New computer, plans, and a short todo list

Ok, so I got myself a new workstation computer, it's been nearly 4 years since I last did a full upgrade of my workstation, and for once now, I'm taking a different direction. I've bought a Quad-core Apple G5, thanks to a nice discount for Linux developers from IBM, and it's running Gentoo quite happily (after a little bit of kernel hacking). It's a little RAM-short still, as that was expensive from Apple, so I just need to add more myself.

Sunday thru Friday, I'll be going to be in Santa Clara, California for the MySQL Users Conference. I'll be manning the phpMyAdmin booth. I'm hoping my couch surfing works out.

Immediate todo list:

• Finish my taxes.
• Do banners for phpMyAdmin.
• Get USD for trip.
• Find passport.
• Pack.

Purchase todo list:

• 4x1GB PC2-4200 non-ECC unbuffered 240pin DDR2 RAM (2x2GB is not cost effective yet).
• spot-based infrared thermometer with a spread better than 6:1 distance to spot ratio - point based would be even better. Max budget $100CDN or find a contributor. I need it for developing some of the sensor drivers.

Workstation development todo list:

• Work more on the sensor stuff (does anybody have the service book for the quad core G5? I've got a few questions) - need to write a driver for the ds1631 and gpu sensor still, and figure out where the one max6690 chip is actually located.
• Contribute to the snd-aoa sound driver.
• Contribute to the bcm43xx wireless driver.
• Contribute to the EXA support for the nv driver.