Registered my interest at RS and Element14

Wednesday 9th May 2012 approx 11:00am
Today I registered my interest in buying a Raspberry Pi (model B) with RS and Element 14 (formerly Farnell)
Now I have to wait in the queue until they email me so that I can buy one.

So that's all I can do? 

Well not quite. I can probably do the following:

-2) Start being more geeky by starting list counts with numbers like negative two.

-1) Think about what I am going to use the RasPi for.
00) Start a blog.
+1) Find out what size and brand/model of SD Card to buy and buy it.
+2) Find out what brand/model of USB WiFi dongle works best and buy it.
+3) Buy a second hand 24" screen that is 1080p with appropriate connections.
+4) Think about what OS and apps I want to put on it.
+5) Make up a 4xAA battery pack to power it (rechargable) and think about a power supply that plugs into a wall socket.
+6) Learn about Python programming language.
+7) Look into available case options and think about some funky case ideas.

+8) Think about being less geeky so that people reading my blog don't roll their eyes too much.

+9)  I need to source a solid state hard drive and figure out how to attach it. Why SSD? Well I want this thing to be TOTALLY quiet, and also very low on power consumption. No moving parts.

10) At this stage I am hoping NOT to need a USB hub. there are 2 USB ports on the model B RasPi.

 I will use one for a WiFi dongle and the other for wireless keyboard and mouse. That's it.