BSA Web Links
(& other places,too!)
BSA Web Sites - personal favorites - still alot out there
Semi-Official BSA North Florida Council Web Site Our very own Council now has a web page with links to surrounding District Web Pages; worth a look if you want to know whats going on around North Florida
Official BSA Home Page National's Web site
The MacScouter The biggie of web sites, you name it, they got it. Very Mac orientated, but will tolerate PC users (don't ask, don't tell!)
Net Woods Virtual Campsite Info on Advancement, Ceremonies, Creative Campfires, Cooking, Equipment, Games, Leadership & Training, check out The Lighter Side
World Wide Web of Scouting International links, FAQ's, Virtual Patches, Clip Art
Scouting Online Skits, Songs, Training, Eagle Trail, much, much more
BSA ClipArt More ClipArt & Fonts than you can shake a scout stave at (Thanks to Troop 24, Berkeley CA, wonderful page!).
Scouter Magazine Online If your a registered scouter you should be getting this, now an online version.
BSA Local Sites - challenge to Osceola District Units; lets build the listing!!! If you've seen the Web then you know all ranks of Scouting can have a Web site.
North Florida Council Units From the Council Web Site
Florida Outdoors - where to go in The Sunshine State
Florida State Parks Online Everything you'll need to know about Florida State Parks
HTML Stuff - for those of you that want to know how-to do it yourselves
Paint Shop Pro Evaluation copy, cheaper than PhotoShop
Web Tutor Learn it on line or download the tutor (1.35MB). Be warned you 28.8 baud people!
Beginner's Guide to HTML The real deal, nuts & bolts, small type, from a dot EDU site - that tells you something right away...
HTML Quick Reference Guide Simple rules of HTML - yeah right, simple rules, like that exists in the virtual world, where there are NO rules, hah, hah, hah, oh-oh I forget myself.....
The Web Developer's Virtual Library WDVL XML HTML, DHTML, CSS, CGI, a veritable veggie soup - learn the recipes for advanced web pages, if nothing else, check out browser opening and exiting the page
NoNags No nagging dialog box, free and shareware. I cannot say enough good things about this site. If you want, need, or desire ANY applications - for FREE- start here
TuCows Share & Freeware recommended by Auglink - so it must be good!
Allen's WinApp List Win95/98/NT, free, share & ,(yes, oh no - gasp!!??) commercial ($$$) software
FileMine More of same, dig it up here..
Computer Help - Web pages for information + downloads
Dr Webster Win95 All you want to know on Windows 95
Drivers HQ Missing a driver for a computer periphal, er.. perifial, um.. parifieell.. you know a printer, scanner, modem, etc. ? One stop headquarters for finding the latest & greatest from the manufacturer. Oh yes, it's peripheral device.
Driver Zone Not there? Try here
( Pet Peeve Section)
Learn effective Emailing
Learn the way cyber mail was intended, then make your own informed decisions as to how you want to communicate effectively.
Email Etiquette good starting place to understand cybermail as it was intended to be and still is in most cases. Especially read the section on privacy, cuz there isn't any in cyberspace
A Beginners guide to Effective Email just what it says.
Email Tips This one is a keeper. Refer to the tips from others; Email Facts of Life, so true, so true.
This is for the benefit of those of us that have the potential to use email effectively and to access extra features email programs can do for us, if we knew about them.
Virus Alerts - New to the Internet? Just getting started in emailing? Email box getting stuffed with VIRUS ALERTS from friends and strangers? Before sending this on to 75+ of your real friends, get the real truth before, worrying yourself to death. Most people do not check alerts before sending bogus alerts to everyone listed in their address book. Do you know that there are some hoaxes still zipping around cyberspace, globally, for years? STOP THE MADNESS. In the future, we will discuss those wonderful email chain letters and how to avoid personal calamity or misfortune by NOT participating.
Symantec Big AntiVirus software outfit - go to search and enter virus hoax - will give results on latest hoaxes and old one's too.
Mcafee Another Anti Virus Biggie. Same thing, run search for virus hoaxes
Dept. of Energy (DOE) Great Starter for validating a hoax. Sometimes you wonder where they spend all that money. Here's something good that came from it.
Internt'l Computer Security Association Independant security agency
Rules of Thumb
No.1 - If you didn't ask for it, you don't need it.
No. 2 - Don't open unsolicited email or the attachments in it. Curosity killed the cat and maybe your hard drive.
No. 3 - When in doubt, throw it out - works for left-over food, garage junk, and whatever ails you. Works here.
No.4 - You have a greater chance of getting a virus from trading floppy disks than from the 'Net.
Get good Antivirus software & sleep better.