I’m a Scholarship Finalist – Vote for Me

October 31, 2006 · 43 comments

I woke up to a great email this morning. Apparently I have been chosen as a Top 10 finalist for a $5,000 blogging scholarship for college students. The final winner is chosen via an online vote, so if you would like to vote for me you can. Do everything you can to spread the word about this and vote for me! I have over $100,000 of tuition to pay off and that number grows by $30,000 every year. Thanks, Paul.

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1 Trey Copeland October 31, 2006 at 12:42 pm

$30,000 a year for tuition at GA tech?

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2 Paul Stamatiou October 31, 2006 at 12:44 pm

Yeah, for out-of-staters like me.

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3 Paul October 31, 2006 at 12:54 pm

Got my vote. Got to look out for fellow Paul’s :-)

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4 Paul October 31, 2006 at 12:55 pm

Looking good, your in second place now, only 5 votes behind first place.

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5 Mark Larson October 31, 2006 at 12:55 pm

You’ve got my vote. Good luck.

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6 J Phill October 31, 2006 at 12:10 pm

You got my vote. You should put a note on the 9rules site!

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7 Mik October 31, 2006 at 12:11 pm

Done

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8 Brad October 31, 2006 at 12:26 pm

…and voted!

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9 Ian October 31, 2006 at 12:55 pm

Got my vote.

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10 L October 31, 2006 at 12:56 pm

Never comment here but read everyday, you got my vote Paul! And it appears that your victory is absolute :) ( 96.30% by the time i click vote)

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11 Glenn Wolsey October 31, 2006 at 12:56 pm

Voted.

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12 Paul Stamatiou October 31, 2006 at 12:58 pm

Well there are still the people that haven’t even spread the word yet, but looking good so far. =)

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13 Allyn October 31, 2006 at 1:05 pm

You got my vote and a spot in my “Side Notes” to get the word out to vote for you.

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14 Mike Vitoroulis October 31, 2006 at 1:36 pm

I voted for you, good luck!

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15 Kory Twaites October 31, 2006 at 1:39 pm

Paul you’ve done so much for the tech community they’d be foolish not to pick you.

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16 Zach Hale October 31, 2006 at 2:24 pm

You’re way in the lead already. Go Paul!

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17 Paul Stamatiou October 31, 2006 at 2:29 pm

Haha, maybe you didn’t see the last guy.. with 500 something votes.

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18 menghua October 31, 2006 at 3:00 pm

oh no.. paul you are 2nd place now.. i’ve voted for you dude..

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19 Devin October 31, 2006 at 3:06 pm

Congrats on the nomination Paul. I’m voting from all the different locations I can. Home, work, different places on campus. ;-)

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20 karmadude October 31, 2006 at 4:00 pm

My vote is in, good luck! Looks like you are up against the guy from Daily Kos

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21 Andre Deminiac October 31, 2006 at 4:08 pm

You’ve got my vote. :-)

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22 c. wess daniels October 31, 2006 at 5:29 pm

I’ve voted as well, who is that other dude? You should get it Paul for what that’s worth.

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23 xilu October 31, 2006 at 5:42 pm

Stephen Yellin is kicking your ass, but I voted for you anyways. Good luck, money is ALWAYS GREAT!

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24 Andrew Swihart October 31, 2006 at 7:22 pm

Leave it to a polical type to get lots of votes, what b.s., I hate politics.

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25 Paul Stamatiou October 31, 2006 at 7:46 pm

Nice to hear from you Xilu.

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26 Zach Wilt October 31, 2006 at 9:51 pm

voted, twice in fact.

I had to use the library computer today and thought why not…

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27 Ben Gray October 31, 2006 at 11:00 pm

Voted. Dude, even if you don’t win, you’re gonna be a millionaire from your blog ;).

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28 fp October 31, 2006 at 11:45 pm

Voted. $30000 a year is a lot….

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29 Ajay D'Souza November 1, 2006 at 3:04 am

Voted!

All the very best Paul.

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30 John November 1, 2006 at 12:41 pm

Out of state tuition sucks, I feel you.

Good luck!

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31 Tom November 1, 2006 at 2:46 pm

Voted–Good Luck!! Hope you get it!!

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32 herbie November 2, 2006 at 12:05 am

voted — dang fool, you’ve come a long way since leaving houston. gl with the scholarship, and grats on being nominated.
oh, and nice site btw. lol

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33 Paul Stamatiou November 2, 2006 at 12:07 am

herbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbie

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34 henri November 2, 2006 at 12:26 pm

done

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35 Mark Kemperman November 3, 2006 at 4:53 am

Done! A vote for you from Down Under :)

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36 pankajkala November 5, 2006 at 3:09 am

hey paul best of luck for scholarship i post abt ur scholarship on my blog too http://pankajkala.blogspot.com/

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37 asnake December 8, 2006 at 1:02 am

Good luck. Here i am votting for you.

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38 asnake December 8, 2006 at 1:18 am

good luck. you got my words.

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39 Jaki Levy October 9, 2007 at 1:06 pm

i voted for you – it turns out you’re not in 1st place, like you should be – alas, the polls rarely reflect the truth.

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40 vivi kasselaki October 17, 2007 at 2:03 am

please accept my best wishes.remember me next time.we are over 500 employees here.I am talking of behalf of the national tourist organization of greece.

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