After I bought my first Arduino, I did the pulsating LED tutorial, put it in a box and that was it. Then, by accident, I found a "37 sensor kit" for Arduino on

After I bought my first Arduino, I did the pulsating LED tutorial, put it in a box and that was it. Then, by accident, I found a "37 sensor kit" for Arduino on dx.com, and that was a game changer. And I think that's the problem with getting hooked: pulsating LEDs are fun for a few seconds, robots are interesting but waaay too complex for starting out, but just having some sensors and simple tasks (measure the temperature, send it to another arduino hooked up to a PC, store the data, make a pretty web page and voila you have ambient info) is better.