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[Talimere]

Hello, and thank you for reading this post.

I have for years tried to learn simple programming, but something always interrupted me.
I'm 20 years of age, and live in Norway.
My interest for computer technology started when I was 10 years old, I got my first computer (a pentium 2 w/windows me)
All my friends had internet access, but I did not (cause my stepfather was/is an ass), so I decided to create my own "internet".
I started studying html and simple javascript, and soon I had my very first (local) website. Two pictures and some text :w00t:
And until I got connected to the internet (at the age of 16) I had to continue learning how to live without internet.
I went to highschool for 3 years, and studied computer&electronics, thats when I knew that computers pretty much would be my future.
I've worked as an IT tech, and still do.
I'm also doing volunteer work as a Street Mediator, but thats not the topic for this forum.

Thats pretty much my story, now for my ambitions:

1. I want to learn a variety of programming languages (C/C++, Java, PHP and C#)
2. I want to contribute and become a part of a (hopefully) nice community here at CodeCall
3. I want to start developing software and create games for a living

I hope I'll recieve some warm greetings, and if you want to ask me about anything, just ask ;)

-Kai Håvard Talimere Mortensen-Langhaug (yeah, thats my whole name)

[WingedPanther]

Welcome aboard!

[Alexander]

Greetings!

It certainly brings back memories of intermittant dialup, and lengths with learning things inefficiently by hand (VB5 if I recall in my case)

Makes me want to go back 10-15 years and experience that whole era again.

[Talimere]

Thanks.
I used to think: "I want to go back a couple of years and use my knowledge to make things better"
But now I think: "Well, I didn't learn as fast as I wanted to. Time to buckle up, read, learn, and make a better future"
First up I'll read K&R - The C programming language (I got a genuine first edition :P)

[RhetoricalRuvim]

All this also reminds me of my story. I used to not know much at all about programming - I didn't even know it existed; but I was wondering about how to make a web page. There was a computer in my dad's room, and we had NetZero dial-up internet service. I used to explore around on the computer, downloading (which took like half an hour, at least, per download) and trying out different programs from soft82.com. I learned how to make a web page, using simple HTML. Soon I started wanting to make a program that would make songs, where one could enter the lyrics and the notes, choose a voice, and it would sing. I found a "program maker" , but it had this weird code in it, which I recognized as "the programming language" . Even though my program maker trial version expired, I still wanted to learn "the programming language" , so I went and searched on Google for that.
There was a result that said something about C programming, which I thought might be good, because I recognized the 'C' (drive letter, was what I knew it to be); but I didn't want to program "hard drives" , so I kept scrolling. Then I found a link, and I started learning this "programming language" , where the tutorial told me to type 'puts 2 + 2' (or something like that) and save the file as <something, I forgot the name>.rb
Later on, I found out that there are a lot of programming languages, not just "the programming language" .

But yeah, the point is, I didn't have a very easy story either; now it's easier, that I have my own computer, and that my house has its own wireless network :) .

[Talimere]

Thats a nice story ;)
Everyone has to start somewhere, and we all have our "Intro" to computers.
My brother in-law (4 years old) is like a computer genius already. He surfs the internet by himself, going on youtube to watch michael jackson songs (he's a great fan) and playing flash games.
I want to teach him some basic html and javascript before he turns six. (If he want to of course) He'll be developing apps by the age of 12 :P
But really... Kids these days learn to use computers SO FAST!!! I wish I had the same experience...

[Orjan]

Welcome, Neighbour!

[Talimere]

Thanks ;)