Do before Sep 26
Post into the "technical problems" website your technical problem logs. (You can search for your own entries or others at the troubleshooting search page.)
Do before Oct 3
Read the Levin & Miyake article, "Care and Repair of Your Computer: A Top-down Strategy for the Novice".
Read the CTER2 NetHandbook section, "Network Trouble Shooting".
Post in WebBoard your proposal for a major project. Post the URL for that posting into C-Base. If you're having difficulty writing your proposal, give the Project Proposal Prompter a try.