Prize Blogging

Good morning!

The blog is up but not exactly running as of yet.  I had grand dreams of coding this blog into a finely crafted web experience but as I dusted off the old web design knowledge I found it was a bit rusty.  So...free service it is!  

Blogging for prizes?

Yes.  Not good prizes mind you but prizes all the same.

How does it work?

Each week I will endeavor to post daily something that will inform or inspire the masses.  In addition I will post a clue about something, someone or someplace that will need to be identified to claim the prize.  The first person to correctly solve the identity of that weeks mystery will receive a prize!  

Gold?  Jewels?  Rare artwork from the lost Medici vaults?

No.  Prizes will be small with little to no cash value.  

Seriously?  What a rip-off!

What?  Really?  You're getting mad about a free prize from a blog?  

Yes.  I demand iTunes gift cards!

Well screw you.  I hate iTunes.  So there.  

*sniff*  But...my iPhone...my iPad...my MacBook pro...they, they need apps!  

I don't care.  App monster.  I've got a Windows Phone and I don't get cool apps.  Just useful things like spreadsheets and Angry Birds: Star Wars.  So go play with your Temple Run mini-game in the corner and leave me alone.  

Wait!  I'm a good, open-source, free thinking Linux loving guy!  What about me?

Oooh...well then.  You get a book, or a toy.  If you're really lucky maybe you'll get one of my many hand-made craft projects!  Dice bag anyone?  

I love dice bags!

Of course you do.  

So when is the first contest?  I want a dice bag for all my d6!  So many d6....Shadowrun you monster!

The first chance to win will start next week on Monday, February 4th.  The first clue will be at the end of that days blog post.  Each day a new post and a new clue will be added.  The first person to leave a comment on  a post with the correct answer wins the prize!  It's that simple.  

Wait...wait one second.  How am I supposed to get this fabulous prize?  I live in Wales!  

You lucky fool!  Why would you need prizes when you already live in paradise?  Prizes will mailed via super-duper discount USPS mail.  If you live within my local area, prizes will be given to you when I see you at the pub.  International winners will receive something digitial via email such as an e-book or some music or something.  

Alright, sounds fun.  Let's get it on!

Whoa...not until we've gotten to know each other a little better first.  Sheesh.  Seriously though, thanks for taking the time to visit and I hope you're interested, perplexed or even just mildly entertained.  Tune in tomorrow for more details and feel free to comment on how insane this might be.  

Until next time...