I decided to give programming a go again. I have been a support junkie pretty much my entire career and a change would be great, that and I just want to expand a little bit. I decided that Python would be the language of choice based on the many recommendations for it as a first language. Python has great documentation and several free PDF books for beginners (and those who know other languages). So far so good, wrapping my head around it little by little, hopefully that will help me retain it a bit better.
See the Python for Beginners page at http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide
A Byte of Python Author : http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python
On another front, I finally ordered a decent soldering station to do some more in depth work than my Radio Shack special would provide. I have a client who needs some minor repair on a laptop and trying to remove solder with a 7 watt iron is a lesson in patience I am not willing to dive into.
Anywho, if anyone actually reads this besides me I continue to update this just to give me an outlet. I have many projects (which is kind of a bad thing..) to work on and post about. If you have an interest in technology, photography, motorcycles, gardening and a few other things (told you I have a few projects) check back now and then.
-Jarred