For any newbies
 

Any newbies on here may well find this link very informative. http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/sdeg/
As a noob myself I found it to be a good place for those of us who want to tinker.

Cool. Good link, thanks. I wish I had that starting out.

Don't forget http://www.slackbook.org

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