I have recently surpassed 1 million hits on PaulStamatiou.com since September 12th, 2005. This blog is a bit older than that, but Sept. 12th was the first date I started using blogtopsites. I would have used Mint to track overall traffic but my Mint database had corrupted when upgrading from Mint 1.14 to 1.20. I should have followed Shaun’s instructions. Regardless, today is a day of celebration! Thanks to everyone that has ever read one of my articles, pinged my feed or left a (nice) comment. Achieving 1 million hits on a blog that had its humble beginnings, served on a Mac Mini with a cable connection moving up to being a 9rules blog, partnered with Media Temple and having breached the Technorati Top 1000 blogs is definitely something I am proud of.
In celebration of this landmark I will be having a little contest to give back to the same readers that helped get it all started. This contest will be a little different than most of my contests. It will be in the form of a caption contest. Just leave a quote for what you think the picture below should have as a caption.
Think of some witty caption and drop a comment!
To help with the prizes, Victor Cajiao has graciously donated $50 to be spent on iTunes Music Store gift certificates. If there is only one great caption that stands out, that person will win the $50 iTMS gift certificate. If there is a tie or runner-up, I will split it up into two gift certificates. I will be sending them by email so please double-check that you are using the proper email address. Thanks again to Victor. You can catch Victor on his two great podcasts – Typical PC User and Typical Mac User. Each person can submit at most 2 captions. This contest will only last for a day or two, so get your entries in ASAP. Let the celebration begin!
Update: Dominic Rivera from TheBloggingTimes.com has just donated another $50 to the contest. In order to make use of the larger prize, I will be extending the contest an extra day. Also, the new caption limit is 3. So if you only included 2 but have another idea, you may enter again. Thanks to Minic for the donation and I hope this contest ends a success. I will close the contest sometime on Friday by leaving a comment and I will then deliberate with my roommates on which captions will be winners. Likely, there will be 2 or more winners so your odds have increased substantially.
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Maybe Lassie shouldn’t have tried to eat the turkey.
Caption–
“Global Warming my @$$!”
“No, we’re not letting Rover back in until he learns how to pronounce Paul’s last name.”
Caption 1: “Wait a sec… you mean that Mac’s running Windoze?”
Caption 2: “Now that Apple released Boot Camp, Paul doesn’t walk me anymore :( “
Sure looks warm in there, Paul.
Mind leaving the computer for a minute to let me inside, buddy?
“my hair keeps me warm, yours is just ugly”
How much is the do-ggie using windows? Woof Woof Woof
You know it’s time to change your OS when this kind of vulnerability watches you in your face…
Aw man, only 2 Paul? Come one!
Fido would rather stay out in the cold than be with a master who would defile Mac hardware with Windows XP.
The trainer said I would look “totally cool” posing for the artist. I guess he wasn’t metaphorically speaking.
“I thought I told you to install that doggie door”
“I will byte you when you get off your computer and let me in”
“I am so going to end up the punchline in some crappy holiday card.”
Quote 1: This just isn’t the same as basking in the warm glow of Microsoft Windows.
Quote 2: I went to the Microsoft PDC and all I got was this lousy snow beard.
The Icy Dog: When I said you could install windows, I meant Microsoft’s.
*gets coat*
“Why am I always on the outside looking in?”
“Paul are you blogging on that @#*&! Mac Again?”
“People suck.”
(and 2)
Another victim of the BSOD.
This has got to be the best sitcom I have ever seen.
Has anyone seen my hair brush?
“Paul, are you done blogging yet?”
“Let me in Paul. I promise I won’t say your blog has no pedigree again.”
“Honey please let me back in, I swear she is just a friend, I simply went over to fix her water bowl.”
“Wwwwww-oofff-uh-oooof-uh-shkshkshk ccccold”
No one can touch this beard
Dude, we seriously moved here becuase you didn’t want to build one of these?
Give me a break… it looked like ice cream…
* “You know what, bub? I know where you sleep, man. Every minute you leave me out here in this bloody snow, I’m going to piddle on YOUR pillow.”
New Fence: $150
New Window Panes: $36
New Window: $75
Same Friend staring through: Priceless
I ate the apple, now with windows!
“Please let me in, I promise not to try it on with your Mac Mini again.”
“Aw c’mon! Since it runs windows there’s already $h*t on it!”
“I told you I was hardcore!”
Sou efhomai na ftaseis kai 1 disekatomirrio!
(I wish to you to reach 1 billion hits)
Enas philos apo Ellada (A friend from Greece)
Hristos
1) Santa was in the Bahamas this year around.
2) Wait, I’m a dog?
We’re not in Kansas anymore!
Here’s my caption:
“Could someone open the door? It’s a little Brrr out here…..”
My second one:
Apple. Apple. Apple. Apple. Apple…. Dang! It’s still Windows !!
1) “I forgot about Mans best friend”
2) “OS X had fewer bugs than the dog, I kept OS X”
Good thing it doesn’t snow like that here in Georgia.
Kudos on 1 million hits. I gotta give you that much.
“Master of Disguise Chuck Norris waits for the next Windows vulnerability to strike.”
“Paul, I beg of you, please turn the TV off of the Price is Right.”
“Seriously, I’m freezing my neuticles off out here…”
“I wish my owners used Mac; I hate Windows”
“This ‘windows vista’ is a snow job”
“Last time I agree to ‘Windows Beta’ testing”
“…I’m never going to bite another Apple again.”
1. I hate windows, I’m switching to mac
(y’know, windows as in OS, and windows as in glass)
2. Crap, the FTP server just cut out mid file transfer
3. Get your lazy butt off the computer and let me in
“The vengeful wampa ice creature left Hoth to stalk Luke closer to home…”
my comment from the library never went through…
“Crap, the wifi cut out mid ftp upload”
“I lost Paul Stamatiou’s caption contest”
third coming later…
(and three)
“I’m hungry.”
“Excuse me, did you mean to buy an outdoor dog?”
Whatever, dude, it’s not even Labor Day, I can still wear white…
“Windows on Mac is snow laughing matter.”
“Dogcow returns to reclaim the Mac.”
See? This is way funnier than that Tim Allen movie. What a talentless hack.
That was supposed to be a quote/caption suggestion, not neccesarily a personal view.
Just sayin’.
If I was a cat this wouldn’t be a problem.
A-ha! Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
1:
I KNEW there would be trouble when Paul brought that mini thing home.
2:
just wait till you let me inside.
Cool on a million hits, Paul!
“So there I was… chillin’.”
Even Snoopy got a Scarf… WTF?
My Third one:
Well…. I just added a new dimension to Chris Morelle’s Phase Cooling hack!!
Paul?…You forgot to let me in…I know you love your Mac Mini, but Paul? Paaaaul?
I have one!
“Paul, Chris bought a puppy for you! Surprise!”
Actually, that was my post.
Heat up the spam, man!
I’d rather be a hotdog…
Cool runnings
Ping.
The contest is now over. I will be selecting the winners and emailing them the iTMS gift certificates after class and after a few meetings I have to go to.. so ~6pm EST.
make sure you post the winner here
The results are in. They have been selected by a panel of roommates, including myself.
$50
#10 – nicole
“I am so going to end up the punchline in some crappy holiday card.â€
$30
#4 – kevin
“Now that Apple released Boot Camp, Paul doesn’t walk me anymore :( “
$10
#42 – devin
“Whatever, dude, it’s not even Labor Day, I can still wear white…”
$10
#3 – DB
“Global Warming my @$$!â€
Thanks buddy… it wasn’t easy, that’s for sure. Perhaps this should become a recurring anniversay celebration?
I might have something for the 1 yr anniversary in September. :-P
Awesome! Thanks Paul — and congrats on 1 million!