>>7
What about online servers? Go to KGS and play with some people your rank. Some things you can't learn from any book if you don't actually try them.
(And when it comes to learning resources, there is always Sensei's Library, and goproblems.com)

The best thing in Go is that it becomes much more interesting after a few months or so, when you start to understand the basics.

>>10
No. But it's bad you're actually playing them. Go playing programs will make you stupid.

(Sorry for necrophilia, now that I actually look at the dates...)