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Start with Richard Buckland's lectures on Computer Science on YouTube.

~50 1-2 hour lectures starting from machine code all the way up to software engineering, told by a genial, honest, and passionate man with a likable accent.

Not only will you want to continually keep watching them (because they are compelling), but you will probably watch some of them more than once (because they cover the fundamentals in a way that you really only get in a classroom).

[fuzzypickle]

Oh, great :-). Thank you, I appreciate you taking the time to lend your advice... I can't wait to get started.