Im a noob too. I've start out with the McLaren tut. Phillip has done an awesome job with those tuts, but maybe I should start out with the lava lamp. :p
I was wondering how to connect polygons too. I haven't made it that far yet. I know this: the big frigging book to so hard to read!
As much as I hate to do it: I guess I'm gonna have to learn how crawl before I can walk!