The first 10 years

Did you know Installation 04 is ten years old today? The ribbon there is a bit misleading since the site was founded with only two weeks of the year remaining. The real 10th year is 2015, so I ought to change that. But who cares anyway, because ten years is a long time to be online! So long, in fact, that you probably don't even realize how long. 

To put it in perspective, here's a bunch of websites that Installation 04 is older than:

• Facebook (publicly available only since September 26th, 2006– the private Harvard version is only a year older than this site)
• Twitter (launched July 15, 2006)
• YouTube (February 14, 2005)
• Tumblr (launched in 2006)
• Destructoid (launched March 16th, 2006)
• GamesRadar (launched 2005)
• Polygon (launched October 24, 2012)
• The Verge (launched November 1, 2011)
• The Huffington Post (launched May 9, 2005)
• Reddit (launched June 23, 2005)
• Wordpress (launched November 21, 2005)
• Instagram (launched October 6, 2010)
• imgr (launched February 23, 2009)
• Netflix streaming (launched February 2007)
• Hulu (launched 2007)
• Dropbox (launched 2008)
• Buzzfeed (launched 2006)
• Pinterest (launched March 2010)

Here's some websites older than Installation 04:

• IGN (launched September 1996)
• GameSpot (launched May 1996)
• CNET (launched March 5, 1994)
• Joystiq (launched June 2004)
• Kotaku (launched October 2004)
• Engadget (launched March 2004)
• Google (launched September 1998)
• Yahoo (launched January 1994)
• Amazon (launched July 5, 1994)
• Wikipedia (launched January 15, 2001)
• Blogger (obviously– launched August 23, 1999)
• eBay (launched September 3, 1995)
• Ask (launched June 1996)
• MSN (launched August 1995)
• Craigslist (launched 1996)
• DeviantArt (launched August 7, 2000)

FAST FACTS:

• When Installation 04 started, the iPhone and Android didn't exist. The iPhone was first released June 29, 2007. And Android was released shortly after.
• The most current game consoles were the Xbox, GameCube, and PS2. The DS was released only one month (November 21st) before the site launched.
• Halo 2 had just been released on November 9th. And Fable had just been released on September 14th.
• It would be another year before Kingdom Hearts 2 and Shadow of the Colossus were released.
• The most recent Pokemon games were Fire Red and Leaf Green, released September 9.
• Invader Zim was still on the air and Avatar wasn't on the air yet.
• Toonami had just been moved to Saturday nights in April.
• Samurai Jack had just concluded on September 24.
• Sonic The Hedgehog didn't completely suck yet. The latest game was Sonic Advance 3.
• The latest Harry Potter book was "Order of the Phoenix".
• The SpongeBob movie had just released on November 19th.

So happy 10th birthday to Installation 04! The 10th year should be an awesome one, so stay tuned. Hopefully we can do this again for the 20th anniversary.

Oh, stupid me! I almost forgot to thank everyone who's contributed over the last ten years! Thanks to Doegab, Battsman, RaiderBear, Prince Omega, and MonkeyLord! You guys are awesome.