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+# 2012
+
+    libreplanet (cambridge): march 24-25
+    cambridge mini-maker: april 20
+    steer roast: may 4-6
+    maker faire bay area: may 19-20
+    firefly: july 4-8
+    hope nine (nyc): july 13-15
+    oshkosh (WI): july 23-29
+    toorcamp (washington): aug 8-12
+    burning man: aug 27 - sept 3 (fertility 2.0)
+    strange loop (st louis): sept 23-25
+    maker faire NYC: sept 29-30
+    open hardware summit (NYC): same as maker faire nyc?
+    world toor (antarctica): dec 10-21
+    CCC: dec 2012
+    FOSDEM: feb 2013?
+
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-Ideas are cheap!  
+Ideas are cheap! Good ones:
+
+- "crowd-sourced" configuration management advice (most popular settings, etc)
+- use of generic WebDAV and OAuth for data interchange
 
 ### Local, low-latency network services
 
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+
+the rooter contribution (aka, what would be specifically and "uniquely" useful
+to others) is:
+
+* a documented, justified, available, and known-good combination of hardware,
+  firmware, network daemons, routing policies, and conventions
+
+which taken together both:
+
+* improve the freedom/control/experience of all internet participants
+
+and are:
+
+* a solid and (reasonably) accessible platform for others to build upon.
+
+the agenda is to:
+
+* preserve the freedom and benefits of the open, uncensored, neutral, general
+  purpose internet infrastructure for current and future participants.
+
+the rooter project/group should definately:
+
+* explore/discover new and alternative communications and information
+  technologies (hardware, software, biological, and ephemeral);
+* broadcast art, ideas, and opinions;
+* expose any flaws with existing or proposed technologies and standards;
+
+and could also potentially:
+
+* provide centralized network services;
+* manufacture and distribute end-user/retail hardware;
+* maintain an operating system distribution with updates;
+* provide interoperation and release testing services;
+* serve as a role model for future open hardware products and projects
+
+# problems with existing commodity routers
+ - usability of web interfaces for casual operators
+ - persistance of configuration across upgrades
+ - "binary blob" drivers at most crucial points of system
+ - poor performance with >5 active 802.11 clients
+ - hardware extension possible but not as easy as it could be for no extra cost
+ - difficulty for the inexperienced to reflash or explore new firmware
+ - insufficient hardware power to host multiple services (plug style)
+ - mixed delivery on promised specifications (throughput etc)
+ - insufficient IPv6, IPSEC, DNSSEC support
+ - delayed/difficult kernel upstreaming process
+
+# problems with existing plug computers
+ - binary blobs
+ - thermal overheating
+
+# improvements over plug computers and firmware+commodity
+ - no binary blobs at the heart of things
+ - hardware that can be more easily studied, reproduced, improved
+ - familiar environment for web and embedded developers
+ - hosting resources of plugs with topology of router
+ - more agressive adoption of new protocols and features (progressive)
+ - infrastructure-grade and -oriented
+
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+http://wiki.hamburg.ccc.de/index.php/ChaosVPN
+
+[Grid Appliance](http://www.grid-appliance.org/): a virtual machine image for
+quickly spooling up a distributed cluster for high performance computing.
+
+Netsukuku: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsukuku
+
+Sensorpedia: http://www.sensorpedia.com/
+
+OpenRadio: stanford/industry project to build software radio devices to "pool"
+bandwidth across multiple uplinks
+
 (for development) stackoverflow thread on embedded flash linux filesystems:
 <http://superuser.com/questions/248078/choice-of-filesystem-for-gnu-linux-on-an-sd-card>