raspberry pi in the shop

[Michael Schneider]

I was looking for a computer in my shop and bought a raspberry pi starter kit on a lark for the shop.

http://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Original-Preloaded/dp/B008XVAVAW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1381966444&sr=8-2&keywords=raspberry+pi

I must say, it is working out great.

I had an extra monitor, and picked up a wireless keyboard/touchpad combo.

There are no fans, disk drives, etc, so no dust issues.

Here is a fun site

http://www.raspberrypi.org/

I use it for music and web browsing.

I just wanted to toss it out there for someone looking to have a little fun.

Take care,
Michael

[Frederick Skelly]

Thats a good idea Micheal! Sounds like a great excuse to buy that "pi". Thanks for the suggestion.
Fred

[Michael Schneider]

Just for comparison, you may also want to look at the beagleboard black.

http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone%20Black

[Graham Wintersgill]

Got one in the living room plugged into the HDMI on the telly and the network. I use XBMC and it picks up everything from the NAS drive and just works.

Regards

Graham

[Lornie McCullough]

I too am enjoying my Pi. I bought it to use as a dedicated Pandora server for music. The Pi doesn't handle 'flash' which Pandora requires, but I found the program 'pianobar' to run Pandora without 'flash'. After feeding it to the stereo amp and speakers of choice, I have internet music without the cost and bulk of a full-sized computer.

Lornie