raschemmel:
I'm a scientist (I promise! check my profile smiley ) who does a lot of work in cave environments,
In other words, a bonafide CAVE MAN ? XD
I've been called worse 
but my programming skills are... zero
In other words, a typical Newbie... XD
I've been called worse
Actually, I work a bit in Matlab, but that's about it. As far as this type of coding, no clue.
I also have a lot of experience culturing corals, orchids, etc. so I'm good with mechanical things, and building artificial environments.