Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
Getting a degree in any of the fields is good. It really is only going to matter for your first job. My suggestion would be to go towards CpE, that is my major. I am saying that because since you get the experience from both CS and EE, you know almost as much as they do. They have a few...
I do not suggest Word. It saves in many spans and divs, where I believe you want just basic text with <strong> and other tags associated. I'm not really sure, you should check out download.com see what you can come up with.
You could install one of the lite versions of linux for media use. I'll check on a couple of the distro's, you can email me or contact me on AIM(more likely to catch me on AIM) to remind me to get it for you. As far as power, are you hooking up to the car's ignition switch? I am doing an mp3...
If you get your power for the LED from the main phone line, remember that the power does jump quite a bit when it is ringing, i.e. You should filter out the jumps from your led with either a voltage regulator or a capacitor.