De-lurk and win a £20 iTunes Gift Certificate!

My Feedburner stats tell me I have around 50 subscribers to my feed. My site stats suggest that I get a fair few unique visitors to this site everyday. However I don’t see that many comments on my posts to justify these numbers.

In the same vein as Veerle and Roger, I think it’s time to ‘de-lurk’!

If you haven’t heard about de-lurking, it’s the idea that once a year, you give those visitors to your site that perhaps only read your posts and articles but don’t leave comments, the opportunity to do so on one post.

So please, don’t be shy! Leave a comment on this post, even if it’s just to say hello! I would love to get to know some of my readers better, so why not tell me who you are, where you’re from, and perhaps what you like/dislike about this little corner of the web.

Quote Me Happy

To make things a bit more fun, I want to combine this with a little competition - lets see how this goes (it could very well be a massive disaster but let’s see).

You may have noticed that the title-bar text of my home page currently contains the following quote:

The top is a very lonely place to be. Gravity doesn’t help either…

I love this little piece of wisdom, although I forget where I found it. Anyway, I’m sure there’s a lot more little gems like this out there, and I’d like to update the home page with a new one, and I’d like you to tell me what you think it should be.

It could be a favourite of yours (famous, or not so famous) or you can even make up one of your own if you like. Here’s a few others I like, to get the ball rolling:

It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it

If a man speaks in the forest and there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?

Life is just something that happens while you’re planning other things

The winning entry will win a £20 iTunes Gift Certificate (or $40 card for my American friends). To enter, just suggest a quote in your de-lurking comment below.

The closing date for entries is January 31st 2007 and of course, my decision is final. Good Luck!

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My favourite quote at the moment is:

"Fuck it, Dude. Let's go bowling."

Ah, The Big Lebowski, you provide me with all I need to know.

Kate Bolin's Gravatar Kate Bolin 12 Jan 2007
2:07 AM

"Never lose faith in the colour of the sky"

Mint Sauce - MBUK

Kris's Gravatar Kris 12 Jan 2007
7:06 AM

I don't expect to win, but if I do please keep in mind that I don't deserve a prize. That wasn't my entry, but I do like the sound of it.

Anybody can be good in the country. There are no temptations there.

Oscar Wilde.

Andrew's Gravatar Andrew 12 Jan 2007
12:08 PM

I've loved this ridiculous quote since I was a lad:

"A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men."

Should I credit that Roald Dahl or Willy Wonka? - haha

David's Gravatar David 15 Jan 2007
1:12 PM

This an old one and I'm not sure where it came from:-

"Life is not a rehearsal – this is it!"

IanG's Gravatar IanG 16 Jan 2007
3:09 AM

Ahhh the mighty wisdom of Mint Sauce. It brings a tear to my eye. (And not the trouser snake variety either before Kris starts!)

Incidently http://www.thisiswhy.co.uk/

And as an actual contribution I go for 'In vino, veritas' and thats got nothing to do with backup software.

Mark's Gravatar Mark 16 Jan 2007
5:13 AM

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans"

John Lennon

Lewis Burden's Gravatar Lewis Burden 17 Jan 2007
12:31 AM

"Life is divine chaos. Embrace it. Forgive yourself. Breathe. And enjoy the ride." - Solbeam

Krystyn's Gravatar Krystyn 19 Jan 2007
12:36 PM

Although, if you're feeling more cheeky than sentimental, this is also a favorite:

“If you've never seen an elephant ski, you've never been on acid.”
-Eddie Izzard

;)

Krystyn's Gravatar Krystyn 19 Jan 2007
12:39 PM

Ok, so a bit of a way to go before you match the de-lurk majesty of Veerle but a good start. As for a quote, I really don't know, I just wanted to bump up your comment count. Get in there.

Jon's Gravatar Jon 24 Jan 2007
6:32 AM

oh, and if you could get your comments form to actually store my details as a sweaty cookie, that'd be great. I hate typing them in over and over.

Jon's Gravatar Jon 24 Jan 2007
6:33 AM

ping (for the de-lurking thing, you have 8 people reading on bloglines)

Fabricio Zuardi's Gravatar Fabricio Zuardi 29 Jan 2007
1:39 AM

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