newcomer resources in README

Closes GH-579.

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-Evented I/O for V8 javascript.
-
-To build:
-
-  ./configure
-  make 
-  make install
-
-To run the tests:
-  
-  make test
-
-To build the documentation:
-
-  make doc
- 
-To read the documentation:
-
-  man doc/node.1
-
-See http://nodejs.org/ for more information. For help and discussion
-subscribe to the mailing list by visiting
-http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs or by sending an email to
-nodejs+subscribe@googlegroups.com.

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+Evented I/O for V8 javascript.
+===
+
+To build:
+
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install
+
+To run the tests:
+
+    make test
+
+To build the documentation:
+
+    make doc
+
+To read the documentation:
+
+    man doc/node.1
+
+Resources for Newcomers
+---
+  - [nodejs.org](http://nodejs.org/)
+  - [how to install node.js and npm (node package manager)](joyeur.com/2010/12/10/installing-node-and-npm/)
+  - [list of modules](github.com/ry/node/wiki/modules)
+  - [list of companies and projects using node](github.com/ry/node/wiki)
+  - [node.js mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs)
+  - irc chatroom, [#node.js on freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=node.js&uio=d4)
+  - [community](https://github.com/ry/node/wiki/Community)
+  - [contributing](https://github.com/ry/node/wiki/Contributing)
+  - [big list of all the helpful wiki pages](https://github.com/ry/node/wiki/_pages)