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To all our members and readers, Short-Media would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
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This is the third Christmas Short-Media has seen, and like previous years, 2005 has been very eventful. The site has continued to grow, with our Membership soaring to 17,514 people registered. The SVT Team has turned their little corner of the forums into the place to visit for Spyware and Virus problems. Short-Media’s Folding team, Team#93, has continued to be committed and dedicated to its cause and is currently ranked 12th in the world. The teams SMx Project has now also got a staggering 31 computers to its name. That’s an amazing accomplishment for any team, let alone for one of Team#93’s size. We’ve also had loads of new staff members come onboard, and they’ve all brought lots to the table. However despite all of our successes this year, it hasn’t been all highs.
One of Short-Media’s founding fathers, Doug Kronlund, literally the ‘Media’ in Short-Media, decided to retire from the site a couple of months ago. Along with Brian, Dan, and of course all of you, he made this site into the best tech site on the web today. We thank him again for all of his hard work and dedication. Below is a quote, which I’m sure he won’t mind me posting, taken from an e-mail he sent to me back in November just after he left.
[quote]“They say you can never go back. That may be true but most certainly I shall bask in the warmth of those moments.”[/quote]
I would also like to mention Keith “Mortin” Whitsitt, the founder of the original Icrontic.com, who died not long before Christmas last year, and despite it being over a year since he passed away, the loss is still strongly felt here at SM. If it wasn’t for Keith, there would be no Short-Media. It’s that simple. So we owe him thanks for that. We send his family our best wishes this Christmas.
So yes, we all have a lot to be thankful for, the fact that we’re all still on this earth for one, and of course that we’re all still here at Short-Media, together. I also have it from good authority that 2006 has some big surprises in store, so plenty of things to look forward to. However, next year will not only bring big changes for SM, but this time next year the new version of Windows, Windows Vista, should be lining the shelves ready to offer us better functionality, and of course, fresh headaches.
For now though, once again, all the Short-Media team would like to wish everyone, of all faiths, a very Happy Christmas and of course a drunken frenzy of a New Year!
Thanks for all your support. Now go stuff your Turkey!
Source: Short-Media
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