I was thinking about writing a 'me too!' post about the hits from my Raspberry Pi Microwave [1], but maybe I'll just post it here. I was on the front page of HN for a day, front page of Reddit, had articles on TechCrunch, Popular Science, BBC, and a few other technology sites. The blog post got about 91,000 page views: http://imgur.com/MpYNaHu I had one ad at the bottom of the page, and made something like $30. But the most interesting part was the YouTube video, which has had over 250,000 views. I monetized it from the beginning, and earned about $750. I regret not putting much effort into the video, and wonder how many more views I would have got for a more polished video. I also received a 0.8978 BTC [$78.75 USD] donation from Reddit user chrisrico, which was pretty awesome!

It's been a very positive experience, and I've reinvested all of the money into components for my next project. Watch this space :)

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6025221