I did the reading out of the Think Like Computer Scientist but that lecture really helped to cement everything. His analogy of cooking recipes was excellent and I had at least two ohhhhhh, yeahhhhh, I get it now moments. One was the programming counter and the difference between interpreter/compiler (which was so abstract before I had no clue what was going on) and then also I appreciated his background info that basically put everything in context.

So yay! I am feeling way better about this whole adventure.