Another more romantic, less useful idea is that a raspberry pi mounted outside sampling the sky quality and scraping a few astronomical forecasts could come up

Another more romantic, less useful idea is that a raspberry pi mounted outside sampling the sky quality and scraping a few astronomical forecasts could come up with a composite of "this really is a night you should go outside for an hour before bed" - it would send a txt message to me at a certain time (or even be allowed to wake me up! [for a meteor shower or solar flare report). It seems I can write code and work on house chores 7 days a week and never remember nary a bit of it, but if I spend just an hour gazing at constellations and trying to figure it all out on my own, I remember that slice for a good long while and I dont feel like I missed out on something as much; this would be like a watchdog timer for my distracted life.