Hey, welcome to the site. A Brick means that your psp is basically useless and when you turn it on, it is just a black screen and you can't do anything. However you can fix this now using the 'Pandora's Battery Method' by using a special battery and memory stick with certain files on it. You can make the Slim homebrewable but ya need to get it on custom firmware by using one of these tutorials
http://pspbrew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10454
http://pspbrew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10137
BTW: Please try to post in the right section
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. This is where the tutorials go.