TheSilentGuy

TheSilentGuy [[Image:{{{picture}}}|200px]] What: The Silent Guy Tagline: .talk silent guy is silent. Maintainer(s): chuck_norris, fs111,tazo Archived: yes

We run an IRC channel (see Chat) and we sometimes miss meetings in there (esp. when the TechTuesdays are crowded). To solve this problem I propose project silent guy:

What?

• Set up a small dedicated machine in HSB w/ monitor that displays the IRC channel in the Sofa-Area (m/b give it a cool case or something?
• hook a bot/script whatever in the channel that uses a text to speech engine and announces when somebody enters the channel or when a conversation starts

Why?

Because we can and it is fun!

Plan

• find good IRC bot or create own thing (latter sounds like moar fun!)
• set up machine (linux box) with monitor and put in couch area (needs speakers)
• install stuff
•  ????
• profit

Contact: User:Fs111

Status

• It works with a patched version of phenny. I send the patch upstream and it is also included in the git repo.
• It runs on the eeepc from the BruCON HEX factor.

Git repo

http://github.com/fs111/TheSilentGuy

If you want the code, just do a

git clone git://github.com/fs111/TheSilentGuy.git

Giving TheSilentGuy a nice body

A robot need a real body, here are a few ideas

• Life-sized Bender
• One of the apple se30's ?
• something else ?