Added MITeX to project ideas

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@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ along with the person who's suggested the project or a team that would
 be good to contact. Feel free to get in touch if something sounds
 interesting or you want advice getting started.
 
 be good to contact. Feel free to get in touch if something sounds
 interesting or you want advice getting started.
 

+A [[list from 2008-2009|/doc/project-ideas]] may also have some relevant ideas.
+

 ## "add me to this list" button
 
 If I'm a webmaster for some group with an announcement list, it would be
 ## "add me to this list" button
 
 If I'm a webmaster for some group with an announcement list, it would be


@@ -46,8 +48,8 @@ out each update to a ticket with a generic subject line, so it doesn't
 easily indicate whether the bug was resolved or someone just commented
 on it. It also doesn't know how to receive e-mail, so we can't reply to
 the e-mails it generates and have our comments go back into the bug
 easily indicate whether the bug was resolved or someone just commented
 on it. It also doesn't know how to receive e-mail, so we can't reply to
 the e-mails it generates and have our comments go back into the bug

-tracker, and we can't (make bugs@mit.edu create Trac
-tickets)[http://debathena.mit.edu/trac/ticket/216]. There are one or two
+tracker, and we can't [make bugs@mit.edu create Trac
+tickets](http://debathena.mit.edu/trac/ticket/216). There are one or two

 alleged plugins to do this, but they create a new ticket on every
 e-mail, rather than doing something intelligent with replies; a better
 plugin in both directions would be extremely helpful.
 alleged plugins to do this, but they create a new ticket on every
 e-mail, rather than doing something intelligent with replies; a better
 plugin in both directions would be extremely helpful.


@@ -67,6 +69,15 @@ office speakers.
 
 _Contact: geofft_
 
 
 _Contact: geofft_
 

+## Cluster and printer viewer for the iPhone
+
+You might have seen the xcluster displays (in the SIPB office, near the
+four building 11 quickstations, and in the building 12 cluster) that
+show you which clusters aren't in use and which printers aren't hosed.
+This would be immensely more useful as an iPhone application.
+
+_Contact: ccpost_
+

 ## Snapshotted virtual machines for all popular Linux distributions
 
 A common need for people writing Linux software is to check that their
 ## Snapshotted virtual machines for all popular Linux distributions
 
 A common need for people writing Linux software is to check that their


@@ -88,19 +99,6 @@ support. If this is the kind of thing that interests you...
 
 _Contact: nelhage_
 
 
 _Contact: nelhage_
 

-## inotify logger for scripts and Debathena
-
-On both our [web hosting platform](http://scripts.mit.edu/) and Athena
-cluster machines, we have way more software packages installed than we
-suspect people use, but no good way of determining this. There's a Linux
-interface called [inotify](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify) that
-lets you get notifications when another user accesses the filesystem: it
-would be pretty simple to use this to collect aggregate (anonymous)
-statistics of what programs and packages are used frequently or even at
-all.
-
-_Contact: geofft_
-

 ## SIPB PostgreSQL server
 
 A lot of people prefer Postgres to MySQL, so having a community Postgres
 ## SIPB PostgreSQL server
 
 A lot of people prefer Postgres to MySQL, so having a community Postgres


@@ -152,6 +150,30 @@ there are RPM packages installed on some but not all of the servers,
 or if there are changes in /etc, other than hostname and such, that we
 haven't committed to the scripts Subversion repository.
 
 or if there are changes in /etc, other than hostname and such, that we
 haven't committed to the scripts Subversion repository.
 

+## SIPB Library
+
+SIPB has a bunch of books in its library. It'd be nice if a list of
+the library books also existed online in some sort of sane, searchable
+database. One possible platform is the [Exhibit](http://simile-widgets.org/exhibit/) project (which originates from a collaboration between the Haystack group in CSAIL and the MIT Libraries). This would require mostly just making a spreadsheet of the information.
+
+_Contact: pbaranay, fawkes_
+
+## Improve the Setup and UI for new users of Zephyr
+
+Currently, it is a pain to get someone else set up using zephyr
+within screen on Linerva with automatically-renewing tickets.
+We should write scripts to set them up so that that all they
+have to do is enter a command or click an icon, type their kerberos
+password, and then know how to use Barnowl.
+
+_Contact: afarrell_
+
+## MITeX
+
+Not a fully formed thought, yet, but the basic idea is to have a web app that lets users create a document, and then it texs the document nicely for them, based on some template that they've selected, and gives them a PDF.  They should have the ability to edit the source or just use the WYSIWYG editor.
+
+_Contact: jhamrick_
+

 ## Your Project Here
 
 SIPB can help you out in terms of both computing resources and
 ## Your Project Here
 
 SIPB can help you out in terms of both computing resources and