A clock! It tells time!
After doing some projects with the Arduino boards, I decided I wanted to hook them up to our network. So I started looking for WiFi accessories and came across the ESP8266. At first I thought this cheap, little device ($8, 2" x 1") was just the WiFi component but as it turns out, it's a complete Arduino-compatible device! How ridiculous is that. So I used this device in my furnace project but I wanted to do something else with it. I decided to make a gift for Ella - a clock that would count down the days to her birthday!