I'd like to have some light that indicates the status of our continuous build. However, I can only find solutions that require too much low-level hacking (like

I'd like to have some light that indicates the status of our continuous build. However, I can only find solutions that require too much low-level hacking (like the original article, very cool but it'd take me ages), or are two expensive, or not customizable enough (Ambient Orb). Do you guys know of other solutions?