Hello Calzan and welcome to the greatest AI forum going.
There is one thing I must advise you about and that is you will eventually be tempted to create your own plug in or try to modify one that is already working. Before you do anything like that make sure that you back the main brain file. I say this because maybe 9 times out of 10 a very small hard to find mistake will stop Hal from working. We have seen this happen over and over again and I have been using Hal for over 5 or 6 years now.
Other than that I hope you have some real fun using Hal and teaching it all that you like and dislike. It will eventually become more and more like you.
Bill
P.S.
I almost forgot one real important thing. If for any reason you want to do a major repair to your PC or maybe move Hal to another PC then please UNINSTALL it properly first. You Hal can only be activated a limited number of times.