If you have eagle eyes you may have noticed a small change to the introductory text on the Scout Patch Collector’s Base Camp home page. “The Scout Patch Collector’s Base Camp is a directory of helpful internet resources for pursuing our hobby of collecting and trading Boy Scout memorabilia” was changed to remove the word [...]
Craig Leighty, President of the International Scouting Collectors Association, posted a message to the Patch-L mailing list on January 11 advising that new versions of their invaluable OA and CSP checklists are now available. I was thrilled to read this, since I include links to both on the Scout Patch Collector’s Base Camp, and [...]
While researching information about a 1919 Boy Scout Handbook for a coworker I came across an excellent site that I immediately knew belonged on The Scout Patch Collector’s Base Camp.
History of the Boy Scout Handbook is actually part of the web site for Troop 97 of Fort Collins, Colorado. Scoutmaster Jeff Snowden has compiled [...]
Recently within the span of just a few minutes I received emails from different friends recommending that I check out two Scout-related videos on YouTube. The first was for the great Arrow Ads produced by the Coosa Lodge shows team whose members include Ben Killen, Chris Brightwell, and Tim Hall, the hosts of ClothTalk.
The second [...]
The 21st World Scout Jamboree begins in less than a week, and the Scout Patch Collector’s Base Camp is freshly updated to celebrate the centennial anniversary of world Scouting!
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The Scout Patch Collector’s Base Camp is a directory of helpful internet resources for pursuing our hobby of collecting and trading Boy Scout memorabilia, and beginning today [...]
I finally found some time to read my latest issue of the ISCA Journal, and was inspired by the cover story to add two new links to the Base Camp. One is a link to a comprehensive checklist of Philmont collectible memorabilia which is generously provided free by Chip S. Elliott and Mike McAdams, the [...]
In my daily Patch-L email digest a fellow Scout asked the collective subscribers for a site related to Sea Scouts insignia. Robert Rodgers quickly replied with a link, and I thought it would be a nice addition to the Scout Patch Collector’s Base Camp.
While I was adding it I used the indispensable Firefox extension LinkChecker [...]
Every few months I get an email from a visitor advising me that I have a broken link on The Scout Patch Collector’s Base Camp. Sometimes it’s just a polite “heads up” so I can try to track down the new location. Often it’s a plaintive request that I put it back online, and I [...]
If you aren’t keen on the effect that pops up a small preview window of the web page when you roll over a link, the folks at snap.com have made it very easy to turn off. Just roll over a link, snort with derision at the unwanted window that appears, then notice the link in [...]
I was surprised and honored today to find The Scout Patch Collector’s Base Camp selected to appear in The SPA 100, a selection of sites highlighted by Snap Preview Anywhere as “some of the more interesting, notable and funky sites that are now using the Snap Preview Anywhereâ„¢ product.”
Snap Preview Anywhere is the cool technology [...]
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