Re: Raspberry Pi and Lua

[Steve Litt <slitt@...>]

On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 14:23:14 -0500
Tom Freund <digysol@gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> How about,
> 
> 1. robot controller

:-)

I don't need a robot. Or maybe I don't perceive a need for a robot. If
the robot could actually do something to make my life easier/better I'd
like it, but I'm not Geeky enough to like robots for robots' sake.
> 
> 2. vehicle diagnostic tool

That's more like it. Trouble is, I don't REALLY need a vehicle
diagnostic tool, because I'd need a second opinion from a mechanic
anyway.

What I really, really, REALLY need is a fanless MythTV appliance and a
fanless Ogg Jukebox and a tiny fanless OpenBSD/pf firewall, but the
Raspberry Pi's limited connections make those tasks more trouble than
they're worth.

You know, if the Raspberry Pi had a normal SVGA connector, I could
connect a wireless mouse and keyboard, and have it control my TV and
Stereo via a GUI. That lack of SVGA is a big deal. And it's not like I
can ssh -X into it, because the box I use to ssh in would probably have
a fan, reducing the quality of the sound.

I could buy three of them and begin dabbling into clustering. But so
much to learn, so little time.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions.

SteveT