Loving BG's vids, for those dipping their toes into electrons 
As you may know, I am delving into PIC-programming, now, for my projects and, on my travels, I have been looking at, what I like to call, 'helper systems', such as the OS Arduino ...
LatestInArduino
http://blog.makezine.com/tag/LatestInArduino
Arduino
http://www.arduino.cc/
Those with the bug (!) may find this video interesting (and the possibilities which stem from it ) 
How-To: Shrinkify Your Arduino Projects
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/10/how-to-shrinkify-your-arduino-projects.html
Cheers
CS