Connections Continued

I first got high-speed Internet via a cable modem in 1998. At about that time, I had a small collection of email addresses from former high school classmates and some from the years surrounding 1977. I created a web site where individuals had a splash page of their own and could send pictures and tell others what they were up to. The folks at Sugar River Net donated free webspace, so The Virtual Sunapee Reunion site was born.

Before the current millennium, people seemed to switch email addresses often. In order to find out which were no longer valid, I'd send out monthly newsletters. When the email bounced, I'd have to delete the individual's page. I donated a fair amount of time but it is the type of work I enjoyed. It was a hobby.

Two years ago this month, I threw in the towel on the project. An eight year run seemed long enough. I documented it's demise here at the blog.

Now strangely, I yearn to re-initiate something similar. This time around it will be a whole lot less of a headache as it can be reborn as a facebook group. Just last week I tried creating a group and inviting a few people whom I know. I found that lots of members of the former website are already on facebook. With very little prompting, sixteen people have jumped into the group. Click the little graphic to take a look.