Perhaps also you can stress which are languages that need APIs to do GUI and other useful stuff and which have the APIs built in.

Yes, I second that the interpreter is easy to show people basic things. The cocos2d stuff with the interpreter are really informative.

I also recommend Javascript. Go through a tutorial manual (yes, because that is how he will learn without you) and then learn stuff about canvas or use an api like jquery.

There is a lot of explanation for any language, but with javascript there is a compiler/runtime on every computer.

Wow, incredible words of wisdom. I am myself at a startup (http://racy.com) and we had a little funding, but are bootstrapping and trying to make sales to cover our costs. We are only 1 year through and are very very close to breaking even.

Standard Ramen pretty much has no nutritional value. Add some veggies (first boil finely chopped carrots & celery, add frozen corn, broccoli, peas) then put in the ramen mix.

Stick to Superfoods!

Quinoa, Lentils, fresh veggies.

Jason Rohrer (of fame with game programmers) eats lentils for lunch every day.

Damn. You must have been making a ton of dough to save that much money. Kudos to you. I think I've got about a 1 month buffer, maybe 2.

You can survive on Lentils and rice, toss in a little Quinoa and a lime and you could go a few years on pennies. Of course, what you are outlining is that you have a life to attend to.

Well, then get a job that pays or demand pay from your current job.