Wow! Yesterday I asked our users to complete a short survey for our sponsor.  THOUSANDS of you decided to help us out and complete the short survey.  I was worried many of you would be annoyed at our request – ironically Svetlana wrote a post about my fear in a post titled, “Now How Evil is the Free Web?”

The survey has ended.  Don’t you hate it when you enter a drawing and never find out who (if anyone) actually won?  Well I do.  I talked to our partner and asked them for the name of the winner, but they explained that the drawing is held each quarter across many surveys – i.e. you are more likely to win the lottery than the $250 prize we promised.  So I decided that we would conduct our own drawing and award the $250 ourselves (we can afford it).  I am pleased to announce that Shawn Miller from Bradenton, Florida will receive a check for $250 and a Big in Japan T-Shirt (Large as seen below).  Congratulations Shawn and thank you for taking the time to help us help our sponsor.