Dear PingMag readers,
It’s the last day of 2008, and we have a sad announcement to make.
From today, PingMag will be taking an extended hiatus, and will not be updated for the foreseeable future.
PingMag has been running for 3 and a half years now, and over that time literally millions of you, from every single corner of the planet, have visited, read our articles, left comments, linked to us on your blogs, sent us letters of support - some of you have even flown to Tokyo to join us!
We are eternally grateful for your fantastic support over the years.
It is only because of you all that we have managed to keep PingMag going this long, and with every article - and there have been around 1000 of them! - we have made new friends, and found new, exciting people and places here in Japan and all over the world.
Thank you! Thank you for all your love and good will. We can only offer our sincerest apologies that we are unable to continue returning your fantastic generosity.
As well as you our readers, so many of you have actually contributed to PingMag, in so many different ways. It isn’t possible for me to thank everyone personally here, but many of you are credited in the about page, and anyone who we’ve missed, our apologies! Every contribution, however big or small, has made PingMag what it is, and you will always be a precious member of the team.
The world is facing tough times right now, and many of you may have uncertain months ahead. Wherever you are and whatever your circumstances, we wish you all the very best of luck, and look forward to being able to meet again, we hope, at some point in the future.
All the very best wishes from Tokyo,
Tom, and the entire PingMag team.
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重要通知
親愛的蘋雜誌的讀者朋友們：
今天是2008年的最後一天，我們有個壞消息要告訴大家。蘋雜誌從今天起將會暫停出刊，並且在未來的日子裡不會再更新了。
蘋雜誌從創刊到現在已近三年半了，這段日子裡，這個星球的每個角落裡，你們當中的很多人，來到蘋雜誌，閱讀文章並且留下了你們的評論，還在你們的博客裡設置鏈接，發信件給我們鼓勵和支持，甚至你們當中的一些人親自飛到東京加入我們！
我們會永遠感謝大家這些年來對我們的巨大支持。
因為大家，蘋雜誌才能走得這麼遠，通過每一篇文章—已經有了1000篇左右！我們結識了新夥伴，在日本以及世界找到了新的朋友和令人興奮激動的地方。
謝謝，謝謝你們的愛和好意，對於不能繼續回報大家的慷慨，我們只能表達我們最真誠的歉意。
我們的讀者朋友們，你們也是一樣，你們中的很多人通過不同的方式對蘋雜誌作出了貢獻。在這裡，我不大可能謝過每一個人，但是你們中很多人都是我要感謝的人，對於我們沒有感謝的朋友，我們深感抱歉！無論大小，每一份貢獻都使得蘋雜誌之所以成為蘋雜誌，你們永遠會是我們團隊中珍貴的一份子。
世界正面臨著一個艱難的時代，大家中的很多人都可能面對不確定的事情，無論你在哪，無論你身處何種境遇，我們都真心祝福大家好運，在未來的某一天，我們可以再重逢。
來自東京的真誠的祝福
湯姆，蘋雜誌的全體成員。