Thanks everyone, the comments were really helpful. I didn't realize how fast responses will come in. I am now currently looking for conveniently located Hacke

Thanks everyone, the comments were really helpful. I didn't realize how fast responses will come in. I am now currently looking for conveniently located Hacker Space (preferably in queens if anyone knows of any), and for an Open Source project to help out on. Plus I now have several books to look up and websites to join. My email address is chazup@gmail.com. Weird because it is in my profile