December 2000
12/24/00 - Rudolph Get Your Nose Over Here
This will be our last update before Christmas. So I wish all my visitors a safe and happy Christmas, and all the best in the new year.

I was treated to an early Christmas present when I logged on this morning. The great great guys at Smoovenet decided a site with a history like this one should have it's own domain name. So they surprised me, and upgraded our address from simpsons.lardlad.com to www.simpsonschannel.com overnight. Both URL's work, (the old url forwards you to the new one anyway), but from now on, our home is simpsonschannel.com. Thanks again to Tek and Richie.

12/21/00 - South Of Springfield Returns At Last
South Of Springfield closed it's doors temporarily on August 24th this year. It announced that www.frinky.com would become it's new home when it reopened. Just under four months later, South Of Springfield is back. The new design is reasonably simple and easy to navigate. The site will soon feature a few character subsidiaries, none of which are ready at the moment. I can't find anything significantly different about the content, which I'd expect after being gone for so long. The important thing is that it's up. Check it out.

A lot of people want to know how my rebuilding process is going. I've got the new design up to the stage it was at before the crash, and I'll have a bit of time to work on the rest after Christmas. Just some notes about the design: It's virtually got the same color scheme as now and it will not support 640*480 users, like SOS. This is so I can add new features to the main page and create more working space.

12/18/00 - El Yo-Yo Es Grande!
The Simpsons Tree has introduced it's new Character Spotlights feature. If there's a great Simpsons character out there with no website, Nate will create a mini-page for you. The first spotlighted character is Bumblebee Man. The mini site, although small, features enough information to get you up to date with the character and has a great set-out. The tree has modified it's design to accomodate the new feature. Check it out.

12/17/00 - You're The Birthday Boy Or Girl
I was hoping for our third birthday to be more eventful than this. But here we are. Three years later. Sure, we haven't updated for over a month but we're still here. Okay, so that's not entirely a good thing. Yes, I noticed your complaints, and I was aware that the site was dying. So earlier this week I decided to actually make some changes here at the Channel, to regain people's interest. I did it. It was a slight redesign, and was pretty funky, judging by the reaction of the one person who saw it. So I was going to work on the interiors for the rest of the week, when suddenly I'm hit by a virus that decides to wipe out my whole drive. Sassy. I was pretty happy. The big birthday surprise is out of the bag, but is also non-existant. Not one graphic remains from the new design. Happy birthday to The Simpsons Channel...

I'm going to make the design again. It'll feature some cool new goodies. In the meantime I'll keep this version updated for once. Keep a look out for it in early 2001.

For a detailed (and over-dramatized -- what was I on?) run-down on The Simpsons Channel's history, click here. And now the news... Introducing The Simpsons Mainframe. With a touch of Beyond Blunderdome and The Simpsons Showcase, this merged site has already become one of the best sites on the net. Jan Selig is responsible for the cool design. Make sure you check it out! Be on the lookout for a slightly new design at The Simpsons Tree. Thats all for our third anniversary. Later.


November 2000
11/4/00 - I'm Checkin' In
Okay, I'm back from my unscheduled break. I haven't missed very much considering I haven't updated for half a month. Here's an update on the most important things that have happened.

It's been a while, so people new to the Simpsons scene will not remember back when eSimpsons closed down temporarily. It's finally back online with a great new design and a heap of new content gained from a merge with the now defunct Simpson Tide. It's still in it's early stages but will surely get better. Make sure you check it out.

The Simpsons Folder is currently offline. Jukka hasn't really told us why, but I think it has something to do with the domain. It should be back up soon.

Fox is back, with Simpsons Surplus being their latest victim. SS has been hit before in the past, but this time they were busted for having a Downloads section.

Remember, if you want me to announce anything that has happened to your site, there's more of a chance that it will be mentioned if you fill out the Make Announcement form.


October 2000
10/14/00 - Sweeet Sweeet Can
No doubt you've heard around that Sweeetnet is being closed down. The network of sites will cease to exist this coming Thursday. So like everyone else, The Simpsons Channel is packing it's bags and moving out. This is probably our last update on Sweeetnet, and the domain will probably be transferred to our new home of Smoovenet on Monday. You wont be affected by anything during this proccess, the url will stay the same, etc. Because it's going to be a messy week and I may not be able to update, I've already hung up the Halloween decorations, keeping with our tradition in previous years.


September 2000
9/23/00 - Jebediah Would Be Proud Of You!
After promising a re-open several months ago, It started to look like we'd never see Jebediah Springfield Park again. But the day has finally come. What was once the net's most under-rated Simpsons sites will now hopefully get the attention it deserves. The site returned today with a brand new flash design, using bits and pieces from the last one. It's looking great. Those popups are annoying, though. Some of the sections aren't completed yet, but they'll be up soon.

9/19/00 - Everybody Tuck Your Pants Into Your Socks!
As reported not too long ago, The Simpson Treasury will be left unupdated for an unspecified amount of time. To avoid having a main page filled with old, 5 month old updates, Lee has made a brand new layout for the site, minus the update column. The site looks nothing like it has ever looked before, with a nice new light blue and white colour scheme. It's looking pretty neat. Hopefully Lee will change his mind and we can see it being updated in the near future. Check it out.

9/18/00 - Looks Like Bad News For The.... impson Family!
A new site has opened today, titled The Springfield Outlet. The site has a fair amount of content, featuring images, games, information, and interactivity. The domain name 'frinkian.com' bares an amazing resemblence to 'frinkiac.com' and to a lesser extent, 'frinky.com'. The design is very similar to about 3 other sites at the moment, the main reason being that it uses DHTML navigation. I've already had my two cents worth on DHTML navigation, so I want to hear your opinions.

9/16/00 - Lets Put Barts Beautiful Drawing Up On The Fridge!
Simpsons Picture Central, a new site from the person who brought you I'd Rather Be In Springfield, has opened today, and it couldn't have come at a better time. Focusing entirely on images, it is sure to make a great-fill in for the gap that The Springfield Gallery left. The images at this site are some of the best quality picgrabs I've ever seen. The site also has Wallpaper, ASCII Art, and Tutorials. Framegrabs are on their way. With a great design to top it all off, this is one not to miss.

9/15/00 - Picka-Bar? What The Hell Is Picka-Bar?
Bartholomew's Quest For Knowledge has a really nice new design. The site isn't exactly finished yet, but the sections on the navbar look promising. The site looks much better than it did before. As well as a new design, the site has moved to it's own domain at trabpukcip.com. It's a tough one to type, and if you have never seen that Simpsons episode before, you won't remember the site address at all. When typing it, remember it spells 'Pick Up Bart' backwards, so read it over carefully. That's the only major flaw in the site, but it's definitely a site to watch for the future.

9/9/00 - You No Talk-a With You Accent No More!
Lee Kaldany of The Simpson Treasury has decided to leave the site unupdated. Nooooo! He is currently making a new layout minus the update column, which should be up soon.

The The CBG Files has been shut down! While it was never updated, it was the best tribute to Comic Book Guy on the net. Mark Navarro of South Of Springfield plans to make a CBG site in the future, so there's something to look forward to. And speaking of SOS, it will be re-opening shortly at it's new home of www.frinky.com.

August 2000
8/26/00 - Your Manager Says For You To Shut Up!
The Nelson Muntz File has been given a new design, similar to the last. It's nice to see that the author has stopped trying his hardest to make a few bucks from the site. Cooder & Spud: The Freaks Of The Carney has also been redesigned. I hated the last design, so it's good to see a change.

On the 24th of August, Eric updated every links page on this site. Check if your site was among those new one's listed.

8/19/00 - Speaking Of Shoes, I Don't Care About Shoes..
I'd Rather Be In Springfield has a nice new layout. The site color scheme is rather plain, but it works well. It has also escaped the 'left navigation' look and has gone for the (:sigh:) dhtml dropdown menu's. All that aside, the design is better than before.

The Long Life Of Grampa Simpson has changed it's name to 'Grampa Online'. The site also has a new layout, but sadly, updates will not resume.

8/16/00 - Thanks For The Nose News, Neighbor!
A couple of months ago, The Ned Flanders Realm closed it's doors. A week later, due to comments made on the Simpsons Radio show, the owner re-opened the site, although it would be left un-updated. But now, the owner has decided to start updating the site again, and to give the site a fresh new start, it has a new layout. Like the last layout, this one is very effective and one of the best designs for a character site on the net. Great to see it back!

8/15/00 - Look At The Colors, Children!
The Springfield Gallery has a new layout. I don't really like the new design, but it fits the criteria needed for a site that only offers pictures. He was aiming for a simple layout, and thats what he got. I don't see why it needed to be changed though.

After a number of close calls, Sounds Of The Simpsons has received a real C&D letter and the site will be closing on Aug 20th. Until then, you can download all the sounds the site had to offer.

8/12/00 - Sexy Simpsons World Order
The Simpsons World Order is 3 years old, and to celebrate, the site has been given a new design. It's one month late, but who's counting. There are also lots of new sections to check out and prizes to win.... go NOW!

The Apu Files has moved to apu.maggied.com.

Check out a new site, Comic Relief at smingers.com.

8/9/00 - 'Round And 'Round And 'Round....
'Round Springfield has been given a really nice new design. This design has been in production for a few weeks. The site has escaped it's blue colour scheme, and the 'left navigation' standard template look. 'Round Springfield now sports one of the most original Simpsons-site designs on the net today. I didn't like the colours at first, but after a few visits, it has grown on me. Make sure you take a look. Thats all the news I've got for you today.

8/8/00 - It Says Show Me Your Tie, It's Cute!
The Simpsons Showcase has finally opened it's doors. The site has been in production for quite some time, so it is nice to see it open with a large amount of content and a nice, eye-appealing design. Definitely one to watch, and has great potential. Check it out.

Simpsons Fanworks Central has a new design. It's similar to the last, but has reduced loading time and fixed bad colour contrast. Overall, it's better than the previous design, make sure you have a look.

July 2000
7/30/00 - Oh My God! He's Killed The Original Alfalfa!
The Simpson Treasury has moved to it's own, bannerless domain, www.kidmoe.com. It also has a nice new design. It is similar to the last, but the changes are good.

Eye On Springfield is currently being redesigned... Or shutting down... eh, I can't make any sense of this message.

John Fiedler has kindly fixed the errors received on our 'reply' forms of the editorials on this site that do not have any follow-up's. Thanks, John.

7/28/00 - I Thought Springfield Was America's Scrod Basket?
I'd Rather Be In Springfield has a nice new layout. It's more of a color scheme change, but either way, it looks better than it did before. Make sure you check out the image gallery at the site. Some real nice pics there.

The Tale Of Two Springfieldians has moved to it's own domain at www.flimpsons.com. Update your bookmarks!

Now for some fun, Jukka Keskiaho of The Simpsons Folder has made a spin-off of the Simpsons Radio Show. It's pretty funny. Read this post at the SMB for more.

7/26/00 - Time For Another News Flush
The launch of the new design on Thursday ended up with mostly positive comments, which is good to hear. It took less than 72 hours for somebody to copy it. The Speak Up topic has been changed. This week we're asking "Should Evergreen Terrace finally get a new design?". Make sure you submit your comments on the topic.

A new editorial has been added. This one is titled Web Design In Simpsons Sites and it was written by Chris Swanicke.

7/24/00 - Wel-diddly-elcome Back, Ned!
The owner of The Ned Flanders Realm has decided to re-open the site due to comments made on the new simpsons radio show. The site will remain static, but is back online.

Nate has given the Simpsons Radio Show website a nifty new design. It's much better than before.

Springfield Surveilance has changed it's name to I'd Rather Be In Springfield. The site has also moved to the frinky network, so update your links.

7/22/00 - KBBL Is Gonna Give Me Something Stupid!
The Simpsons community has totally lost it's mind... with Bryan Ludvigsen and Nate Gilmore today releasing their new Online Simpsons Radio Show. Yes. I said radio show. Odd actually, no radio's are involved. Instead, every week you will be able to download a 15 minute streaming mp3 file and listen to Nate and Bryan talk about the latest in web news. Be it a new design, address change, or cease and desist orders, they'll talk about it. Sound stupid? Give it a listen, I thought it was a stupid idea too, but it's really good. I'll be looking forward to it next week.

7/20/00 - Now...Where's That Channel Changer?
Surprise! What the hell is going on here, you might be asking yourself? Well, I don't know about you, but I'd love to have a surprise like this. Hope you guys like our brand new design! As you can see, not one element of the last design has been included into this one. Some people didn't like the blue, and although I liked it at first, after six months I decided I didn't like it anymore, hence the lack of updates in April, May and June. There was a similar design plan before this which I scrapped a while ago. You can still see it here. There is one bug with background colors in a certain version of IE5.5. My tip: Uninstall it.

Remember Springfield Community Switchboard? It's gone. I've moved all articles over to this site, and you are still free to submit new editorials and reply to the existing ones. Two new editorials have been added today. Another new section is titled Speak Up. In this section I ask you a general question about current Simpsons news events and you reply with your views. Your opinions will be added instantly.

We do have another new section. It's a page About This Site. Here you can find a very large editorial on the history of the site. Thats all for today. Enjoy the changes!

7/18/00 - Thank You Come Again!
It's not every day that an excellent character-based site comes along. The latest is the fill in for the now-defunct Much Apu About Nothing, titled The Apu Files. One of the things that stands out with this site is it's excellent original design; I haven't seen anything like it before. It also has some nice content. Check it out if you haven't already!



7/15/00 - Bye Diddly-Eye!
The Ned Flanders Realm closed it's doors the other day. It was one of the nicest character sites on the net, with an excellent design and great content.

The Springfield Gallery was scheduled to be back online today with a new layout, but the opening date has been pushed back. The site will now re-open in late August. The owner has decided to take a break from Simpsons websites for now. We will inform you of any futher news when we get it.

7/13/00 - This Just In -- Powersauce Is Amazing!
Behind The Laughter has moved to it's new domain at powersauce.com. Same site, new location. Make sure you update your links and bookmarks.

This Just In: The Simpsons Sourcebook is holding an online chat with Simpsons writers Josh Weinstein and Bill Oakley tomorrow (Friday) night at 10pm EST/ 7pm PST. Make sure you're all set for the event. You will need to sign up for a Fandom account, so do that now rather than at the last minute.

7/12/00 - Two Years And Counting
Some of you may not know, but this site used to be owned by a guy named Brian Chen. He was in charge of the site from December 1997 - July 1998, and then he passed it to me, Adam Wolf, when he lost interest. Today marks the second anniversary of my ownership of this site. I have taken the site through two design changes and moved it to two different locations. The graphic on the right is what the site used to look like when I took over. You can view the full site by clicking the image. In the past few months updates have been pretty rare. As you can see, I've decided to clean my act up a bit this month. I'll update whenever there is news, and hopefully you can put up with me for another two years.

7/7/00 - Sweeeet Sweeeet Can
The CBG Files has moved to it's own domain name at gummyvenus.com. Along with the move, the site has been given a slightly new design. I personally liked the old one better, but this is still good.

First there was FIST, then there was The Great Simpson Blackout, and now there's Webmaster War III. The owner of this new 'fight fox' site hopes that the site can become as sucessfull as its predecessors (even though they didn't achieve much at all). It's worth checking out.

7/5/00 - Little Miss Springfield
Little Miss Springfield has a fantastic new design. As with the previous design, the owner has made the page using flash, which makes the page more interactive. Excellent work. It's a lot better than the previous design, which was also very unique. Make sure you check out the new sections and content while you're there.

As announced the other day, The Springfield Gallery is currently down. The owner has now given a release date for the new design, so mark July 15th on your calendars.

7/2/00 - Marge..I Think I Hate Ted Koppel!
Simpsons Surplus has had some slight design changes. Nothing huge, and I wouldn't exactly call it a 'new design'. It looks better though, check it out.

The Springfield Message Board has found a new home at maggied.com. Also, as reported a few weeks ago, it has changed scripts by popular demand. The board is now better than ever, so if you haven't signed up yet, now's the time.

The Springfield Gallery is currently offline. It should return really soon, and the owner promises a huge change. I'm looking forward to seeing what he can come up with.

A new site dedicated to Marge has been opened. The site, titled The Twisted World Of Marge Simpson has a nice design, and I'd expect more content in the future.

Last Exit To Springfield has selected McBain Forever as it's new hosted site to replace Much Ado About Nothing. For those of you who don't know, McBain Forever was one of the two greatest sites dedicated to McBain in 98/99. The site should be returning at it's new home soon.

June 2000
6/24/00 - C&D Blitz
Dennis Wilson has gone on another C&D spree, with 8 sites hit over the past few days. It started off from a visit to Evergreen Terrace, but after Dennis grew a brain and finally clicked on Eric's subsidiary links, all hell broke loose. All of ET's hosted sites (6 altogether) were asked to remove all multimedia, including pictures, sounds, and games. The final site that received a C&D was Simply Bart.

6/18/00 - Just South Of Springfield
Just South Of Springfield has dropped the 'Just' from it's name, and has been given a nicer new design. The owner decided to drop the Evergreen Terrace look. It has also opened with a new Forum, which the owner is calling an alternative to the Springfield Message Board.

Speaking of the Springfield Message Board, Due to many comments and suggestions, it will be switching to a different format sometime this month. It will use the Ultimate Board script which can be seen at the South Park Forum.

Chris Jean-Louis has given up on the Simpsons community and shut down Much Apu About Nothing and quit his position at Last Exit To Springfield. With MAAN gone, Last Exit To Springfield is offering free space to a character site, new or old. If you're interested, and are willing to hold a banner at the top of the pages on your site, email Adam and he'll pick the site most deserving.

Since we last updated, a new site titled The CBG Files opened. It's a really nice site and has been through a number of designs already. It has been redesigned once again today.

May 2000
5/27/00 - My Baby Beat Me Up!
Just Maggied has received a nice new design. It's much different to the last, with a new colour scheme and concept, but is still very original and compact. Check it out.

The Definitive Frink appears to be down at the moment. The rest of the internerd server is still up and running, however I don't see any reason why Aaron would remove the page. If and when it comes back, we'll inform you.

5/26/00 - It's Like Kissing A Peanut
Considering throwing in the towel? It seems like a trend at the moment. The owner of Moleman In The Morning has decided to call it quits for the summer. For more information, visit the site.

5/23/00 - This Just In: Go To Hell!
It's not very often a great site comes along without notice, and the latest, titled Eye On Springfield looks as if it could become a big hit. It has a nice design, but only minimal content at the moment which will surely grow in time. Despite the title, which has been used way too many times, this page could only get better. Have a look!

Another new site has popped up, titled The Springfield Googolplex. It's design is simple, yet effective.

Barfly: A Tribute To Barney Gumble has received a nice new design. It's much better than before. Check it out.

5/20/00 - Behind The Laughter
A brand new Simpsons site titled Behind The Laughter opened its doors just minutes ago. The page has a huge amount of content and will be updated often. Check it out.

Flash is the future of the internet. First there was Cletus' Farm. Now comes a new Simpsons site titled The Simpsons Halloween Special Page, which is a fully-animated dedication to the Treehouse Of Horror episodes. The site is incomplete at the moment, but you can check out the flash intro etc.

The first Bart site to appear since The World Of Bart Simpson has opened today. Simply Bart features a nice design and a stack of content dedicated to Bart Simpson. Right now it's the only decent site dedicated to him on the net, but I know of another Bart site opening soon.

5/17/00 - FOXy Lady
Looked like Dennis had gone for a while there, but no, he's back. In pog form. Two sites were hit in the past two days, both of them being the only great sites left that offered multimedia. 'Round Springfield and Maximum Homerdrive have both removed all their multimedia content due to orders from the FOX lawyers. Esimpsons also received one, except later discovered that it was a fake.

News has been at an all time low this month. Remember to submit your news to me if anything happens to your site and I'll announce it. Eric updated the Link pages about a week ago, so check to see if your site was listed.

5/9/00 - It's Your Fault I Can't Talk!
A new website dedicated to Maggie Simpson has been put online. The site, titled Just Maggied features an awesome design, and looks like it will have some nice content in the future. Check it out!

Krusty's Funhouse has been moved to isimpsons.com and has a new owner. This domain was once home to Homer Simpson Mania, which received a C&D. If Fox come back to check up on the site, I'm pretty sure the site will be C&D'd soon.

5/2/00 - Hey It Happened Again!
A bunch of fake Cease and Desist letters were sent out to about seven websites yesterday afternoon. Sites include Last Exit To Springfield, 'Round Springfield, Maximum Homerdrive, eSimpsons, The Simpson Treasury, A Burns For All Simpsons and Moleman In The Morning. Some prankster out there thought it would be hilarious to send out these emails and watch sites close down one by one. No sites have been closed as yet, however Moleman In The Morning and A Burns For All Seasons now fear that Fox know about them and will be coming to get them. Moleman has moved to a slightly new address.

A note to anybody even considering sending out fake C&D's, don't bother. The email address may look real, but there are other ways to find the sender of the letter. You will never win; it's just wasting your time and not ours.

5/1/00 - Just South Of Springfield
Just South Of Springfield has been given a slightly new design. It's layout is the same, but all the graphics have changed, and it looks a lot better than it did before. Check it out.

The overlooked Jebadiah Springfield Park will soon return to the net at the domain irsburger.com.

April 2000
4/27/00 - Are You Ready To Get Duffed!?
A few new sites to report on today. The first is the return of the site that you love to hate, Deconstructing Simpson Sites. The site has a new design and has moved to a new address. Two new character based sites have also hit the web. The first is The Fortress Of Solitude, dedicated to Comic Book Guy, and the second is a very small site dedicated to a very minor character, Duffman.

The Long Life Of Grampa Simpson may end up having a short life after all. The owner of the site, Christof, wants to find a new owner for his site as he is too busy to maintain it. If you think you're up for the job, Click Here to apply.

The Simpsons Archive have posted the latest information on Season 12 which includes synopsis for about five of the new episodes. They have also given their doubts on the rumor of a new addition to the family which was previously reported.

4/24/00 - Let Us Boogie!
Much Apu About Nothing has been given a nice new design. It's basically the same layout as it was before, but the color scheme is completely different. Check it out.

SEYMOUR!!, a dedication to Superintendant Chalmers has reopened and has a new design.

Life On The Fast Lane has been slightly redesigned after being online for just a couple of days.

The Harry Shearer chat we reported last update has been pushed back. It will now be at the same time (5:00 PST) tomorrow night. For details on joining the chat, read the last paragraph in the update below.

4/20/00 - Here Are Your Messages...
The Springfield Message Board has moved to a subdomain of simpsons100.com, and also has a hell of a lot more categories. If you're not already a member there has never been a better time to sign up than now.

The Long Life Of Grampa Simpson has received a slightly new design, and new sections and content have also been released with the facelift. Check it out.

A nice new site titled Life On The Fast Lane has opened. Could be one to watch for the future.

Tonight at 5:00pm PST, IGN will be holding an online chat with Harry Shearer. Harry provides the voice of over 100 characters on The Simpsons, including Smithers, Mr Burns, and Ned Flanders. You must have a user name and password to log in, so make sure you're prepared.

4/19/00 - Color Me Pickled Tink!
It's been 13 months since The Simpsons Treasury decided to shut down, and about two months after it's set release date, the site has finally re-opened. Featuring a new original design and brand new content, the site should become a hit again if it continues to update. It is currently hosted at a subdomain of duffless.com, but may be getting it's own domain in the future.

The battle of the Homer site's is over. Homer Simpson Mania will soon merge all it's content with The Homer Files, and become one huge source for all your Homer needs.

4/18/00 - Tree Moves To Lardlad
The Simpsons Tree is finally back up after being offline for three days. The site had originally planned to move to smarch.com as we mentioned the other day, but due to some CGI errors at the server, Nate has moved the site to http://www.lardlad.com/tree for an unspecified amount of time; most probably a month or so. Update your links only if you're prepared to change them back in a month.

4/17/00 - The Springfield Gallery
The Springfield Gallery has been redesigned! The new design is much better and brighter than the last. Check it out.

With the Tree out of the picture, I suppose it's up to me to introduce two new character sites. The first is a tribute to Barney Gumble, titled Barfly, and the second is dedicated to Sherri and Terri. Good sites, check them out.

4/16/00 - Chair Goes Round!
'Round Springfield has been given a new design, slightly similar to the last. Not all pages have been given the new design yet, but will in time.

The Simpsons Tree was re-uploaded to the icbiass server last night, but is now offline again. The ICBIASS server isn't even up to let people know they were deleted anymore. The Tree will find a temporary home for the next month, possibly at smarch.com.

4/15/00 - Kiss My ICBI-ASS
I Can't Believe It's A Simpsons Site is currently down. Dennis Wilson contacted the host of the domain and told them he wasn't complying with their requests. You may have heard from a source such as The Simpsons Top 100 that this is the END of ICBIASS forever. But never fear, icbiass.com will return in about a month. This time it will be hosted on his own server, so if Fox contacts his provider, he'll only be contacting Chad again. There's still no word on where The Simpsons Tree will be staying for this period of downtime, but we'll keep you posted later today.

Since the last update, there have been a number of C&D's. Along with ICBIASS's second, Simpsons Surplus has received it's third, and Simply Simpsons got another one. Homer Simpson Mania and Three Eyes On Springfield received their first.

Also since the last update, a great new site titled Just South Of Springfield has been opened. Also, a new character site dedicated to Martin has hit the web. Check them out.

The Simpsons Zone has shut down merged it's content with Esimps.com

4/2/00 - April Fooled!
Unless you have no brain at all, you would have noticed yesterday's redesign of The Simpsons Tree was an April Fools prank. He wasn't kidding about one thing though.. the site really was getting a new design. Today the site sports a brand new excellent design. The new layout has no popup window and is much more compact.

There was another April Fools joke out there that fooled 99% of our visitors. The Simpsons Channel getting a C&D? It'll never happen, and I fooled everyone, including Brian Chen.

4/1/00 - What The HELL!?
I can honestly say I was NOT expecting this... at all. The Fox network has sunk to a new low. I checked my Eisa mailbox today (not the lardlad one, as they should have) and found a C&D. "Great," I thought. "This one's for LETS." No it was NOT for LETS. It was for The Simpsons Channel. What are we doing at The Simpsons Channel that is illegal, you may ask? Apparently, this:

Although you do not distribute any illegal material through your site directly, we notice you do link to sites containing Sounds, Movies, and Images, thus, encouraging your visitors to download such content. After reviewing your web site, we must request that you remove all links to sites containing material in the form of sounds, images, and movies.

What a load of crap. Now it's LINKING to sites that's illegal? Can they DO that? Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

4/1/00 - Another Two Bite The Dust
What a start to the month. Much Apu About Nothing and Simply Simpsons were the first two C&D victims for this month. And it's not a good sign for things to come. Simply Simpsons was punished for using Sounds and Wallpaper. Fair enough, but he also states that the owner should not open it's new section 'KBBL', as it will contain Transcripts from Simpsons episodes. MAAN has to remove Sounds and Framegrabs.

Update: Yes, you heard me.. Just one hour after posting the news above, Brad Dugan came online and told me about *drumroll* a C&D in his mailbox. This is the second C&D Simpsons Surplus has received, and this time, it's ten times worse. Dennis wants the following sections removed. Sounds, scans, framegrabs, 3D pictures, 640*480 images, calendars, duffless, desktop icons, and downloads. Why doesn't he just write 'Shut down your site, Brad'. He isn't completely sure what to do at the moment, but we'll keep you posted.

March 2000
3/31 - Good Moleman To You
The only dedication to Hans Moleman, Moleman In The Morning has a great new design. Check it out. Do it for the Mole People.

Evergreen Terrace is back up after it's short hiatus. The site is now on a more trustworthy server and hopefully it won't happen again.

3/30/00 - SOS Is Back In Town!
Sounds Of The Simpsons is back up and running. The owner made this decision when he realized that he was giving the fake C&D sender what he wanted. The owner promises to update more, but then again, he says that every time.

Little Miss Springfield can now be reached by typing in lisasimpson.net. It will redirect you to the Simplenet account, but both can be used.

3/29/00 - I Like To Put My Feet Up
A Burns For All Seasons has been moved from milpool.com to smarch.com due to conflict with IGN/UGO banners. Looks like he picked a good time to move too, because Evergreen Terrace is currently down. Their host booted them off the server for using too much bandwidth. Milpool.com will be up and running as soon as possible.

Maximum Homerdrive and Sounds Of The Simpsons both received fake C&D letters yesterday. The owner of SOS was well aware that the letter was a fake, but after thinking about it for a while, he decided to shut the page down anyway. This leaves The Simpsons Folder all alone on The Springfield Connection.

The Simpsons Tree will release a new design this Saturday. I've seen the new design and it's much better than the current one. Can't wait.

Last Exit To Springfield has received yet another C&D, however, most of the content asked to be removed was at The Legitimate Businessman's Social Club. Meanwhile, It's newest subsidiary, Much Apu About Nothing remains Fox-less.

The Milhouse File is currently under construction. It will reopen soon with a new design, title, and more content. Hopefully it will be updated a little more too.

Tyler Snellings has opened his new site under the name The Simpsons Web. Ryan Irvine isn't very happy with his choice of the title.

A new Simpsons themed button exchange has opened, creatively titled The Simpsons Exchange.

The Simpsons Linksite is expanding into "The Linksite Network". It will feature link pages for Family Guy, The Simpsons, Futurama, and South Park. The site is in desperate need for co-owners who can help him find and pass on the names and URL's of these cartoon-themed sites. If you are interested, Email the owner.

Insert Caption Here has moved to a new server.

Following it's Cease and Desist letter from Fox, I Can't Believe It's A Simpsons Site is rebuilding. It has plans to build several new character-themed subsidiaries, as mentioned on the main page.

Several hosts are standing up to FOX after their recent letters. Fandom is battling Fox against the allegations made in the C&D sent to The Simpsons Sourcebook, and the host of irsburger.com says they will also battle Fox if any of their sites are forced to remove content. Nice to see something happening.

3/18/00 - I Love You Cletus!
Cletus' Farm is no more. The site used to be the home of full length Simpsons episodes in RealVideo format, but Fox found them. After thinking the C&D was a fake, the owner of the page deleted the email. A few months later they realized that the letter was indeed real, but decided not to do anything until a follow-up letter was sent. Now when you go to the site there is just a Flash image of the grease and shovel goons. I guess this means Fox sent another letter. To hell with them.

Homer Simpson Mania has moved to isimpsons.com. It was supposed to have a new design, but it's running a little late.

3/17/00 - LETS Opens @ Lardlad!
It's been a long wait, but today, Last Exit To Springfield is back online at a new location and a new address. The new layout has taken months to complete and it was well worth it. Today also marks the site's third year online, making it one of the oldest Simpsons sites on the net. Make sure you check out the new sections!

The Legitimate Businessman's Social Club has re-opened after a years break. The site is owned by Nate Gilmore, and is an affiliate of the new Last Exit To Springfield.

Fox have gone and done it again. The Wav King has received a C&D letter.

The Nelson Muntz File and Deconstructing Simpsons Sites are both back online at new locations.

3/9/00 - Fox Hits Fandom
The Simpsons Sourcebook has received yet another Cease and Desist letter. This is the third C&D given to a site labelled 'The Simpsons Sourcebook'. The first was at pixel-fusion.com, the second was at frinkiac.com, and now this one at Fandom.

3/6/00 - Zeppelin Rules!
Two more sites have made the move off madhosts today. Cypress Creek moved to Ed Slavin's domain, frinky.com, and The Otto Show has moved into a milpool.com subdirectory with a cool new design.

3/4/00 - Lousy Smarch Weather!
It's been a tough week for many webmasters. Numerous Simpsons websites have been inaccessible for several days due to the madhosts.com server going down. Due to this, both 'Round Springfield and Maximum Homerdrive have changed hosts and are back online. The Long Life of Grampa Simpson has also moved, but Cypress Creek, The Nelson Muntz File, and a few other pages are still down.

The Lovejoy Files, The Simpsons Top 50, and Deconstructing Simpsons Sites have all shut down. The Springfield Gallery has moved to its own domain name. The owner is also looking for sites to host at frinky.com.

February 2000
2/17/00 - Stamp Collection!? Ha Ha!
Collecting Simpsons has changed it's design for the first time in over two years. The new design was made by Shannon from Picks' Tribute To The Simpsons. It looks great.

The Simpson Treasury will soon return to the net. It should be up at the end of February.

Springfield Message Board has finally been re-opened.

2/12/00 - Just Move That Cot Out Of The Way
Today two sites have moved. The first is Cypress Creek, which has moved to the Madhosts server, and the second is Maximum Homerdrive, which now has its own domain at homerdrive.com.

2/11/00 - The Simpsons Top 100
Surprise! The Simpsons Top 100 has been given a facelift. The new design has been worked on for the last two months.

The Simpsons Encyclopedia has moved to duffless.com. The site will also, from now on, be known as 'Round Springfield.

The Ned Flanders Realm has moved to Sweeetnet. Insert Caption Here has a new design. Check out this new site which features scans of Simpsons comics in wallpaper form. eSimpsons will soon be opening at www.esimps.com.

2/9/00 - Banners / Multimedia / Slapnuts
Those are just three of the topics in the nine Springfield Community Switchboard articles added today. The last batch of articles created a lot of controversy, but I can tell you this batch should create just as much.

2/5/00 - Move It Or Lose It...
Simpsons Surplus has moved to it's domain, smarch.com.

The Simpsons Folder has slightly changed it's design. Although the concept is the same it has been cleaned up and now looks a hell of a lot better.

Six new articles have been added to the Switchboard today.


January 2000
1/30/00 - Can I Help You?
Two more redesigns from Character sites today. The Sarcastic Clerk has moved and sports a great new design, and The Lovejoy Files also has a new design. The Sarcastic Clerk is only temporarily on the ICBIASS server, and only it's main page is up at the moment, although the content will be coming in the future.

1/29/00 - Left Power
The owner of The Leftorium will be moving the site to a domain, rather than be hosted on a Simplenet server. Snake's Greasepit will also be redesigned along with the move, and a few new character sites will be opened there.

Three SCS Articles today. Thanks for sending these in. All three are articles about Fox and their recent C&D letters.

1/28/00 - Another Day, Another C&D
I Can't Believe It's A Simpsons Site today was the next site to receive a Cease and Desist letter from Dennis L. Wilson. Congratulations Fox, you have sucessfully managed to wipe out every major site that had multimedia to offer, now you may go to hell. Chad is almost certain that the site will stay up.

And now for some last minute news.... The Simpsons Matrix has received... a Cease and Desist letter from Fox. Because most of it's content was asked to be removed, the owner is shutting down for now.

1/27/00 - Krustylu For Sale
Krustylu.com is being sold to anybody who wants it. If you are interested, contact John by clicking here.

And if you couldn't tell by that goofy image over there, I've updated SCS. Two articles have been added, which were sent to me yesterday. Once you've finished reading them, please send your own... or don't, see if I care.

1/26/00 - A Tale Of One City...
Cypress Creek has been redesigned. This new design is so much different from past layouts. The owner has gone for a 'desert' look, using various 'desert' colors and patterns.. which is unlike the actual Cypress Creek in the show at all. But who cares, right? Nonetheless, the new design is better than past designs, check it out and have a look around.

1/26/00 - Switchboard Update
The Switchboard has finally been updated. Seven, count em, seven articles in four months. So how was I supposed to update if I had no articles to put up, eh? Please send more. If you love the site so much, you will submit articles, or else it will result in a closure of everybody's favorite section.

1/25/00 - I Hope I Didn't Brain My Damage!
Tyler Durdon, aka. Alan Smithee, aka. Mike McDaniel, aka. Dr. Nguyen Van Falk, has officially lost his mind. Deconstructing Simpsons Sites is now known as Viewing Simpsons Sites On The Moon. If you want the url, go somewhere else.
Simpsons fans from Argentina will be pleased to know that Homer Web has been redesigned.

1/24/00 - Well Hot Dog, We Have A Wiener
Well, now it's been over a week since we've had our new design. I'd like to thank everybody who had positive comments on the changes, which was pretty much everybody. Nobody hates the new design, in fact, we won 'Best redesign of the week' at SS News. I'll try to keep the daily updating going as long as there is news to tell.

Brian Mayo is looking for somebody to take his old site 'Springfield Nuclear Power Plant'. If he doesn't find a new owner he will close the site.

1/23/00 - KBBL Is Gonna Give Me Something Stupid!
The Domain name 'kbbl.com' was originally going to be used for The Simpsons Web, but now that it's not coming back, Ryan Irvine is selling the domain to the highest bidder. If you are making or own your own Simpsons site and want the kbbl.com domain, contact Ryan and place your bid. (bids start at $200). >

1/22/00 - I Was Saying Boo-urns
Well, redesign week is almost over, but that doesn't stop one last minute entry from participating. And it also doesn't mean it'll stop next week. Minutes ago, A Burns For All Seasons was uploaded with a new design. Some people thought the site had been hit by FOX, but the site is back and better than ever.

1/21/00 - You Are Hearing Me Talk
Today, The Simpsons Sourcebook is holding the first of three scheduled chats. If you would like to talk it up with the staff of The Simpsons Archive from snpp.com, you can do it tonight at 8:00pm - 10:00pm American EST in the TSS chat room.

Maximum Homerdrive will be moving to a domain soon.

1/20/00 - We Aint Got Shelter-eenies
It wouldn't be redesign week without more redesigns. The Ned Flanders Realm has an excellent new layout. It is very effective, and one of the best layouts I've seen for a while.

I Can't Believe It's A Simpsons Site also released it's new design. Many of you would have already seen it if you're a regular visitor. Personally, I like the old one better, but this one is still pretty nice.

1/19/00 - Cease & Desist
Greetings, friend. One of the regulations of the new Simpsons Channel is that websites who are listed on our content pages must link back to us. Text, button, or random link, whatever. If you are listed and do not add a link within a week, your site may be removed from our listings. Thankyou.

1/18/00 - More Redesigns
The redesigns keep on coming. Today we've got brand new designs from Sideshow Bob Gallery and SS News. Sideshow Bob has one of the weirdest designs I've ever seen.

Evergreen Terrace is back open for business after server problems earlier this week.

1/17/00 - Re-planting The Tree
Most people were expecting it earlier, but the new Simpsons Tree has finally been uploaded today. The new design is much more simple, but now you don't have to sit through that nasty loading time. It looks great, so go have a look!

It seems like it's the week for redesigns. Simpsons Surplus, The Simpsons Matrix, Wiggum's World and The Springfield Public Archives have all redesigned. Have a look.

1/16/00 - Celebrate With The Simpsons
As you may already know, this week marks the tenth anniversary of The Simpsons. To mark the event, here's just a taste of what's happening this year.

• Relaunch of the official simpsons site, at thesimpsons.com
• Development of two more Simpsons video games
• A star on the Hollywood walk of fame (unveiled on Friday)
• A line of PEZ dispensers with Simpsons characters on them
• An hour tv special comemmorating ten years of the show

Here's links to some articles on the event.

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

The Long Life Of Grandpa Simpson has been redesigned.

1/15/00 - And Finally...
Evergreen Terrace is currently down due to problems with the server and Call of the Simpsons will be re-opening soon.

1/15/00 - Nancy Reveals All!
The Simpsons star was added on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday. During an interview with Nancy Cartwright about the event, she told us that she still has season 12 to do, and that Fox are negotiating on three more years after that! For the full interview, click here.

1/15/00 - Quit Livin' In The Past!
Welcome to the new look Simpsons Channel. After having the same layout for over a year, we felt it was time for a major change. And we've done just that. The most obvious change is the colour scheme. I hope you guys like blue. We've pretty much taken the colour scheme from 'Springfield Community Switchboard'. I have also given myself more space to write about the news, as well as room for a screenshot if needed. Take a look around and let me know what you think!