Name The Game contest

December 6, 2008 · Filed Under Contest · Comments 

Today I really wanted to share this photo that I took. I liked the colors and depth of field. But, a post that was nothing more than just a photo saying “look at me” seemed a little silly. So, why not have a contest?

Be the first person to leave a comment telling me the name of the game in the photo below and I’ll throw $10 your way via Paypal.

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Contest #2: Domain Name Dilemma

September 28, 2008 · Filed Under Contest, mo30dc2008 · Comments 

You may or may not know this about me, but I LOVE buying domain names. A couple years back I owned about 50 domain names and started feeling very overwhelmed and unproductive, so I sold the bulk of them to Jason. Since then I’ve slowly built up my stable of domains again and am back to owning about 40 domains. You would think that my previous experience would keep me from doing this again. But you’d be wrong.

This weekend I won an auction on eBay for a new domain name. I’m a sucker for 4 digit domain names already, but when I saw this one was about to expire and nobody had bid on it, I just HAD to throw my $0.99 at it. And now I’m the proud owner of pssw.org.

I was sitting around thinking to myself, “what will I do with this new domain name?” Nothing good comes to mind, so I thought I’d leave it up to my readers in the form of a contest.

The contest is simple. Come up with the best idea for a site (or blog) to use on pssw.org and win $10 via paypal. Once again, I’ll be the only judge here. Leave a comment giving me the basics of your idea. If you send the winning entry, I’ll pick your brain (as needed) for additional details. And, if it turns in to a viable money making project, I will also give you 10% of the profits for the first 12 months.

If you feel your idea is too good to share in an open forum such as the comments, feel free to email it to me at john [at] johnhawkinsunrated [dot] com.

All entries must be received by Midnight, Sunday, October 5th.

Good Luck!

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Caption Contest Winner

September 15, 2008 · Filed Under Contest · Comments 

… and the winner is…. [drum roll please]

Jason for this awesome entry:

Your $10 is on the way.

Thanks for all the entries. There will be another contest starting next week.

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JHU Caption Contest

September 6, 2008 · Filed Under Contest, mo30dc2008 · Comments 

Recently I ran across a great site that cracks me up to no end. GarfieldMinusGarfield takes the Garfield comics, removes the orange cat and anything he says and just leaves Jon there looking crazy and talking to himself. I find the comics so much funnier without Garfield in them. I can’t explain it, you’ll just have to check them out yourself.

As I was checking out GminusG this morning, I came up with the idea for a caption contest. The idea is simple; start with a photo of me, add a caption, make me laugh, win money.

Rules (yeah, there are always rules):
- Download the photo above and add in your own funny caption
- Upload the file to flickr (or anywhere else you can store a photo)
- Leave a comment on this post and include the photo (if you aren’t sure how to add a photo in the comments, just leave the URL where you uploaded the photo)
- All entries must be received before 11:59 PM, Sunday, September 14, 2008
- The caption that I find the funniest wins $10 via Paypal
- You can enter as many times as you want.

{Please note, I reserve the right to remove any comments with vulgar captions. I have no problem with vulgar captions, just don’t post them on my site. You can send those directly to me at john [at] johnhawkinsunrated.com. :) No, the vulgar captions can not win the contest.}

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