2004 would have sucked without a few professional outfits at my side. If
I miss a name or a link, I'll happily update this entry to provide full
credit where credit is due. In no particular order, I would like to
thank:

• Latthana, for picking up where
  my brain usually leaves off. You are my angel.
• Robert Glen Fogarty, for kicking so much editing ASCII. You've helped
  bring balance to the force! Truly, the bestest editor we'ev every had!
  [sic]
• Eric Myszka, for stepping
  in when I needed you most. You're not just a fraternity brother (TKE),
  you're a true brother.
• Jake Ludington, for being a
  friend first, and an enthusiast second. Our differences are also our
  strengths. Good things will always come from our coffee talks.
• The Regular Lockergnome
  Contributors, for fueling the channels and bringing useful tips,
  tricks, news, and general information to the Gnomies. I love each and
  every one of your voices! The list is incredibly long, but I'll do my
  best… Aaron Brazell, Adam Kalsey, Alan Dennis, Andrew Jeon, Annedien
  Hoen, Betty Law-Morgan, Bill French, Binary Wrangler, Brandon Hines, Brandon Watts,
  Chad Harmon, Charlie Sauer, Chefelf, Chelle Lee, Chester Tan, Chris
  Gupta, Chris Short, Christian Crumlish, Christopher Ingram, Claudiu
  Popa, Curt Christianson, Cyberdoyle, Dan Gray, Daniel Henry, Danny
  Fyffe, Dave Collins, Dennis Faas, Derek Quenneville, Diana Huggins,
  Doug, Ed Russell, Elliot Mednick, F. Andy Seidl, Fizban30, Furo, Greg
  Hughes, Gundeep Hora, Hans M. Wind, Heccubus, Ismail Elshareef, Jack
  Carlson, Jake Munson, James Kendrick, Jared Hudgins, Jeff Partridge,
  Jeremy Cohn, Jeremy Griffith, Johann De Freitas, John Lyon, Joseph
  Manning, Justin Fredenburgh, Kathy Jacobs, Kelly Schwartz, Ken Colburn,
  Ken Harthun, Kevin Christley, Leo A. Notenboom, Lynn Terry, Malcolm
  MacLucas, Marc Erickson, Marcus P. Zillman, Matt Hartley, Melinda
  Smith, Melissa Ray, Meryl Evans, mfarley, Michael OConnor, Mike
  Oliveri, Mitch Keeler, Mr. Anderson, Nick Perez, Nick Wagner, Olivier
  Travers, Oskar van Rijswijk, PapaJohn, Pat Buchanan, Patrick Wai, Paul
  Short, Paul Swansen, Peter Raymond, Phil Ripperger, Raj Shahani, Rob
  Serfozo, Robert McLaws, Robin Good, Rollie Hawk, Russell Buckley, Scott
  Allen, Scott Wolf, Sherman E. DeForest, Steven, Steven Hughes, Sven,
  Tiffany Craig, Tim Lytle, Tim Tibbetts, Timothy Appnel, Tom Pohl, Tyler
  Cooper, WildBlueMekaLizard, Wollie, Yahtzee. We always have room for
  more.
• The Lockergnome Forum Folks,
  for giving so much back to the community that I've been trying to build
  since 1996 – especially Jeber, Admiral Justin, Shannon, Die Hard,
  Chefelf, et al. Deb Corrin, too, for helping us convert our archives to
  MT.
• The Lockergnome Chat Folks,
  for not banning me for saying so little. I'm still on the server, so you can PM me anytime.
• The Lockergnomaniacs who deserve a second mention, specifically Jeff
  Partridge, Marc Erickson, Jeber, Chefelf, Matt Hartley, Tom Pohl, Diana
  Huggins, Brandon Watts, Anne Mitchell, Phil Ripperger, Robin Good,
  Sherman E. DeForest, Greg Hughes, Jared.
• The Brain Trustees, for your continual assistance and support.
• WhatCounts, for keeping our
  daily email list operations running beyond smooth; David Geller, Sharon Lynch Grey,
  Lynda Wilkes, Amber Burnett, et al.
• Yahoo!, specifically the Search
  team for their RSS vision and Lockergnome partnership endeavors;
  Jeremy Zawodny, Nancy Evars, Scott Gatz, et al.
• Joel Comm, for fueling
  Auctions, Books, and Deals. Thank you for showing me the
  AdSense light!
• WUGNET, for keeping FOTD alive and
  kicking; Larry McJunkin, Howard “TiVo” Sobel, and Joel “Dirty Magazine”
  Diamond.
• Google, for their support with
  Gnomedex as well as their AdSense program; Nate Tyler, Dan Engel, Lorin
  Pollack, Jonas Abney, Gokul Rajaram, et al.
• IT Conversations, for
  giving us the first full audio archive of Gnomedex; Doug Kaye, Alex
  Williams, Judy, et al.
• Microsoft, specifically those
  on the Digital Media team; Matt Calder, Sean Alexander, Kevin Unangst,
  Andrew Brown, Zeb Fitzsimmons, Josh Levine, Jed Rose, Sean Carver,
  Robert Scoble, Beth Goza, et al.
• BlogAds, for opening up their
  doors and enabling the financial support of so many independent voices
  on the Web. You're the best “banner network” to date!
• PayPal, specifically those from
  the PDN; Dave McClure, Dave
  Nielsen, et al.
• Peter Hammersly, for letting me say hello again.
• Bill Gerrard, for taking
  care of server hiccups before they cause the entire West coast to melt
  down.
• SixApart, for fueling our CMS
  and making it possible to have a scalable commercial operation; Anil
  Dash, Andrew Anker, Brad Choate,
  et al.
• VIA
  & AMD, for having the best booth at Gnomedex this year; Pat
  Meier-Johnson, Rick Clayton, Timothy Chen, Keith Kowal, et al. Jason
  & Veronica, for the faith. Couldn't have done it without you!
• 2004's Gnomedex Participants,
  including Chris DiBona, Neil Wyler, Fred Felman, CJ Holthaus, Nico Sell, Dan Appleman, Adam Kalsey, Robert Scoble, Nick Bradbury, Ross Rader, Jason Shellen, Dave Taylor, Steve Wozniak, Eric Rice, Jim Louderback, Patrick
  Norton, Ken Layne, Anil Dash, Paul Kent, Tim
  Handley, Scott Johnson,
  Greg Reinacker, Steve Gillmor, Dan Gillmor, Peter Kaminski, Jason Calacanis, Wil Wheaton, Dave McClure, Jeff Barr, Henry Copeland, Bill Flitter, Gokul Rajaram, and Scott Gatz
• My faithful Gnomies, who stick with me through thick and thin. I know
  this hasn't been a perfect year, but thanks for understanding that I'm
  much happier and better off today than I was 365 days ago.