Well, it's not called "Hacker" News for nothing. CNet is over there.
Anyways, apart from AirPlay (AirPort Express), my RPi is performing XBMC / media center capabilities (Apple TV), streaming network backup (Time Capsule), motion-activated security camera, software-defined radio and X10 home automation. I will shortly be interfacing the GPIO to an SSR and thermocouple so I can use it as a PID for beer brewing and smoking fish. For $35 and 2w of power, that's pretty good.
"Well, it's not called "Hacker" News for nothing. CNet is over there."
Cool diss, hope it made you feel better about yourself I guess? Anyway, I simply pointed out that the author framed this as a cost saving tool when it really isn't. Say its a fun hack and I have no problem, but to call this thing a moneysaving hack when it doesnt save a whole lot of money and produces a lower quality device. But hey, your one line diss sounds better so why bother with logic.
For brewing the beer it should be fine. Be careful with the fish though you'll want quicker responses so you'll probably not want it doing all of the other things at once. I've thought about using an Avr or a pic for that before so that it can be much more responsive as a paid controller.
Any chance of a few links to look into the various things you've done with the RPi? Thinking of getting one in the new year and some of those projects sound really interesting.
Anyways, apart from AirPlay (AirPort Express), my RPi is performing XBMC / media center capabilities (Apple TV), streaming network backup (Time Capsule), motion-activated security camera, software-defined radio and X10 home automation. I will shortly be interfacing the GPIO to an SSR and thermocouple so I can use it as a PID for beer brewing and smoking fish. For $35 and 2w of power, that's pretty good.