Contest: tell your funny computer story, save the world
Announcing the first winner of our contest: It takes a computer to really screw things up, which asks you, the reader, to send in a funny computer story from your personal experience and if it wins, you win a prize: Colleen won with her story (Taming your wireless with antivirus) of the tech support she endured to get her wireless computer network running. I am closing the contest, and I am sending Colleen her gift right away; I’m closing the contest because I haven’t come up with a sponsor and I wanted to give better gifts.
About Colleen, in her own words:
“I blog at Simple Kind Of Life and 3DayMom. I’m married to The Hockey Dad, and by day, I’m a PeopleSoft Support Analyst. By night, blogger and geek.” Colleen also blogs on Geeky Speaky, which I like a lot because it includes useful reviews, tips and sites for PC users;Colleen’s other blogs include: The Florida Blog, Buy Me, and Tampa.
Antivirus tech support holds Colleen’s computer hostage …
Followup: Colleen reports that after paying for all that extra gear, months of failed tech support, and two online ONSITE visits from Tech support:
“I’m ashamed to admit we’re using nothing on that PC now. I never did get Norton to let us back on the internet!”
correction: NO internet connection AFTER all that…
(no, Colleen, shame on that lousy tech support! Without good antivirus, you may have been hacked and your tech support should have done a decent job of removing the conflict with Norton and restoring your internet connection. I recommend NOD32 and OutPost Pro myself. I think a good tech support person could have fixed this and made your internet connection work WITH Norton, but that’s just my opinion.)
I’m sending Colleen a portrait I created of one of my dogs in our back yard garden. Colleen may use it as a mousepad, in a pinch, or as a placemat or frame it as artwork. I wish I had better gifts to send and I wish we had a sponsor or a sponsors for this contest. I have decided to close the contest until we have sponsors with better gifts.
Because all 100% of my earnings from this blog are donated to help rescue dogs from my local shelter, this helps save the world, one good dog at a time. The more people who read this blog, the more I earn. In effect, you do more than just win a prize; you are helping to save a pet for a good home.
Shelter dogs who get adopted usually go on to achieve some form of greatness, from beloved family pet to famous movie star to hero dogs; as example, a dog I adopted worked as a volunteer therapy dog for five years.
Christina wrote an awesome story about her agonies over a computer purchase and its disappointments…
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Check out what others are saying about this post...[...] I am sending the winner an original artwork, which may double as a mousepad (in a pinch). I’ve given these to friends, who have ALL framed them and said, “Mary, these are amazing! We love them!” Your anonymity is guaranteed, unless you want your name and link published along with the story. [Shameless Disclaimer: because I’m just one person, and have little money to spend on this, I may dissolve the contest at any time. Also, I can’t substitute prizes, because I’m making them myself and my time is limited, etc. etc. Also, I’d rather spend money on causes like AmeriCares or my local Humane Society and that means you don’t get an expensive gift. Well, I wish I had contacts like Robert Scoble; he’s doing a contest in the next few weeks with prizes arranged by Seagate. The contest is currently closed because I do not have sponsors and I want to redo the contest with better rules and better prizes.) I am contacting all who entered to say thank you and ask them for feedback on what prizes they would like to see in future contests. Colleen, the winner, receives a good prize! Contest is closed: By entering the contest, you agree to not hold me responsible for anything, including if you don’t like what I send you, or I spell your name wrong or your dog eats your prize when you get it, keels over and needs surgery, or your baby eats it or whatever. It is not edible and I won’t be held responsible for whatever the heck you do with it. Do you have a wacky computer tale to tell ? Then add your funny story here in the comments! unless, that is, you want to save it for: [...]