But as I'm still quite attached to it I do not just want to bin it, that feels wrong.
I've decided to:
Use it as my home server / development box
With so many free cloud-based free solutions it might seem and overkill, but it was actually quite useful.
It's much easier for me to set up a VM and test certain setups in a non-state-of-art environment (much more life-like than most professional tools). After all it's easier to emulate network connectivity problems at home, or even DDoS your own computer to see how it behaves.
Expose it to the world so that I can have insight into what's happening at my home (though it's really hard to get this little processor to stream live camera images, but work is ongoing)
I have always liked the idea of being able to just switch on browser (or in this case my mobile) anywhere and see, how the weather looks like at home, or if my cats are behaving ;)
Keep it in the kitchen so it works as a clock/calender/task manager - so far the most useful and appreciated function. Everyone loves it ;) I will share the application when I tidy it up.
I had several wall clocks failing during the year. And for me it's crucial that I have a clock and ideally a digital timer in my kitchen! So I've invented (quickly, so the code is not worth sharing yet) a sort of a proof of concept application showing current time (big enough so that I can see it from the living room, and because of the simple fact that it's a lit monitor it also works at night), date, weather information, my appointments, tasks and friends' birthdays from Google calendar and on top of that sun rise and sunset times and moon phase just for fun.
Check the screenshot. I think it's quite neat with Google fonts and HTML5 extras Do you like it?
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