I'm planning on bring my Arduino stuff if other people are interested
in playing along. Complete noob here though

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Keith Pitt <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think I might go for the Arduino approach to satisfy my geekyness and
> budget.
> I really did like the panic board at:
> http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/03/the-panic-status-board/
> But the display is at its cheapest 4000, which I dont think the boss would
> go for :P
> Thanks for all your suggestions!
>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Robbie Shepherd <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>> >>>> >
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