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Yesterday was the 8th anniversary of Pocket PC Thoughts being launched, and since eight years is quite a long time in the chaotic Web world, I wanted to do something a little special to celebrate. Thanks to Archive.org, you can go back and see the very first post I made when I launched Pocket PC Thoughts on Thursday, October the 12th, 2000. I also see that my email address is on every post - I guess that's why I get so much spam - oh the sweet, naive early days of the Web. It's been a great ride - this site, and the community of people that sprung up around it, has enabled me to do Thoughts Media Inc. as a career, something for which I'm extremely grateful. I have the best job in the world: thank you.

Thanks to all of you, our readers, for coming back to this site over and over again - for posting comments in our forums, for clicking on the ads, for buying things through our affiliate store, for helping others with their problems or questions, and for supporting us in other ways. A big thanks to all the Contributing Editors who have devoted countless hours of their time over the years to this site - I couldn't have done it without all of you, and I've been blessed by the many friendships that have come from that. Thank you to everyone who has helped with our servers, our graphics, our templates, our forums, our reviews...there are too many people to name, but if you helped this site in some way, I thank you for that. Also, my gratitude extends to the companies that have supported and continue to support this site and what we do here: Microsoft, Spb Software House, PPC Techs, WebIS, and others.

What's a party without gifts though? Tomorrow, I'm going to kick off a series of giveaways to celebrate our anniversary. Why tomorrow? This is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, and today is a holiday, so I'm spending it with family. What am I giving away? I've got a few devices I'm not actively using and I think it's time they move on to a better home. And I've got a grand prize that I think someone will enjoy quite a bit...stay tuned the rest of the week!