This was posted over 23 years ago; my opinions, thoughts, attitude, and writing style may have evolved since then, and this post might have been different if it were to be posted today.
some of this is not quite bad advice … (except for #5, hehe)
plus, there’s a bit of advice from wil wheaton (the response to his post is pretty funny too)
so, half-seriously, and half-jokingly, for either me or noone in particular…