2007-01-23 Thread Robert McQueen
This already does half of what you want: http://matthew.ath.cx/projects/bluemon/ The problem with this kind of thing is that bluetooth really guzzles the battery of your phone, especially when the computer sits there pinging it every few seconds. Activating bluetooth based on the location is a

Re: Idea: Desktop wakeup on user proximity

2007-01-23 Thread David Ford
Actually this idea is already in use. Set up your Bluetooth to lock/unlock your desktop when you are in the vicinity of it etc. :) Richard Franks wrote: So when I walk into my office in the morning my computer wakes the monitor and logs in, opens up a browser with slashdot, etc. So when I

Re: Idea: Desktop wakeup on user proximity

2007-01-23 Thread Richard Franks
On 1/23/07, David Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually this idea is already in use. Set up your Bluetooth to lock/unlock your desktop when you are in the vicinity of it etc. :) Ha! I thought it sounded a bit too obvious. We get to enchance the idea with GPS though.. hmm - two new uses: 1)