I think ED likes to get wood... On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Jennifer Walker <[email protected] > wrote:
> Happy Early Birthday to TUG! > > Hmmm.... 6 years... traditional gift would be... oh my: > > *6th Anniversary * > *Traditional Gifts:* Candy or Iron > *Modern Gifts: *Wood* > > *Seriously? > * > * > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I've been meaning to post this for a long time. This is just an F.Y.I. >> history lesson to the veterans and the rookies of this The Unique Geek >> listserv. >> Come November of this year, The Unique Geek will be six years old. >> It all started on a Linux web server I had running out of my bedroom at >> home. theuniqugeek.com domain wasn't even around yet but our geek forum >> was running in YaBB on a generic domain that no longer exist. I purchased >> theuniquegeek.com in February of 2005 and then moved the forum to phpBB >> on >> a hosted server. Sometime toward the end of 2005 (I think), someone had >> the crazy idea of starting a podcast. If I remember correctly, we recorded >> episode #1 of The Unique Geek podcast sometime at the beginning of 2006. >> Then, some other crazy person had the idea of moving our forum to Google >> Groups for the listserv functionality. >> When we first started out on YaBB in my bedroom, we had, maybe, 7 of us in >> the group...wait...that doesn't sound right. You know what I mean. Since >> then the group, according to Google Groups, has grown to over 200. Of >> course, out of those numbers, realistically, and consistently, we've have >> about 50 or so in our group (does that number sound right Serv, Shag, and >> Jon?). >> May we live strong, and stronger, for another 6 years and beyond. >> >> -- >> Have a Better One, >> Edward Crosby >> http://www.edwardcrosby.com >> ----- >> "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." >> Merlin Mann >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Jennifer "Scraps" Walker > Queen of the Helper Monkeys > > Better living through creativity... and cocktails! > http://www.scrapsoflife.com/blog > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
