I've lurked here and kept up on market fluctuations (via BitcoinCharts.com) for the last few months, trying deciding whether or not to take the plunge into the Bitcoin market. I've done a few days of mining on my lowly Radeon HD 4850 (embarrassing MHash/s rate) and very much due for an upgrade. I have an IRL friend that's heavily into mining and we've had several discussions about his success and the possibility of building my own mining rig.

I'm a web developer and programmer and may contribute some of my time and skills to develop Bitcoin-based tools.

I'm primarily looking to be whitelisted to communicate with another forum member in his thread about my upcoming purchase of his goods. Otherwise, I plan to continue lurking unless I have something of value to post.