SPWD

So I was thinking about this about a month ago. oDesk on Twitter is partially responsible for the answer to a question I had: What kind of prize should I give out for Akismet blocking the 2000th spam comment on my blog. oDesk made the suggestion for a can of spam.

I will go one further – to anyone who leaves a comment, and no SPAM comments DO NOT count , on this post, follows me on Twitter from Friday March 06, 2008 or interacts on Twitter with an @reply to me will automatically be entered to win. The day I Akismet blocks the 2000th spam comment, I will randomly pick a winner from all and notify them appropriately. Also I will post a blog post/comment and Tweet out the winner.

What’s that prize? One lovely can of SPAM and to go along with it one lovely can of Crushed Pineapple. I will, of course, pay for shipping to the winner.

And hey, if you do not like either one, drop them off at a food donation location. Personally I grew up eating baked SPAM with pineapple on top and still enjoy it on occasion because it is ROOTS food….the kind that brings back a fond memory from somewhere in a time of being a kid.

<<----UPDATE---->>

Danny Brown (@dannybrown)is a genius. His comment of giving the prize to the local food bank spurred a thought. So the prize for the winner stays the same – 1 can of Spam and 1 can of pineapple (If you choose not to accept the prize, they will go to the local food bank). HOWEVER – for each entry (comment here, folllow me on Twitter or @reply to me on Twitter) 1 canned good will be donated to the local food bank here in Pueblo, Colorado.

The low down – yes, you can only enter once. Danny asked via Twitter if he got two entries for @replying and leaving a comment – I told him he just doubled his chances – but really only one entry per person. The drawing will be very scientific – no really it will be – I will simply create an internal database with the name of the commenter or twitter user, and do a script to randomly generate a number between 1 and the total number of entries received. Then, which ever record matches the random number, wins. The true winner? The local food bank.

<<----UPDATE---->>

The contest has now ended – I will be publishing the results the 1st or 2nd week of April as to the winner of the can of spam and pineapple as well as total number of entries received, which equals total number of canned goods donated to the local food bank.

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