Hello all,

I've been involved with BTC for six or eight months now, having first heard about it in NPR's Planet Money podcast in summer of 2011, and have been lurking on the forums for a while. I bought in back in October, figuring that I could afford to risk a few $100, only to now regret that I didn't put every cent that I had into BTC. I went to the Bitcoin conference in Philly in December, which is what really got me excited about what Bitcoin can and will do in the future. My personal 10,000 BTC pizzas will be the two T-shirts that I purchased there for 1.2 BTC each (facepalm).

The reason that I finally decided to make an account is that I just purchased a 7950 to start mining (the $250 after-rebate sale that Newegg was running) and wanted to use the time that it was in transit to get my account set up. I haven't done too much research into the details of running my mining rig, so if anyone could point the way, that would be great. Specifically any good resources on mining pools, operating systems/mining programs/drivers, tips and general best practices, or anything else that you think a new miner should know would be great!

Thanks!

-FreeMeBTC