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Bye Bye 2008!

Blog entry by Martin Sojka posted 328 days ago 826 reads 1 time favorited 26 comments Add to Favorites Watch

2008 has been a busy and exciting year here at LumberJocks. We maintained our friendly community spirit and skyrocketed our growth at the same time. Let’s do a short recap…

2008 Stats

I bet you agree that it’s not just about the quantity; quality of the posted content is increasing too. And this quality is leading to the healthy discussions as well. Here are the most discussed projects of 2008:

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2008 was also the year of another two successful LumberJocks Woodworking Awards editions. In addition to our traditional categories we added Best Overall LumberJock honor this year. I’d like to thank again to all participants, voters, media partners as well as our great sponsors. And do you remember the winning projects?

Awards Winners – Winter 2008

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Awards Winners – Summer 2008

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Our site was also enhanced with many cool features in 2008 such as:

2008 was also the year of Mark's Memorial Project, Todd's welcome video, Karson's 15,000 posts milestone, LJ 10,000 projects milestone, HomeRefurbers and much, much more…

Thank you LumberJocks for all your enthusiasm and support.
Thank you, our team members – Debbie, Judie and Michal – for all your hard work.

Let’s have a Happy New Year!

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka


26 comments so far

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MsDebbieP

14159 posts in 1055 days


posted 328 days ago

pretty darned impressive!

Martin, are you grinning ear to ear?? !!??

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Rustic

1247 posts in 491 days


posted 328 days ago

Awesome

-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

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TedM

1843 posts in 627 days


posted 328 days ago

Kudos! Glad to have been here to see it unfold. Here’s to 2009!

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

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teenagewoodworker

2481 posts in 663 days


posted 328 days ago

Happy new year Martin! its been a great year and i really look forward to the next one to see what it had to offer :)

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lazyfiremaninTN

528 posts in 848 days


posted 328 days ago

What a year !

-- Adrian ..... The 11th Commandment...."Thou Shalt Not Buy A Wobble Dado"

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lew

4486 posts in 650 days


posted 328 days ago

Thank You and your Staff of professionals, Martin for this wonderful site!

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bayouman

86 posts in 560 days


posted 328 days ago

Martin: LJ’s just continues to get better and we’re all hoping that ‘09 will bring more Jocks to the site and that they share their talents and insights with us. Hope you and your family have a wonderful New Year. And to all the Jocks I wish a happy and peaceful New Year.

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Karson

25801 posts in 1295 days


posted 328 days ago

Congratulations to a banner year. I bet many companies would love to see that upward growth and to end the hear on a high spot.

Thanks for all of you hard work trying to keep us in line and offering a spot that we can all share and grow, as individuals and as woodworkers.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Greg3G

770 posts in 980 days


posted 328 days ago

Martin, Congrats on building what surely is the Best Woodworking Website today. You have maintained excellent functionality, features, and user friendliness that other sites can only hope to achieve. Please accept my heartfelt thanks and confidence that you will continue to succeed in the New Year. Best wishes for 2009!

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

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Tom Adamski

309 posts in 666 days


posted 328 days ago

Here’s to an even more impressive 2009!!!

Happy New Year!!!

Tom

-- Anybody can become a woodworker, but only a Craftsman can hide his mistakes.

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mmh

1385 posts in 617 days


posted 328 days ago

Thank you for all of your hard work and ingenuity on creating such an interesting and welcoming website. When I’m not making sawdust, I’m always checking in on what’s new here at LJ. I tell my non-wood working friends about this place and they laugh with admiration that there’s such a neat place to come and visit. I look forward to the New Year and visiting and posting often. Happy New Year, Good health and fortune to all!

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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Thos. Angle

4013 posts in 857 days


posted 328 days ago

Thanks Martin. It was a good year.

-- Thos. Angle

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rikkor

11335 posts in 769 days


posted 328 days ago

Happy New Year Martin and all LumberJocks. I am so glad I found this place. What a wonderful community you founded.

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Dennis Zongker

1014 posts in 487 days


posted 328 days ago

Thank you Martin, for all your hard work. And for making Lumberjocks the best woodworking website! Second to none!

-- Dennis Zongker

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thewoodwhisperer

320 posts in 1079 days


posted 328 days ago

Congrats Martin. I am continually amazed by the functionality of Lumberjocks, and the enthusiasm of its members. Kudos my friend and good luck in 2009!

-- For free video tutorials and other cool woodworking stuff, check out http://www.TheWoodWhisperer.com

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Davesfunwoodworking

259 posts in 770 days


posted 328 days ago

Thank you Martin, For the best woodworking site on the web. You have done a great job on this site. I cant wait to see what 2009 has for all of us woodworkers.

-- Davesfunwoodworking

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Tomcat1066

776 posts in 691 days


posted 328 days ago

If that’s what’s been accomplished in 2008, I can’t wait to see what get’s done in 2009!! ;)

Congrats Martin and the rest of the crew! You’re the reason we’re all here!

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

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cabinetmaster

8564 posts in 453 days


posted 328 days ago

Congratulations Martin and all you other Lumber Jocks. Happy New Year to each and everyone of you all. Let’s have a fantastic 2009 and set some more records.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

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jim1953

1609 posts in 737 days


posted 328 days ago

Great Job Martin Happy New Year

-- Jim, Kentucky

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DAN

6441 posts in 878 days


posted 328 days ago

thanks for making lumberjocks part of my woodworking hobby experience as well as a fun place for woodworkers to surf

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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Todd A. Clippinger

5644 posts in 994 days


posted 327 days ago

Thanks for all the hard work.

I love the character of LJ and just want to continue generating the friendly spirit with a great welcome.

Thanks.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

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Napaman

3488 posts in 972 days


posted 327 days ago

truly amazing…the one positive note to 2008!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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Grumpy

14922 posts in 746 days


posted 327 days ago

Many thanks for all your hard work Martin. Here’s to an even better 2009.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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dustygirl

767 posts in 623 days


posted 326 days ago

Such a wonderful and helpful site.Thanks Martin. :-)

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

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scottb

3402 posts in 1222 days


posted 313 days ago

Cheers to a fun and exciting 4th year!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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Todd Thomas

4827 posts in 343 days


posted 312 days ago

Very Cool…This is the best site I know of…..it’s exciting to be a small part of those numbers…..I’ve gotten more from the people here in a month than I have any where else. Keep up the great work..
God Bless

-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †

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