My wife and I are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary.

By , on 21 April, 2011
Wedding picture.

Ten years ago today I married the most wonderful woman I have ever known:

The start of the journey.

It wasn’t a huge wedding, just immediate family and a Justice of the Peace, and there wasn’t a huge reception, but it was still one of the greatest days of my life. It hasn’t always . . . → Read More: My wife and I are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary.

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Sony kills off the Walkman.

By , on 24 October, 2010
Pic of a Sony Walkman

And another fond childhood memory bites the dust.

Sony just announced the other day that they have ceased production of the cassette tape playing Sony Walkman in Japan. The last shipment was sent out this past April and there will be no more. Well, no more from Sony. Apparently some Chinese company has the . . . → Read More: Sony kills off the Walkman.

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SEB breaks 80,000 comments.

By , on 2 April, 2010

Congrats to Julian who posted comment number 80,0000 in the Obama video clip thread I posted yesterday. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would preside over a site that generated so much discussion. For those of you keeping count, that works out to around 10,000 a comments a year for the eight . . . → Read More: SEB breaks 80,000 comments.

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Happy 75th Birthday to my Mother.

By , on 21 February, 2010

Technically Momma turns 75 tomorrow, but we’re celebrating a day early because it’s the one day everyone has off and can gather at her place. I can never put into words just how lucky I was to have her for a mother. Especially compared to some of my friend’s mothers or just some of the . . . → Read More: Happy 75th Birthday to my Mother.

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“World of Warcraft” breaks 11 million player mark.

By , on 28 October, 2008

The 800 pound gorilla of MMORPGs continues its phenomenal growth with Blizzard announcing today that they’ve broken the 11 million player mark:

IRVINE, Calif. – October 28, 2008 – Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that the subscribership for World of Warcraft®, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), now exceeds 11 million players worldwide. . . . → Read More: “World of Warcraft” breaks 11 million player mark.

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A Happy 18th Birthday to my daughter Courtney!

By , on 13 August, 2008

Courtney has reached one of the milestones we all look forward to. Today she turns 18 years old and is legally an adult with all the rights and responsibilities (except for drinking alcohol) that come with it. Much as I did when I turned 18, she’s finding it to be a bit anticlimactic.

So drop . . . → Read More: A Happy 18th Birthday to my daughter Courtney!

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We’ve broken 5K posts.

By , on 24 August, 2007

Speaking of blogging milestones, I just noticed that we’ve recently broken the 5,000 entry mark here on SEB. It pales in comparison to some other bloggers (*cough* Dave’s 11,000+ entries *cough*) but it’s still pretty significant as far as I’m concerned. Of course I couldn’t have done it without your help as no small amount . . . → Read More: We’ve broken 5K posts.

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Happy 25th Birthday to you, Compact Disc!

By , on 17 August, 2007

It seems like only yesterday that the shiny circle of plastic known as the Compact Disc first started showing up in stores, but as of today it’s been 25 years now

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands-(Business Wire)-August 16, 2007 – Exactly 25 years ago tomorrow, on August 17, 1982, Royal Philips Electronics manufactured the world’s first compact disc . . . → Read More: Happy 25th Birthday to you, Compact Disc!

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