I got into programming with VB when I was a kid and made a hundred little projects in VB6. It was so much fun browsing Planet Source Code looking for cool stuff.
My first uni year roommate had a similar background: numerous cute projects in vb, along with some real deep math. I was different as my dad was a geek I never had anything but linux at home.
I fondly remember trying to explain why Emacs doesn't have a green run/build button :-)
So many good memories of browsing that auto-scrolling list of new projects, downloading and trying something different and learning by seeing new code.
