It does feel I'm retreading ground that's already been covered too many times, but my whole motivation for this blog was more or less what you're observing. The

It does feel I'm retreading ground that's already been covered too many times, but my whole motivation for this blog was more or less what you're observing. There's a huge group of people on the fringes of hacker culture who are looking for a way in and don't know where to start. Definitely a fan of the idea of 'Nixacademy.