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First Steps
Check-Off List
Essentials
Computer Hoaxes
Settings & Preferences

Beginning
It's a good idea to develop at least a passing familiarity with the items listed on this page. Later you may penetrate these subjects in depth. Let's start with at least an introduction.
First Steps
These are some of the things to make sure you take care of first.

 
Check-Off List
Here you will find a check-off list. Make sure you've covered the beginning bases. Make a note of stuff to cover in the future.

 
Essentials
Here you will find a collection of click-n-learn tutorials on topics we consider to be essentials for the average newbie. These tutorials are not put in order by difficulty. Don't be daunted if a particular tutorial seems hard. Move on to the next tutorial and come back to the difficult one later -- or never. You'll be amazed at how each thing you learn makes the next that much easier.

 

Computer Hoaxes
Is there such a thing as the "Good Times" virus? Are there albino alligators in the New York Sewers? What does happen when a train leaves the station in Chicago heading East at 70mph and a car leaves New York heading West at 55mph? Some of these questions are answered.

 
Settings, Preferences & Options
Preferences and option settings can make the difference between a user friendly environmentn and a nightmare. Here we will present various settings that we have found useful.

 

First Aid Kit
The First Aid Kit is a collection of tools, resources, and tricks of the trade that we feel are essential to life on the web. These things will hopefully make your browsing go much more smoothly.