Alright! Let's do some programming. This is going to be kind of a long post, but it will (hopefully) include all of the basic concepts that you'll need to grasp in order to write a computer program. I'd suggest coming back to it a couple of times if you don't have the stamina to power through. I wanted to get it all out at once, though — I always find it frustrating to be given piece after tiny, useless pieces, patiently waiting until things start making sense.

Let's get on with it...

first off, thank you for all your wonderful resume comments below. with your suggestions i was able to cut my resume down to a page and i think it is, to put it mildly, a LOT better. (though i am still conflicted as to whether i should stick in that agency internship. it is from 1999, but people find it fascinating for some reason, though i basically spent the entire summer a) hooking up with my co-intern b) copying departamental phonebooks).

anyway, i now have a cover letter question. a few sites i've been browsing recommend a newish form of cover letter - basically one tailored exactly to the job description. i mean, duh. but these say that you should create something akin to a table - in one column you would put the job requirements, and in the second corresponding slots you would put why you can handle that specific job requirement. make sense? it *sounds* interesting, and specific, and at least it would maybe catch somebody's eye, but i dunno...maybe too unconventional? what do you think?