June 24, 2004

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It is time to bring it to a close. The Charity Readership drive has been very successful and will result in a sizable donation* to Sgt Hook's Operation Shoe Fly - an extremely worthy cause. The increased readership is very gratifying. Who knows, some of you might even stick around? Or, perish the thought, add me to your blogroll and link to me often. After all, that's what this is about. Oh, and some kids in Afghanistan getting shoes.

The top recording for the sitemeter average was yesterday's 434. That equated to a donation of HK$462 (US$59.25) but I'm going to round it up to US$60. Reader Paul has extremely generously offered to match my donation, so he'll also be tipping the jar with US$60, making it a total of $120. Paul wins the inaugural Simon World Reader of the Year award, and will get pride of place in my thoughts at random times throught the rest of this year. He'll also take over the space in the sidebar previously occupied by this contest (at least until I come up with some other gambit).

I'd also like to thank everyone else who so generously linked and helped make this such a success. You can rest assured that next time my ego needs a boost I will again cynically exploit charity to increase readership. You should visit each and every one of these outstanding people. In no particular order, thank you to:
Rob
Jim (twice)
Nicholas
Savoire Faire
Ozguru (also twice)
Helen
Michele at ASV
Sgt Hook (for the idea, the traffic, and just being one darn fine human being)
Prochein Amy
Linda
UPDATE: I don't know how I missed soon-to-be Munuvian Doc Rusty.

If I've missed someone leave me a comment and link and I'll add you to the thank you pile.

Thanks again to everyone for making this such a success. As a final favour, please help spread the word about the New Blog Showcase Blog and go and visit the "new blood" in the blogosphere.

* For some reason the Sarge's site is blocked at work, so the donation will be made later tonight HK time.

posted by Simon on 06.24.04 at 04:50 PM in the




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Results of Simon's Charity Drive
Excerpt: Simon doubled his hits during his charity drive.  It is a good deal for all, Afgani kids get shoes and we know about a great blog!!! 
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Thank you Simon and my thanks to Paul. I think you'll find you've been added to quite a few blogrolls and it had nothing to do with the charity offer.

posted by: Sgt Hook on 06.24.04 at 08:31 PM [permalink]

Do you people bathe in money?

As the peasants in the fields and the proletariat in the factories starve, you laugh scornfully down at them, from your gilded towers!

But your day shall come. Oh yes. It shall.

Come, that is. Soon.

So watch out.

I mean it.

I'm not fooling.

Or anything.

posted by: Mikhail on 06.24.04 at 11:51 PM [permalink]

I linked to you and begged readers to click...of course, you probably noticed the enormous spike in your sitemeter from my site. How could you miss it?

;-)

PS-mu.nu is a GO!!! Thanks mucho!!

posted by: Rusty Shackleford on 06.25.04 at 01:07 AM [permalink]




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