Zach, Thanks for the offer. I'm swamped right now with 2 different projects plus the payed gig. I was hoping someone else had started down this path already. I might try to get this rolling when one of my projects gets to the coding stage. I'll let you know. Brian Zach Dennis <zdennis / mktec.com> wrote in message news:<418D1EA2.60003 / mktec.com>... > Brian Yamabe wrote: > > >These are interesting suggestions, but miss the point. VNC and SSH > >need to be installed because not all machines are going to have 'em. > >A USB Key or CD works, but requires that they be synched. I > >understand that a strong security model would need to be in place, and > >that is something the environment would provide. > > > >Here's an example of what I want to do. I'm at my brother-in-laws who > >just bought one of Bill Gates' silly $100 internet machine and a cable > >modem. He starts messing with his Media Center 2005 PC and leaves me > >with the brain dead browser box. Shoot, I need to get some work done, > >so I log into my "mobile development" system via https. My project is > >an e-commerce site built with Ruby. From this system I can run tests, > >edit code, build, and deploy the entire > >project. No VNC, no SSH, no USB keys or CDs. If I could work this > >way, I wouldn't need to lug a laptop between work and home. I could > >do development anywhere I find a browser. Even my mobile phone. > > > Brian this sounds like a fun and useful project. I'm up to starting a > project with you, and anyone else interested if you're up to it. I don't > want to do it alone, but I'd love to be apart of a small group making > this happen. > > If you are interested, let's see who else is interested in joining and > then set up on a online chat session so we could talk about project > scope, deliverables, etc...and get this party moving. > > What d'ya say? > > Zach