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=Classes=
 
=Classes=
Two classes, crufter.rb and post.rb, form the current basis of Cruft Alarm.
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Two classes, crufter.rb and post.rb, form the basis of Cruft Alarm.
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==crufter==
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=Mailing Lists=
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Cruft Alarm receives e-mails from the gmail account cruftalarm@gmail.com. cruftalarm@gmail.com is subscribed to the Athena mailing list, the-companion. the-companion, in turn, is subscribed to the Athena mailing lists reuse and free-food.
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Mailing lists cruftalarm/the-companion needs to be added to: freefood.
  
 
=Natural Language Processing=
 
=Natural Language Processing=
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*Make [[Walker Chan]] and [[David Harvison]] give Edwin Chen a Master cruft list.
 
*Make [[Walker Chan]] and [[David Harvison]] give Edwin Chen a Master cruft list.
 
*Set up version control. (?)
 
*Set up version control. (?)
*Add Cruft Alarm to more mailing lists (especially free-food).
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*Add Cruft Alarm to more mailing lists (especially freefood).

Revision as of 21:34, 11 May 2006

Cruft Alarm is a sophisticated computer program that screens several mailing lists for desirable items. It is written in the Ruby programming language.

Classes

Two classes, crufter.rb and post.rb, form the basis of Cruft Alarm.

crufter

Mailing Lists

Cruft Alarm receives e-mails from the gmail account cruftalarm@gmail.com. cruftalarm@gmail.com is subscribed to the Athena mailing list, the-companion. the-companion, in turn, is subscribed to the Athena mailing lists reuse and free-food.

Mailing lists cruftalarm/the-companion needs to be added to: freefood.

Natural Language Processing

Foo.

To Do

  • Get Edwin Chen's stupid computer to work with Ruby on Rails.
  • Add telephone capabilities, so that Cruft Alarm can dial a telephone number if a desirable item is posted.
  • Set up Cruft Alarm's visual interface (the LCDs).
  • Make Walker Chan and David Harvison give Edwin Chen a Master cruft list.
  • Set up version control. (?)
  • Add Cruft Alarm to more mailing lists (especially freefood).