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Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb

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Re: Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb

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oh this is awesome, i've always thought it could be cool to leave always connect hubs around town. ESP32's would be to awkward but a bunch of lightbulbs would blend right in! Reads like you had fun, keep up the hacking! P.S main -> mail I think?

sorry specifically this line > The bulbs showed up in the main a few days later

Re: Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb

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Years ago there was PirateBox: flash a small Wifi access point with a custom firmware that's a webserver that hosts a forum/filehost. Their website is dead, but here's a mod of the project; https://www.jasongriffey.net/librarybox/

Although, I dread to think what sort of files one would get when user uploads are allowed.

Re: Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb

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I think calling them "banned" is so disingenuous. There are actual banned books that are illegal to own in the United States. None of these "banned books" come anywhere close to meeting that criteria. Very cool project nonetheless!

There are other countries outside of United States. And the book curation is up to the user.

Re: Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb

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I think calling them "banned" is so disingenuous. There are actual banned books that are illegal to own in the United States. None of these "banned books" come anywhere close to meeting that criteria. Very cool project nonetheless!

Actual banned books that are illegal to own? Such as?

Re: Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb

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This project and especially one of the closing notes[1] reminds me of a more mature DIY project to make a mesh node using a simple solar lamp[2]. I love the creativity on display here and I especially appreciate all the links to the other blogs and sites that helped you along the way.

1: > I was talking with a friend about this idea and the storage limitation and he thought it would be cool to have these devices form a mesh network

2: https://meshtastic.org/docs/community/enclosures/rak/harbor-...

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