Hi
So I ordered a tension tool and a couple of picks and I have a round padlock ("Storage Defense", made in China) sitting, locked (i have a key ... somewhere) on my desk waiting for them to arrive. I don't know if I will ever get good enough to defeat some of the locks I've seen picked in those videos, but it looks like a lot of fun, even if I don't.
Otter than that, I'm just a mid thirties programmer dude with a wife and kids who wanted to say thanks for having a community like this, and I'll be sure to post picks of that lock in the first lock thread when I get it open.