Article note: Oh neat. I've always liked AVRs, and still use the ATmega32uN parts as USB interfaces pretty often, didn't know there were any new products in the family.
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.