--- a/app/controllers/site_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/site_controller.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ class SiteController < ApplicationController
   
   def index
     @tags = Project.tag_counts
+    @projects = Project.find(:all, :limit => 5, :order => "id desc")
   end
   
   def about

--- a/app/views/site/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/site/index.html.erb
@@ -5,8 +5,24 @@
   <small><%= link_to "more…", about_path -%></small></p>
 </div>
 
+<div id="site_description">
+  
+</div>
+
+<div id="newest_projects">
+  <h2>New projects</h2>
+  <ul>
+    <% @projects.each do |project| -%>
+      <li>
+        <strong><%= link_to h(project.title), project -%></strong>
+        <small class="hint"><%= truncate(project.description, 100) -%></small>
+      </li>
+    <% end -%>
+  </ul>
+</div>
+
 <div id="site_project_list">
-  <h1>Project categories</h1>
+  <h2>Project categories</h2>
 
   <ul class="tag_list large_tags">
     <% tag_cloud @tags, default_css_tag_sizes do |tag, css_class| %>

--- a/public/stylesheets/base.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/base.css
@@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ div.comment p.byline {
   color: #666;
   font-size: 90%;
 }
+small.hint { font-size: 83%;}
+
 .info_hint {
   font-size: 95%;
   color: #666;
@@ -709,4 +711,13 @@ table.sidebyside td.del del { background: #fbb; }
 table.sidebyside td.ins ins { background: #afa; }
 table.codediff col.lines {
   width: 3em;
+}
+
+#newest_projects, #site_project_list {
+  margin-bottom: 3em;
+}
+
+#newest_projects ul li {
+  margin-left: 1em;
+  margin-bottom: 5px;
 }
\ No newline at end of file

--- a/spec/controllers/site_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/site_controller_spec.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,22 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
 
 describe SiteController do
 
-  #Delete this example and add some real ones
-  it "should use SiteController" do
-    controller.should be_an_instance_of(SiteController)
+  describe "#index" do
+    
+    it "GETs sucessfully" do
+      get :index
+      response.should be_success
+    end
+    
+    it "gets the tag list" do
+      get :index
+      assigns[:tags].should == Project.tag_counts
+    end
+    
+    it "gets a list of the most recent projects" do
+      get :index
+      assigns[:projects].should == Project.find(:all, :limit => 5, :order => "id desc")
+    end
   end
 
 end