I recently started working on a research project on bioinformatics. Being an optimist about the increasing importance of computers in biological research, I saw it as an opportunity to learn more and to come up with some concrete outputs to convince myself that I can also weave computers and biology together to discover something new. Though I have the burning interest, I still consider myself as a complete newbie both on the theoretical and practical aspects of bioinformatics. There is a lot to learn and a lot to practice.