I am just about to start an it administrator apprenticeship, it is for a year and I am really looking forward to it as it is my first full time job and working in a professional work environment.
What I did with the first computer I built was run an apache server whilst I learnt php to host my webpage and to run fold at home as the apache server didn't need a whole lot of power as I was hosting privately.
I had a wifi issue with my nexus 7 where it would not connect to a DHCP connection so now every time i reconnect to my home network i need to enter a static IP. But other than that i am very impressed.