Halp

Okay, here's the thing. I want to get started with programming, but before that, I want to learn as much as I can about hardware/other shit. What would I read/look at to learn this? Also looking into reverse-engineering and system penetration/hacking. I'm not in any rush, I just want a new hobby.

inb4 SICP, Haskell, hax my anus, etc.

Any suggestions?

Damn, BBCode failure.