Newbie question - advice on which Arduino board?

The new YellowJacket from Asynclabs has an ATMega328 with a WiFi module packed onto a board the size of a box of matches.

http://www.asynclabs.com/

If you want to go wireless, it's hard to beat WiFi and they are cheap too.

http://www.asynclabs.com/store?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=24&category_id=11