First of all, apologies to those of you that recently won stuff from Vladville, podcasts, webcasts, comments, etc. It took me a while to get it all in order and things will be better going forward now that I have the shipping situation figured out. So thanks for waiting and thank you for participating in the SMB IT community.
The SWAG train has left the station and is on its way to you. I shipped a bunch of iPods, SBS boxes and flying monkeys. (please stop asking why I’m not giving away Zunes, it still prints microsoft.com in the headers even if you send it from a yahoo.com freemail account. n3wbs.)
Now, tomorrow is a special treat. I will be posting a puzzle here. I will have three iPods (all ready to go in my office) and the winners not only get those, but also the advanced copy of SBS Show #28. Yes, you did read that right. The sweeps will run for 24 hours, winners will be chosen randomly from the comments, not open to OWN employees, etc.
* Illustration credit: Microsoft Corp (Karlus Swaghooverus, mamal. Found in North California, known for the ability to carry twice the body weight in swag.)
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