September, 2003 -- Solarbotics.net is now hosted on Linux!

• Courtesy of Darcy Dueck, Solarbotics.net is now hosted by a P3-700 running Linux (should be much more solid than the old Windows system).
• Solarbotics.net now has a gallery -- if you don't have your own web site, post your BEAM-related images here!

November, 2002 - March, 2003 -- A winter surge in 'bot building

• A whole herd of robots by a number of BEAMers have been added to the BEAM Reference Library's Bestiary lately.

June - October, 2002 -- Lots of site tweaks

• I've cleaned up lots of broken internal links, and a few broken ones to other sites as well
• A new Starting Block article has been uploaded
• The site's previous provider of statistics no longer does this for free. I couldn't find another provider to replace them (most places either want a fistfull of money, or else a banner ad on each page in return for statistics), so Solarbotics.net will now be stat-gathering-bug free. The bad news is that this means everyone can't see how many folks are looking at what material. The good news is that this should speed up page loading.
• I've updated some of the BEAM Reference Library's index graphics, in an attempt to give the library a more-consistent "look."

March & April, 2002 -- Yet more site updates

• A few more robots have been added to the BEAM Reference Library's Bestiary
• A few more circuits have been added to the BEAM Reference Library's circuits collection
• I made some really big changes to Solarbotics.net's graphical layout in an attempt to make life easier for those using small monitors.

February, 2002 -- Miscellaneous site updates

• A fistfull of robots have been added to the BEAM Reference Library's Bestiary
• Quite a few new circuits have been added to the BEAM Reference Library's circuits collection
• A whole bunch of datasheets have been added to the BEAM Reference Library's datasheets collection
• A whole bunch of B.I.O. Bug information has been added -- some updates have been added to Dave's B.I.O. Bug Vivisection pages, and two Bug gearmotors have been dissected.
•  B.I.O.Bug hacks are being added, and links to other hack sites have been introduced.

January, 2002 -- More site tweaking to improve the "user experience"

• Links to external sites now open in a new window (rather than the main frame); the only exceptions to this new policy are the links to sites hosted on Solarbotics.net (the majority of which still open in the page's main frame).
• Working on JavaScript to improve the appearance and usefulness of windows opened for "glossary" terms (i.e., how links to entries in the EncycloBEAMia are handled).

October through December, 2001 -- Site tweaking

• Lots of little site updates performed -- fixed some busted links, added some 'bots to the Bestiary, etc.
  
  

September, 2001 -- Massive site rework

• There's now easier navigation between the different parts of the site. The material here falls pretty neatly into five categories -- each now has a tab at the top of the page.
  
  
• There's lots more material for you to browse through -- in particular, Solarbotics.net now hosts the BEAM Reference Library.
  
  
• Solarbotics.net now hosts two (roughly-) monthly columns -- one for BEAM beginners, and one written by the esteemed Wilf Rigter. This part of the site also hosts documents of BEAM historical interest, a list of BEAM-oriented books, tips for BEAMers, and links to other reading material elsewhere.
  
  
• Two things haven't changed -- Solarbotics.net still plays host to a number of interesting BEAM robotics sites (see the "Hosted Sites" tab), as well as a public FTP area.