 How did you get started in hacking/programming?
lallysingh: (1) For me, a Trash-80 and lots of spare time.  But for you, find something programmable that can help with your normal day-to-day life.  Scheme, python, or lisp are pretty good places to start.(2) You don't really know a technology unless you have a project you want (want) to finish.  Before then, there's no motivation to go deeper.