The Archives

The Saugus Area Government Information page was updated today.

The Saugus.net Table of Contents underwent a transformation today analogous to what the Site Map went through yesterday.

The Saugus.net Site Map was made a bit more extensive today.

The Tips for New Computer Users & New Internet Surfers page was updated today.

The office will be closed today for the holiday. However, the Community Events Calendar and other like pages will continue to be updated.

Since the weather has gotten nicer, we've restored the Saugus Area Yard Sales Calendar to the sidebar. If you're looking for a local yard sale, check it out, and if you're holding one, be sure to post it.

The Saugus Area Television and Radio Information page was updated today.

The local business Park Press Printers was updated today.

The Free Software Guide was updated today.

After a year and a half of renovations, the Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site reopened Friday afternoon with a two-day special event. We've posted a few photographs from each day of this Saugus Iron Works "Pathways To History" Celebration.

Last week we discussed Gopher in general, and Saugus.net's Gopher Site specifically, and there are those who've since been wondering what's still available via Gopher that's not available via the Web. No one really knows for sure; if you explore Gopherspace you'll probably find things that most people have forgotten; it's been estimated that there are still two to three million Gopher pages out there. We can say that here on Saugus.net we have a Saugus dictionary (similar to our Computer Dictionary) that's accessible via Gopher and dict, but which has never been pulled over to the Web (some day we probably will port it, but it hasn't happened yet). You'll need something like Firefox to use Gopher, and there are also special plug-ins available to make browsing Gopherspace more pleasant.

The Saugus Area Government Information page was updated today.

The Glossary of Computer File Extensions was updated today.

The Saugus Rotary Club site was updated today.

The Saugus High School Alumni Association site was updated today.

In one of our posts last week we mentioned Gopher, and that was an unfamiliar term to some readers. Basically Gopher predates the Web but serves some of the same needs. Now it can be seen as a little bit less glitzy and quite a bit faster way of getting at some information. These days most of what was on Gopher has been ported to the Web, but you'll still find some interesting information in Gopherspace (that's what the world-wide collection of Gopher pages are called) that hasn't made its way across. Saugus.net's Gopher Site is still supported; feel free to check it and other Gopher sites out -- who knows what you'll find? Note though that not all browsers support Gopher. You'll need something like Firefox to browse Gopherspace properly.

The SAVE site was updated today.

The Saugus Area Organizations, Clubs, and Places of Worship page was updated today.

The Saugus Historical Society site was updated today.

The Saugus Residents' Personal Home Pages page was updated today.

In a couple of posts made earlier this week, we touched on some of Saugus.net's past ten years. What will happen in the next ten years? It's largely up to you, our readers. We try to focus on the areas that we know are popular. In the absence of feedback, we go by the popularity of individual pages and features. We know the annual ghost story contest is popular, so we plan on continuing it and even expanding it. We know the e-book reader is popular, and we're working on an updated version. What's your favorite feature? What would you like to see expanded or improved? Let us know and help direct our future.

Saugus.net turned ten today.

It doesn't seem like it's been that long.

In the past ten years, we've given out well over 200 T-shirts, and we've decided to have a little fun posting pictures of our readers wearing them. Do you have a picture of yourself wearing a Saugus.net T-shirt that you'd like to post? Send it to us and we'll post it.