Too much good info!
I'd just like to say that as a total newbie to Maya I'm so glad I found this site! I'm going to be on information overload for weeks around here. I'm sure as I get into Maya I'll have lots of good questions and several stupid ones for all you experts. I've been Photoshopping for several years now and did some 3D way back in the old days with my Amiga 4000 and Lightwave 3.0 (which is now in my basement in its box, poor thing). Hopefully, I'll be worthy enough to join your competitions in the near future. So kudos on a great site and I look forward to learning lots!
"It's supposed to be hard, if it was easy, everyone would do it."