a lot of electronics repair guys like using radio shack's solder. 60/40 is for electronics.
they all rate it up there with brands of solder such as kester.
forget all that lead free stuff. it's harder to use. also forget about all that silver solder stuff too. just stick to the lead 60/40 rosin core solder for electronics and you're golden.
anyway here's a good 2 part video of soldering.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPD1AIov6tY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haN5VSM5AF4
also sears sells a weller wlc 100 for $49. amain sells it for $44.99 free ship but if you're impatient like me you can go to sears for it.
it's a great entry level solding station with 8 different tips you can get for it. which is a major plus. it looks like you can use all the popluar soldering stations tips with it. such as a hakko and trakpower.
http://www.sears.com/cooper-tools-so...1&blockType=G1
btw, don't buy the $15-$20 helping hands at the hobby store, they're only $2-6 on amazon or at harbor freight tools. and they're the same exact thing.
if you wish for something super fancy and probably 100 times better than those helping hands things,
http://thejigsup.net/Products.php