Diving into All Grain Brewing

In my first post, "starting to brew at home", I talked about what my next potential equipment and strategies would be.  Suffice it to say, I did not follow the "plan", but instead dived into trying out all grain brewing.  As I did a my research on the web from google to youtube and the various home brew sites, I started to get an idea of the all grain process and what I would need to get into it.

Wort Chiller - how hard can it be?

Up until now I've been using ice baths to cool my wort, but recently I acquired a wort chiller as a gift, so I decided to use it on my latest batch.  You would think that using a wort chiller would be a simple process of 10-15 min left in boil put your chiller in (mine is an immersion) so it sterilizes.  Once boil complete, turn on the water and watch the temperature drop...   Ha...  Wouldn't you know it I made several rookie mistakes that I will not repeat (lesson learned) and I hope nobody else repeats.