Rick Klau is trying out Linux... I found the post that Rick points to - Eric Raymond's "How to ask smart questions" - to be a fabulous guide on how to ask technical questions and not be a dweeb...

I've found myself getting more lazy about asking questions lately... I'm way more likely to send a random ping to a dev on the team to ask about the status of something then to check the code base... no more excuses, I need to start answering questions myself.