I would never do this under normal circumstances, but one of my technical co-workers (Shad Pulley) is in the winners circle for an on-line contest and I'm hoping a few of you might be willing to help keep him there. (If you so desire to help a fellow Utahn win a cool contest.) Here is the story:
"Union Pacific Railroad is holding a social networking contest to see who can refer the most people to vote for the route of their steam train excursion this year. The person with the top number of points gets to ride in the cab of the steam locomotive for a portion of the trip. This has been a dream of mine since I was a boy.. I grew up around trains, grandfathers both worked for the railroads, and to this day still have a collection of model trains that I enjoy. I’ve broken in to the top 5 of the contest, but need all the help I can get to inch closer to the top." I can personally vouch for Shad being a train fanatic. For those of you not familiar behind the historical connections of trains and hacking, here is a primer. http://tmrc.mit.edu/history/ Here is how you can help Shad out: 1 - Go to http://x.up.com/456 2 - Do not navigate away from the above link, just click on “the little rock express” image at the bottom. 3 - Fill in your e-mail address, full name, and nickname. Make sure it is real so Shad doesn't get disqualified. Don't game the vote. 4 - Log in to your e-mail and click on the confirmation link. 5 - Check the leader board to track Shad's progress: http://upexcursion.com/leaderboard/ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
