you could use an wifi/bluetooth-enabled arduino board, some LED's in combo
with serproxy (lightweight xml socket server) to push data to the arduino
and turn on some lights/make noises when something happened. Don't think it
would be too hard.

Robbie


On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Jonathan Clarke
<[email protected]>wrote:

> I want the gummy bears in use at last.fm...
>
> http://blog.last.fm/2008/08/01/quality-control
>
> On 8 April 2010 11:57, Andrew Grimm <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Interesting, but you may want to check if anyone is sensitive to
> > strobe lights (epilepsy).
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Glen Maddern <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> I think some historical (how many of last X builds have failed) is also
> >> useful, but you need something like a build light or dedicated screen
> that's
> >> unavoidable.
> >> I really like the look of http://integration.playframework.org/, though
> I'm
> >> not sure what it's backing on to.
> >> I also worked somewhere that had a big-arse strobe light that somebody
> >> manually brought to your desk and plugged in if you really screwed the
> >> build. Let's just say that was the last time I checked in a syntax
> error.
> >> -glen.
> >>
> >> On 8 April 2010 10:25, Dave Newman <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> A light's great for 1 build, but what if you have a bunch!  We use
> >>> cradiator connected to TeamCity.
> >>> Looks like this: http://twitpic.com/1dxwc9
> >>> WARNING: runs on windows
> >>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Ian Leitch <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hey Keith,
> >>>>
> >>>> We @ Envato just got our build light up and running yesterday. We're
> >>>> using a Delcom Red, Green, Yellow Visual Signal Indicator:
> >>>> http://www.delcomproducts.com/productdetails.asp?productnum=904008
> >>>>
> >>>> I had to write a driver to get it working (the linux kernel driver
> >>>> doesn't support generation II), you can grab that here:
> >>>> http://github.com/ileitch/delcom_904008_driver
> >>>>
> >>>> The light is pretty basic but fun none the less. It can display red,
> >>>> green and yellow all at the same time or individually. Though it's up
> >>>> to you to program some funky light shows in Ruby :)
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers
> >>>> Ian
> >>>>
> >>>> On 8 April 2010 09:50, Keith Pitt <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>> > Hi everyone,
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Im currently working with some guys at the ThoughtWorks office in
> >>>> > Melbourne and they've got this cool-ass light that goes green when
> the
> >>>> > build on the CI server passes and goes red when it fails horribly
> (it
> >>>> > also goes yellow during a build). Does anyone else use anything
> >>>> > similar?
> >>>> >
> >>>> > I found a post done by the guys as last.fm:
> >>>> >
> >>>> > http://blog.last.fm/2008/08/01/quality-control
> >>>> >
> >>>> > They use this USB controlled power board where you can send signals
> to
> >>>> > it to turn off/on connected devices. I tried to find such a device
> in
> >>>> > Australia but I havent found one yet.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Also the last.fm posts shows that they have these status screens
> all
> >>>> > across their office - trac ticket status, last commit, load graphs
> >>>> > etc. Does anyone know of any open source tools that would be used
> for
> >>>> > office status displays like that?
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Cheers,
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Keith
> >>>> >
> >>>> > --
> >>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
> >>>> > Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group.
> >>>> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
> .
> >>>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> >>>> > [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]>
> .
> >>>> > For more options, visit this group at
> >>>> > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
> Groups
> >>>> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group.
> >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> >>>> [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]>
> .
> >>>> For more options, visit this group at
> >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> -
> >>> Dave Newman | @whatupdave | http://snappyco.de
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
> Groups
> >>> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group.
> >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> >>> [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]>
> .
> >>> For more options, visit this group at
> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
> >>
> >> --
> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
> Groups
> >> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group.
> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> >> [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]>
> .
> >> For more options, visit this group at
> >> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
> >>
> >
> > --
> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group.
> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]>
> .
> > For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
> >
> >
>
> --
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group.
> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> [email protected]<rails-oceania%[email protected]>
> .
> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
>
>

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby 
or Rails Oceania" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.

Reply via email to