First you need to get a bunch of programs set up. This stuff will not work in wine, so get yourself a windows install

1. Get winxp, vista, etc
2. Download the openrce version of paimei here
3. Download python 2.5 here
4. Download wxpython 2.5 here
5. Download the pida_dump alternative that doesnt require ida (pending)
   Download this pida file click
6. Download SKi Free here
7. Download OllyDbg here
8. Download Mysql here
9. mysqldb? here
10. mysql fail? here

Your goal: have fun

identify something interesting

patch the bytes

experiment