Still, that wasn't exactly a responsive answer to the question: if ssh to the home computer is out of the question, what other options are available?
There are not many, yet:
OK. (I'll move your first example to the bottom of the list, because it's the best one.)
Php frontend for bitcoind (three of them)
I suppose I should have been more clear. I'm looking for a solution when the home computer simply won't be online and running code for you whenever you're not home.
Keep your wallet with you, in a truecrypted usb key
How do you spend from it?
Find another solution
I've been looking, and am hoping better solutions present themselves. For now a few coins in an online wallet I can access from my smartphone seems to be the best choice to suit my needs, even including the virtual certainty of those coins eventually disappearing.
Bitcoin on smartphone, see the dev subforum
Now
this would be the holy grail, although from what I've been reading so far, there are going to be major issues getting it to work properly. Last I checked, some folks had lost coins on the actual Android-phone wallet clients that are in use; I'll just let the bugs get worked out for now.
Have you tried any of the bitcoin smartphone apps that don't require a home system setup for remote access?