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…It’s TGI Friday: The Great Flickr Photo Find?

Hammertime

For today’s TGI Friday, I’d like to announce a new contest that I’m calling The Great Flickr Photo Find. Since I haven’t done a giveaway in a while, the winner of this contest is going to get something special. If ‘the find’ gets 10 or more entrants (10 people, not 10 photos), I’ll be giving away a one year Flickr pro account (so spread the word and let your friends know, because the more entrants, the better). If ‘the find’ gets less than 10 though, don’t despair, because I’ve still got something special in mind that won’t disappoint.

To enter, just find a photo on Flickr that you like. Simple, right? It can be funny, inspiring, emotional, or unique, but just make sure it’s interesting. Then, post a link to the pic in the comments. That’s it. At the end of the day (PST) on Sunday, March 25, I’ll pick my favorite pic out of the entrants, and the poster will win the prize. Though any photo is eligible (even your own), I’d like to post the winning photo here on the site, so bonus points will be awarded for the use of a Creative Commons photo (like the photo above, Hammertime, by Afroswede, or the photo below, pillars, by Jef Poskanzer). To make things easy, just use the Creative Commons Search.

Find a photo, post it, and win; that’s all there is to it. Let’s see what you’ve got.

Edit: I’ve extended the deadline until Sunday to give you some time to find the good stuff.

Pillars

…It’s Things Thursday: FON?

Starbucks Fonero

Last week I mentioned the FON free router giveaway, but this week I’m going to dive a little deeper into the service that is FON. FON is “the world’s largest WiFi community”. The service works like this: Members share their wireless Internet access at home, and in return, can get free WiFi access through any of the other Fonero Access Points.

Linus Bill Alien

There are two ways of sharing your Internet. Either you’re a Linus, and you share your WiFi in exchange for free WiFi from other users, or you’re a Bill, and you sell your WiFi by the day and split the profits with FON (you can also be an Alien and pay for the FON service, but who wants to do that?). The La Fonera router is a special kind of router that outputs two signals. One is a private signal that you can use just for yourself for a secure connection that you don’t have to share. The other is a public signal that other Fon users and Aliens can access. You can even personalize the page that other Foneros see when they log onto your FON Access Point, telling them a little about yourself, your local area, or just to say “hi” to other members. Since the service gets better and better as more people sign on and share their Internet, FON has been running a series of promotions lately to give away free Fonero routers to just about anyone who wants one. Their latest promotion is called Fonbucks, where “FON + Starbucks = cash for you”. It works like this: If you live above or near a Starbucks (or any café/coffee shop) they’ll send you a free router that you can use to steal some of Starbucks’ wireless revenue with. Users pay $2 per day (much less than the $10 that Starbucks charges for a single day), and you receive $1 of that in return. It’s a definite win-win, a hopefully a good way of spreading the “movimiento” (movement). If you’re interested in free WiFi, or making some cash off of sharing your own, then definitely check out FON, because the more users the better.

Bonus: I’ve got a free La Fonero router to give away to one lucky DYH reader. If you want it, just say so in the comments, and I’ll pick out one comment at random and send a router your way. It’s Fontastic.

[FON]

[FON - Fonbucks]

…It’s TGI Friday: iTunes Gift Card Giveaway?

iTunes Gift Card

As announced previously, TGI Friday is going to be a way of ending the week on a fun note. For the inaugural TGI Friday, DYH is giving away a $10 iTunes Gift Card to one lucky reader. To enter, just leave some sort of comment on this post (simple, right?). It can be anything, from a name to a link (keep it SFW) to a shoutout, just make sure you’re on here. Registration closes at midnight PST, and then one commenter will be picked at random and will win the gift card. To keep things interesting, you’ll be given an additional entry for each person that mentions your commenting name (the ID you choose when you registered with DYH) in their comment, so spread the word and increase your chances. You could be downloading your own legal copy of the Ok Go’s Here It Goes Again treadmill video in no time.

…2007 is the year of Didn’t You Hear?

2007 DYH

A new year means new features, and Didn’t You Hear is going to be adding some in the coming weeks. The first to be announced is daily content. DYH will continue to cover everything that is so hot right now, but will also be adding the following:

Tuner Tuesday
A new car, car tuner, or car review will debut each Tuesday.

Website Wednesday
A new website will debut each Wednesday.

Things Thursday
A new gadget, gift, or gizmo will debut each Thursday.

TGI Friday
Anything goes, but it will definitely be unique. Maybe a contest, maybe a giveaway, maybe just a joke to finish off the week, but definitely something interesting.

So make sure to check back daily for new stuff, because 2007 is going to be the year of Didn’t You Hear.

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