ok so basically i fried my psp way back when firmware 2.8 had just comeout and i finally managed to get a new one a few days back

i just need somebody to give me a basic recap on whats happend since then and help me out with all these custom firmwares and new homebrew

my new psp is a version 2.71 and id really appreciate any help getting up to date on the whole firmware/homebrew game