There's definitly some interesting stuff there, nice list.
I recommend total newbies to signup for some free BTC. You'll get a rediculously small amount ( like 0.00001 USD worth ) but at least you get to practice with a wallet and play around with it for a bit.
Yep. I would do some tests like with like, paper wallets, brainwallets, etc:
https://www.bitaddress.org