Throughout the day, we ve been celebrating the 25th anniversary of the day Shacknews was brought into the world. This website started life as Quakeholio, then spent years as Shugashack, and finally morphed into the Shacknews of today. While we here at Shacknews have spent the day looking back at the site s early days, none of us on the staff were there at the very beginning.
However, one person was there from the start. Angela Smith is better known to the Chatty community as sHugamom. She s the mother of original Shacknews founder Steve Gibson. Last week, we reached out to sHugamom asking for some stories about the origins of Quakeholio. What she sent back proved to be such a substantial and fun read, the staff has decided to publish the whole thing verbatim.
The year 2020 is coming to a sweet and merciful end, which means it is almost time to dish out some awards. Today, we wanted to give a special shoutout to some amazing people and companies who showed everyone what it means to do it for Shacknews this year. Without further ado, please take a look at our Do it for Shacknews Award 2020 nominees.
Mike Tyson
In one of the biggest surprises of the year at Shacknews, I got the opportunity to sit down the Iron Mike Tyson this Spring. It was truly an honor to discuss the champ s Muslim faith, his thoughts on tigers, and his new brand of marijuana. He even met Lola. Thanks again to Mike Tyson for showing everyone what it means to do it for Shacknews.