Gmail Giveaway
I’ve been given 3 more Gmail invites so I’ve decided to have a contest.
Take a picture that somehow involves an animal or animals. Creativity is a must! Hint: I hate cats, so don’t use them! You may enter as many photos as you want, but are only allowed to win one Gmail invite. I’ll pick what I think are the best 3 2 photos. Only original contributions will be accepted (no copying from somewhere on the Internet). Please do not send me scanned copies of photographs either. I prefer the photos to be taken with a digital camera, but if you really want to use film, have the photos converted to a digital format when you get them developed.
I will showcase all of the entries in the photos section of my site (which will be converted to Pictorialis II in the next few days).
Email your submissions to mtdewvirus [AT] gmail [DOT] com with a subject of Gmail Giveaway. Make sure to include your full name (I need it for the invite) and a website if you have one. If you have any questions, leave a comment.
The deadline to submit photos is Sunday June 20th at 12:00 PM Eastern.
Good Luck!!
Update (6/15/2004 6:10 PM): I’ve decided to give out one of the invites to the person that can break this code first. Follow the instructions above for sending me the answer.
NAEGET IVCETE COOBBA KRLAAM SILSLI FTEKLS
6/20/2004 at 12:01pm
Four people sent in photos and two have already received an invite elsewhere in the past few days. Looks like the other two win by default.Thanks for everyone who joined in. There will not be any more contests in the future, I will simply give away invites on a first come, first serve basis when I get more.
Now, the answer to the code…
Rearrange the letters to form a 6×6 box like this:
NAEGET
IVCETE
COOBBA
KRLAAM
SILSLI
FTEKLS
Read from top to bottom, then left to right:
NICKSFAVORITECOLLEGEBASKETBALLTEAMIS
Insert spaces:
NICKS FAVORITE COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM IS
Answer:
DUKE
I plan to put up some codes from time to time if you’re up for the challenge!
6/20/2004 at 10:27am
Actually the hint I gave should make it very easy to break. Less than 2 hours left…
6/20/2004 at 8:02am
I’ve been trying to crack that code for like an hour now, but I still haven’t found it… Here’s some help for those who don’t give up this easy.
6/19/2004 at 10:21am
With all of the Gmail invites floating around, I now wish that I hadn’t set such a long timeframe on this. Especially since the giveway has only produced a few photo entries. I’d really just like to give the 2 invites to these people and hopefully get some more invites. In the future I’ll simply be giving them away to the first three people that comment on a particular post.
Another hint for the code if anyone wants it…the code uses a 6×6 Caesar Box.
6/17/2004 at 9:07pm
I haven’t received very many photo entries. You still have a few days to get camera happy.
6/16/2004 at 4:54pm
on a side but happy note, I’m not really entering the contest since I have now my gmail account :drool:
… but I’m curious about the code anyway
6/16/2004 at 4:07pm
Jere got the code so he gets the invite. I won’t post the answer in case anyone else is up for the challenge of figuring it out. If Jere gets some invites, the next person to crack the code will get one of those invites.