I have an Arduino Uno that I want to use to drive a LED banner sign which posts messages from IRC. Accessing the serial port from Java on a Dockstar with Debian proved to be somewhat of a challenge.
I use an Apple TV at home and am pretty happy with it. But last year Avisi held one of their techdays about the Raspberry Pi. One of our colleagues had one at home and showed us some of its capabilities. I have to admit my interest was piqued.
I had the opportunity to bring one home for the christmas vacation and it was the perfect opportunity to discover the device and play around with it a bit…