Although I just registered today:

• I've been aware of bitcoin for about three years
• I've lurked around a few forums for some time
• I have a proficient understanding of a number of IT areas, generally
• I have a comfortable level of knowledge of bitcoin's design goals and purposes, though I am not yet skilled enough to review the source code (hoping to change that in the future)
• I'd like to discuss DiabloD3's recent changes to diablominer in the mining forum in the appropriate thread dedicated to that app
• I appreciate the newbie rules in the fight against spamming, but request a whitelisting nevertheless.