This weekend, the kids and I will do the drawing for our first t-shirt give-away. We will input the number of subscribers to our email list at random.org. We will then let the random number generator pick a number and send an email to the winner asking what size t-shirt they need and where we should ship it. Although it is not necessary for the winner to do so, we will ask them for permission to post their name and, if possible, send us a picture of them in the t-shirt to post on our “winners” page. That’s it. We will do it again next month.
On another note, I have always thought that I could eventually start a business with some of the code that I write for learning and to help with a number of projects. I am rethinking that idea a little right now. There are two programs I would like to write just to give away. The reality is that I have already written the bulk of both of them. The first is the BleAx comic strip panel aggregator/uploader. Really, I would like to convert that from Python to C++ and add a little more functionality first. I might have Christian help me with that. The other is a speed camera program to measure the speed of vehicles that travel past a house with the help of either a webcam or a security camera. I will keep you posted on my efforts.
Sounds good.