I'll be writing device drivers from Dunedin, New Zealand from next week until easter. I'd love to meet some like-minded programmers thereabouts so please drop me a line on lukego@gmail.com if you fancy a coffee or know of an interesting event!
I have xoos talking to my USB mouse and keyboard with the bootstrap-protocol and that was easy enough. I'm working in a non-public repository right now so I'll post the code later when more is working.