Haha... this is hilarious, I hope you make it - I do think their
popularity feature is totally the wrong attitude. You have my
recommendation ;)

Merry Christmas everyone!

On Sun, 2006-12-24 at 22:53 -0800, Zed A. Shaw wrote:
> Calling All Mongrel Minions!
> 
> I wanna have some fun and would like this as a Christmas present.  The site 
> http://www.workingwithrails.com/ has this lame popularity system that's kind 
> of irking some of the main Ruby contributors.  I think it's kind of funny, 
> but would like to demonstrate what an army of motivated people can do to 
> these kinds of popularity contests.
> 
> So, as a present to me, I'd love for everyone to go vote for me on the site.  
> If you can, use fictional or historical characters for your profiles to add 
> to the chaos.  The goal is to put me so far ahead of everyone else that they 
> have to reset the system.  It's a Chaos Christmas Calamity!
> 
> You can recommend me by just clicking:
> 
> http://www.workingwithrails.com/recommendation/new/person/5455-zed-shaw
> 
> Or, do it by going to:
> 
> http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/5455-zed-shaw
> 
> And clicking the difficult to read link in the gray box that says you like me 
> (you really like me!)
> 
> To sweeten the deal, I'll take all the people who contribute to the mayhem 
> and put them into a lottery to receive 10 of the very first MUDCRAP-CE 
> certificates signed by myself.  Now that's a hot deal!
> 
> Merry Christmas, or happy holidays if you don't celebrate.
> 
> P.S. I'm *not* promoting or affiliated with the site.  I think it's mildly 
> amusing.
> 
-- 
Jonathan Leighton, Web Developer
Portfolio: http://jonathanleighton.com/
Personal: http://turnipspatch.com/

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