So you can write your own handicapping applications is the obvious answer, and it is a LOT easier than many would have you believe. If you find BuckysRoom.org a little too simplistic (and incredibly boring) take a look at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMzH3tfP6f8
It is a quick overview of the basic (first or second semester) computer science courses at Stanford (the entire series of 26 or so videos all available free on YouTube), it explains a lot of the why that the dry, musty, incredibly slow, boring, repetitious offerings at other institutions (can anyone say, "MIT"?) turn off most new to the field by dwelling on the trivia of how.
The first semester (CS106a) is (IMO) as good as David Malan's CS50 from Harvard (also available in its entirety on YouTube). I suggest you watch the video above (which is actually the first class of the second intro course (CS106b rather than the first class, CS106b) to learn why you should learn the basics of CS (solving problems rather than just fiddling with computers).
It is also a joy to listen to people who are able to communicate at vocal communication speed, rather than meandering along carefully formulating what they want to say as if writing (rather than speaking)--and doing little more than conveying the impression they don't really understand the topics they presume to teach. The instructors of both CS106a and CS106b--along with David Malan's and CS50 at Harvard--make learning complex topics both easy and enjoyable. The way things should be--but rarely are.
