[nixterrimus]

Next semester, I'm not returning to my school as a full time student (although I will in the fall). During the spring semester, I'm pursuing web development and design. One of my professors in the Computer Science department said that I might be able to make my XBMC light dimming project an internship, provided I have someone to report to, clear well defined goals, and timelines. I'm willing to pursue lighting-XBMC integration beyond my limited goal (turning lights off when a movie starts), perhaps to the point where I approach a level of home automation. For all of this to work, I need a mentor, someone who has documented experience in XBMC or another prominent open source my project.

Here's how I see my project, there's three major soft components- the software that takes XBMC events and does something with them, the code that resides on the micro-controller, and the plugin that allows XBMC interfacing. The listening software I'm working on in Ruby. I'm working on developing a complete Ruby Gem for listening to and controlling XBMC. The micro-controller code is written in C for the arduino (although I do have some experience with assembly, if it comes to that). The plugin code would have be written in Python, I have no python experience, but I'm a quick learner.

Would anyone be willing to discuss being my mentor? If you are, drop me a line.

Nicholas Rowe
Nixterrimus at Gmail