First off, thank you for your response! Second, just thought I would tell you how much I admire liqbase, seems like a truly amazing application. It is a HUGE reason why I will be purchasing an n900 in the near future (lack of funds at the moment). To get back on topic, I will post a more indepth description of Ardunio and its IDE tomorrow, have to get up early for class tomorrow

To be honest with you, I am a 20 year old Biology major. I have only began to explore the surface of embedded electronics, linux, and specific communities such as maemo. I spend much of my (almost non-existent ) free time reading books and tutorials, gathering as much knowledge as I can retain/ understand at once. The process has been slow but fun.

SO FAR, all I have done with my arduino is get it to run a few basic "sketches". I have pieced together a nice little kit and have began to experiment using a breadboard to build simple circuits.
What got me into Arduino is some what of a lengthy story, but in short I find embedded electronics (as well as linux and maemo) to be very intriguing and before I started to learn more about it, it all seemed very confusing, which, made it that much more interesting. I can tell you I honestly have no idea what I plan to make with it all. What I do plan to do is keep having fun, and keep enjoying the learning process of it all.


Edit: I have actually been running a linux box for a few years now, but it wasn't until last year that I took the time to understand what really lies behind the gui.


jkman82