Then watch these videos for a solid grounding in programming principles. Mehran Sahami.... legend. Wish I was at Stanford. ;)

http://see.stanford.edu/see/lecturelist.aspx?coll=824a47e1-135f-4508-a5aa-866adcae1111

Oh, and on another note, a big hello to all those just starting M257 and soon to be startng M253. I'll be hanging out near the coffee machines as the night's draw in.

Cheers,

Tim