Engadget turns 5!

A wise man once said: "Life moves pretty fast -- if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

At Engadget, that's more than true. We're usually so busy with our heads down -- fingers furiously tapping away on keyboards, news flying in at a breakneck pace -- that we barely have time to take measure of it all. We've been so busy, in fact, that we somehow managed to miss our own 5th birthday... by over a month! If you want to date check that, you can read our very first post right here.

Luckily, we happen to have the most amazing group of readers in the world, and one of them, rock99rock, shook us out of our news-trance and reminded us that we should probably spare a little time for reflection.

So, we don't want to make a huge deal of it, but we do want to thank everyone who visits the site everyday and keeps making it what it is. We'd be nothing without the eyes and minds of the obsessive, brilliant, and frankly handsome fans that are as voracious about reading tech news as we are about writing it. You're the soul of Engadget, and we thank you from the bottom of our cold, robotic hearts.

-Team Engadget

Bonus round: Stay tuned for a contest in celebration of the big event coming later today -- and have some cake for us!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:02AM]

Congrats!

[Rumblejazz Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:24AM]

Bueller? Buellerr?????? Buellerrr?

[JjSwee Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:37AM]

Happy Birthday!!

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[LAY Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:47AM]

Earleist Engadget listing at web.archive.org. March 5 2004:

http://web.archive.org/web/20040305002602/http://www.engadget.com/

[haX0r Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:53AM]

Happy B-Day!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 12:04PM]

恭喜~

[Tes Posted Apr 14th 2009 12:15PM]

@Look_Around_You

Wait...is it me or they criticizing the lack of 3G in a Windows Mobile way back in 2004? But felt it was OK for a certain fruit based company to hold out until 2008?

[JJV Posted Apr 14th 2009 12:48PM]

FYI! its also my bday! Happy Bday Engadget!

[spasewalkr Posted Apr 14th 2009 1:26PM]

i've been here since the beginning and, hopefully like you, i have no plans of leaving!

happy birthday guys! keep up the great work! :)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 3:37PM]

Today is my birthday too!!! HAPPY B-DAY TO US

[cobjones Posted Apr 15th 2009 2:31PM]

Happy happy birthday.

[grindboy Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:03AM]

Nice one guys. Happy Birthday

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:03AM]

Happy Birthday Engadget!

[Hackettman Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:02AM]

Wow......

[waterwagen Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:03AM]

I love me some Engadget! Congrats guys!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:03AM]

Gratz! Don't get to drunk now...

[Aceyriot Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:03AM]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY>>>>>WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:05AM]

Happy Birthday Engadget!!

Hope this site lives for a long long time....

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:05AM]

5 years...that makes you guys like 70 in internet years.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:28AM]

No... Engadget still has the grammar of a 5 year old. It's about right.

[naz Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:32AM]

true say

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:05AM]

Only 5? Seriously guys I thought you were older than that. Looks like I was a follower a lot earlier in your life than I presumed.

I remember it started when I found you on a "most visited websites of the year" list. It said you spoke about gadgets and technology, and I was like "hey I like both gadgets and technology"...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:06AM]

is it bad that i read "fingers furiously tapping away on keyboards" as "furiously fapping away at the keyboard"

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 12:30PM]

Yes.

[sullivan504 Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:07AM]

Happy belated birthday, engadget! I didn't discover you until April 2006 (looking over the shoulder of another participant at a conference) but I haven't missed a post since then.

[muddyh2o Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:08AM]

congrats to you and apparently to Baron, who provided the first comment!

[RingmasterJ Posted Apr 14th 2009 12:04PM]

Baron was actually commenting on the first post nearly two years after it was put up. Parens mine:
Baron @ Jan 9th 2006 2:13PM
I have yet to see one of these [T-Flash cards] "in the wild," as it stands, SD is really the smallest card I've seen in use...
Those poor bastards of three years ago! Myself? I haven't seen a full size SD card in a long while...

Also, I love that the first Micro SD (T-Flash) cards came in "32MB, 64MB, and 128MB varieties." Nowadays 1GB is pretty standard, and they go up to 16GB!

Happy birthday, guys! We've been through a lot together in these past five years. I can't wait to see what the next five years (let alone the next five months) bring...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:08AM]

Happy birthday Appl-... uh, I mean, Engadget!

[telepheedian Posted Apr 14th 2009 3:32PM]

I bet they moved the database, look at how close the comments are to each other.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:08AM]

happy birthday great site always out there the first with the tech news. maybe time to start a mag......

[hahajose Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:08AM]

Happy 5 Engadget!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:09AM]

Long live the Engadget!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:16AM]

Half a decade of dedication... Congrats to you all. Tech blogs were never the same post your existence.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:10AM]

Happy fifth birthday engadgy

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:10AM]

Happy freakin Birthday!!!!! you guys rock....

[decypher44 Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:11AM]

"...You look like a monkey, and smell like one too!"


Happy 5th!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:12AM]

/cheer

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:12AM]

Happy B-day Engadget!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:12AM]

You just can't let go for even one post, can you? That's just sad.

[JOBN Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:12AM]

CONGRATS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I don't know how I would get through slow days at work without you guys and all the amusing commentors!

[mredraider Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:12AM]

Wow... it's my b-day too... I'll definitely have an extra piece of cake just for you guys!

[derrick773 Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:13AM]

WOW someone else got the credit for bringing this up to Engadget, thanks guys

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:13AM]

Ferris Bueller FTW, and happy b-day.

[RUGRLN Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:14AM]

Wow...it's funny that you guys missed it, anyhow Happy Belated 5 Engadget!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:15AM]

Ferris Bueller called. He wants his quote back.

Congrats on a great 5 year run. Here's to many more....

[stridermt2k Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:14AM]

All the best on this, your birthday, Engadget!

[TomTom2010 Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:14AM]

Wow, only 5 years, feels like it's been forever!!! Congras.

[dumpsterj Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:16AM]

HERES TO 5 MORE !!! YOU GUYS ARE GREAT.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:15AM]

Happy B-DAY

[Shawn Posted Apr 14th 2009 11:17AM]

Congrats Engadget! you guys rock! I follow your news every single day to keep up with technology news. There is so much stuff to read on this site every day it sure helps pass the time while at work! Keep up the good gadget news reporting!