I have a second gen one I think. I used to use it to stream, RaspBMC IIRC, but it was mega ultra slow. I imagine it was my TekSavvy 5Mbps internet, but there were write ups that if the power supply was inadequate, it would run slow. Never bothered to sort it out.
This year at my office we didn't get our printed wall calendars, and I really briefly considered using the Pi for that... lol... uckfay you office, you won't give me a $5 calendar, I'll burn $100's on this digital calendar! Then I smartened up, because I'd have to request the maintenance guy mount a monitor on my wall, and that wouldn't go over well. Same with that cool mirror that says you're looking hot today. Too difficult to mount.
I really like the idea of an NES! I saw a writeup to mount the Pi inside a newer controller, but I only want the original one I used in 1991 at my friend's house
There are too many buttons on newer ones.