notes

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diff --git a/Index.page b/Index.page
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+++ b/Index.page
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 * [refs]()
 * [security]()
 
-This is a pseudo-open [http://gitit.net](gitit) repo for brainstorming around
-the [http://rooter.is](rooter) open hardware wireless router. 
+This is a pseudo-open [gitit][http://gitit.net) repo for brainstorming around
+the [rooter](http://rooter.is) open hardware wireless router. 
 
 Feel free to create an account, but note that this is NOT a secure connection.
 
-See links to the left for help.
+See links to the left for help. Default syntax is markdown, can export to many
+formats. 
+
diff --git a/hardware.page b/hardware.page
index ec5d61e..55a3e70 100644
--- a/hardware.page
+++ b/hardware.page
@@ -1,40 +1,43 @@
 
-rough price point: $75
-
-general:
-    display screen and buttons (OLED, eink)
-    2+ USB host
-    USB device/OTG
-    internal DC power jack?
-    dual-core CPU? FPGA/CPLD/ASIC?
-
-copper ethernet:
-    1+ ethernet WAN (EOP?)
-    4+ ethernet client jacks, 100mb+ (EOP?)
-
-wireless:
-    wi-fi b/g (n?)
-    802.15.4 (2.4ghz) node (multiple?)
-    bluetooth networking
-    nordic wireless (433/868/915mhz)
-    900mhz?
-    5ghz?
-    3g/4g femtonode? use USB sticks
-
-other:
-    battery or FRAM for persistance/boot
-    POTS phone system
-    industrial-grade meshing?
-    ethernet over power
-    audio output
-    watchdog
-
-
-future devices:
-    phone system
-    many-jacks
-    mesh packs
-    barebones
-
-links:
-    netfpga
+original notes:
+
+    rough price point: $75
+
+    general:
+        display screen and buttons (OLED, eink)
+        2+ USB host
+        USB device/OTG
+        internal DC power jack?
+        dual-core CPU? FPGA/CPLD/ASIC?
+
+    copper ethernet:
+        1+ ethernet WAN (EOP?)
+        4+ ethernet client jacks, 100mb+ (EOP?)
+
+    wireless:
+        wi-fi b/g (n?)
+        802.15.4 (2.4ghz) node (multiple?)
+        bluetooth networking
+        nordic wireless (433/868/915mhz)
+        900mhz?
+        5ghz?
+        3g/4g femtonode? use USB sticks
+
+    other:
+        battery or FRAM for persistance/boot
+        POTS phone system
+        industrial-grade meshing?
+        ethernet over power
+        audio output
+        watchdog
+
+
+    future devices:
+        phone system
+        many-jacks
+        mesh packs
+        barebones
+
+    links:
+        netfpga
+
diff --git a/ideas.page b/ideas.page
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index 0000000..ec1f311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ideas.page
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+
+
+### Local, low-latency network services
+
+- automated file backups to external disk
+- etherpad-like collaborative editing
+- VNC screen sharing
+- chatroom (IRC-like)
+- direct chat (bonjour-like, eg, share )
+- direct peer-to-peer file sharing
+- calendar with alerts
+- track clients? "last seen"? eh...
+- distributed compution management (rendering, compiling, mapreduce)
+- multiplayer gaming server (is there a standard for this?)
+- inter-device mesh control/management node
+- local CDN for things like javascript libraries; some protocol for this?
+  global anycast addresses? specific just a hash in url field?
+
+### Global network services
+
+- chatroom
+- direct chat
+- voip
+- file transfer, delivery
+- collaborative file editing
+- global file system, with references
+
+### Persistant network services
+
+- key, identity management
+- feed, status agregation
+- file mirroring (torrent, gnutella, etc)
+- agent monitoring (server down alerts, news searches, price alerts)
+- self status diagnostics
+- anonymous hosing (tor onion address)
+- bitcoin wallet
+- participate in distributed computing, internet archive
+- voip message machine
+- IRC log archive
+- email backup/archive
+- MMORPG services (?)
+- monitor internet connection usage, reliability (eg, down N% last month)
+- hold hashes/keys of cloud-stored large files
+
+### Misc
+
+- good chaotic number source on board (some low-power diode system?)
+- "myrouter.net", "gateway.local"
+- expert system for network debugging
+- network visualization built in
+- municiple area services? regional area services?
+- rickroll
+- a "home" for 
+- a "nest" for artificial intelligences?
+- control node for robotics
+- "store and forward" node for sneakernet protocols
+- packaging cache
+- optimization for gamers
+- $200 is just $17/month for a year, less than VPS, if you already have an
+  internet connection. pays for itself in N years?
+- manage mutual backups
+
+
+# Appliances
+
+an easy way to deploy and manage "appliances"/"images".  not a virtual machine,
+a real machine. no reliable/fast bandwidth required, or recuring cloud fees, a
+one-time-purchase.
+
+### Education appliance
+
+- user accounts, shell logins for programming
+- tutorials
+- messaging
+- assignment submission
+- class materials sharing
+- wikipedia, dictionary, public domain info
+- SAGE math interface
+- scheme interpreter
+
+### Web developer appliance
+
+- code repository
+- continuous integration for tests
+- heroku-like fast deployment
+- front ends for database debugging
+- deployment to wider internet
+- documentation rendering/browsing
+- wiki
+- compatible cloud images available (eg, AMIs)
+- cronjobs, munin, pingdom, logging
+
+### Public space appliance
+
+- sensor data
+- info caches
+- bullitin board
+- local content (audio, photos, video, lit, digital art, etc)
+
+### Science appliance
+
+- remote access to lab equipment
+- scripting/control platform
+- monitoring, logging, alerts
+
+### Office/Workspace appliance
+
+- employee directory
+- wiki
+- documents
+- calendaring
+- file sharing
+- ticketing/bugzilla system
+- internal mailing lists
+
+# Social Meshing
+
+- configure a pseudonymous profile, messages sent to it relayed to your email
+- myspace-style captive portal login
+- send messages to request sharing of resources
+- zeroconf detection of neighbors
+- persistant memory of devices, set bandwidth/trust/sharing controls
+- use social network terminology to describe all this
+- share streaming music
+- integrate/discovery over time
+- sharply cap total untrusted communications bandwidth and memory
+- "bond" multiple network connections (with QoS) to increase total throughput
+
diff --git a/principles.page b/principles.page
index a2c6fa9..1e7f7ba 100644
--- a/principles.page
+++ b/principles.page
@@ -3,37 +3,35 @@ In a word: "control" (for users)
 
 ### Proposed
 
-No NDAs for anybody: vendors, employees, collaborators, etc
+*No NDAs* for anybody: vendors, employees, collaborators, etc
 
-Don't ship with binary blobs
-- we don't host them or ship them
-- but don't go out of the way to disallow users to install what they want
+*Don't ship with binary blobs*. We don't host them or ship them, but we don't go
+out of our way to disallow users from installing them if they desire.
 
-Hackability
-- Accessible and documented internal interfaces
-- Good documentation
+*Hackability.* Accessible and documented internal interfaces, good
+documentation
 
-No technical secrets
-- Published development repositories
+*No technical secrets.* Published development repositories
 
-Others should be able to recreate the hardware
-- Use only easily source-able, openly documented components and chips with 
-  minimal export restrictions
-- Full hardware design/manufacturing files in various formats
-
-Understand and publish labor practices of anything we manufacture/sell
-- visits, photos, contact information
+*Others should be able to recreate the hardware*. Use only easily source-able,
+openly documented components and chips with minimal export restrictions. Full
+hardware design/manufacturing files in various formats.
 
+*Understand and publish labor practices of anything we manufacture/sell*.
+Visits, photos, contact information.
 
 ### Unsure
 
 
 Avoid rent-seeking behavior in any business model
+
 - don't abuse "control" or trusted position
 
+
 Complete transparency of finances, "partnerships"
 
 Absolutely no licensing or patent issues
+
 - USB ids
 - WiFi patent worries
 - hire lots of lawyers to go everything with a fine tooth comb?
@@ -45,4 +43,4 @@ Absolutely no licensing or patent issues
 at all"
 
 Building better/new things as well as fixing problems/bugs/holes 
-(not just-a-libre-XYZ, also shiny and new)
\ No newline at end of file
+(not just-a-libre-XYZ, also shiny and new)
diff --git a/refs.page b/refs.page
index 9ded4f9..058af69 100644
--- a/refs.page
+++ b/refs.page
@@ -1,31 +1,34 @@
 
-########################################## components
+### components
 
 see http://rhombus-tech.net/evaluated_cpus/ for a list and analysis
 
 beaglebone uses the cortex A8 AM3358. design files are open hardware. 
 
 allwinner A10 ARM chip
+
     http://elinux.org/Hack_A10_devices
     http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/
     http://www.wits-tech.com/pages/board.jsp
 
 Marvell MV78200 ("sheeva")
+
     4 gige ports
     2x 1ghz armv5 chips
     2x SATA
     2x PCI-express x4
     $60 or less?
-    http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/applications.jsp
+    <http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/applications.jsp>
 
-########################################## existing organizations/projects
+### existing organizations/projects
 
 FreedomBox
 
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk
+<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk>
+
+<http://rhombus-tech.net>
 
-http://rhombus-tech.net 
-    community company" based around new modular computing format. no hardware yet
+    "community interest company" based around new modular computing format. no hardware yet
 
 FSF hardware endorsement
     http://www.fsf.org/news/endorsement-criteria
diff --git a/user_experience.page b/user_experience.page
index d5ef3ff..465fa7a 100644
--- a/user_experience.page
+++ b/user_experience.page
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-### User Expectations
+
+# User Expectations
+
+## General
 
 - from open box, can just plug in WAN to upstream and clients to downstream,
   and everything will "just work"
@@ -7,4 +10,9 @@
   of vendors
 - default unfiltered outgoing on all ports, but incoming is firewalled
 
+## Hardware
+
+- Can't harm the physical device by running any combination of software from
+  temperatures of 0c to 40c or so. including alternative distros
+- Some status feedback