Funny how the more things change, the more they stay the same.

While the Internet has forever changed the way newspapers do business, it has also given publications a way to keep their appearance intact online. The “old school” appreciates this.

At our website, we’ve put the Web’s new bells and whistles to work, allowing viewers to read our weekly community newspapers in their virtual state. Thanks to the advances of technology, you are now able to turn each page with your mouse just as you used to do with your fingertips.

Here’s how it works.

Visit www.theacornonline.com and select the Acorn publication of your choice. Our communities stretch from Camarillo to Calabasas. When you’ve decided which paper you want to read, click on “Print Edition” or “Flip Through the Digital Edition” at the top of your screen and begin your journey. Start with the front page and turn each page just like you would with the real newspaper on a Friday morning. You can also flip to a specific page.

While nothing can take the place of having a cup of coffee and thumbing through pages of newsprint that you can actually touch and feel, this new marriage of technologies seems to do a pretty good job of keeping both purists and Internet junkies happy.

If the Simi Valley Acorn isn’t currently delivered to your home, you can still see online what the actual publication looks like, page by page. Our advertisers are happy, too, because their ads are displayed in a real-time setting.

Whether on your doorstep or on your desktop, the Simi Acorn is at your fingertips each and every week. And whether you’re turning pages with a mouse or with your hands, ours is still the only paper that brings you comprehensive news, sports and feature coverage from a purely local perspective.

Thank you for reading the Simi Valley Acorn . Now, we’re closer than ever.