Author Archives: Brian Alvey

Jack is one year old today. Once I was crazy and my ace in the holewas that I knew that I was crazyso I never lost my self-control.I just walked in the middle of the road.I’d sleep in the middle of the bed.I’d stop in the middle of a sentencewhen the voice in the middle ofContinue reading “Hey junior, where you been so long?”

Last night was the deadline for entering to win The Onion Platinum Prestige Encore Gold Premium Collector’s Collection. Tonight is the end of the Slappa HardBody Blogstakes. Winners will be chosen for both contests next week. Stopdesign’s Doug Bowman posted a glowing review of Blogstakes and promises to let everyone know if a free year of BrowserCam is as life-altering asContinue reading “It creeps and leaps and glides and slides”

I once came across a Weblog that had a single entry. It went something like this: “I am posting this entry to my new Weblog as a reminder to myself to post something new every day and keep this Weblog fresh.” Ironically, the blog had not been updated in months. That was the only entryContinue reading “Beware of the Blog”

After contacting and confirming all of the winners of our first two contests, we received a note from the Free Year of BrowserCam grand prize winner which contained the following: I really appreciate this award and would like to make the most of it. However, I’m in the Army National Guard and my unit has been activatedContinue reading “Iraq of servers”

I’ve got a great new Blogstakes contest: Win The Onion Platinum Prestige Encore Gold Premium Collector’s Collection. It’s three hot books from The Onion for the price of none. Seriously, blog this one. Then enter from your own blog so you can win two copies and give one to a friend. (There’s nothing in the rules that says youContinue reading “Do your eyes water when you read The Onion?”

I sometimes worry that someone might be underwhelmed when their Blogstakes prize arrives, but letters like this give me the courage to carry on: First of all, wow. What a great prize. When I came in the door dragging my two screaming kids in from school, I had only enough energy to open the boxContinue reading “Get your clip on!”

“A Free Year of BrowserCam” Grand Prize Winner Michael Howland of Hampton, VA (via www.stopdesign.com) BrowserCam Runner-up Prize Winners Adam Birkner of Little Rock, AR (via www.kratzmedia.com) Gary Blunt of Brooklyn, NY (via www.stanna.net) Rob Brackett of Rochester, NY (via www.modulo26.net) Jenny Cherif of Kirkland, WA (via www.manisfam.com) L. Michelle Johnson of Sunnyvale, CA (via www.blogdex.net) Tim Lawson of Ballwin, MOContinue reading “Shake it like a BrowserCam picture”

Here’s the latest Blogstakes contest: Win a Slappa HardBody CD case. (I told you they’d make a great Blogstakes contest.) I’ll be announcing the winners of the BrowserCam Blogstakes next.

I got my hands on some Slappa Hardbodies yesterday. No, no, no. They’re not what you think. They’re these rugged, velvet-lined CD cases that also hold all of your CD booklets. They’d make a great Blogstakes contest. I also got a copy of the ultimate guide to business blogging. That’s not what they’re calling it, but it isContinue reading “Frosted Blogstakes”

Do yourself a favor and go see the new Will Ferrell film, Elf. Don’t be selfish; take a friend and share the laughs. Myself, I would go see it a twelfth time if I didn’t have so much self-restraint. Do you like angelfish? If I wasn’t so concerned for their welfare, I would buy a barrelful ofContinue reading “Subliminal snowmen”