Where to begin programming?
sunkencity: 1. get text editor (textmate if you are on os x, vim if you are on windows)2. pick up a dead tree book on programming on a programming language you think you'll like. There's more commitment if you actually buy a bookruby => 'the ruby way' (the book that finally made ruby click for me -- I cannot recommend it enough)perl => 'programming perl' (my first love affair with a language, I love perl)scheme/lisp => SICP (too expensive to buy on a budget though)3. you must have a project you really want to do in code. Without a real program to write, you have no path through the library of form, because the possibilities are endless :)