Caffeinated Coder

So there I was, wondering how I was going to reward the winners of the January 2008 Caffeinated Codeys. I was just about to give up hope and begin sobbing like a little girl when I suddenly remembered the obscure “contest sponsorship refactoring” (Alt + c + s + desperate email plea) in ReSharper.

Like every other function in R#, this refactoring magically made things better by offering me a couple of free licenses to give away. It even spit out the following FAQ section to answer all of your pressing questions.

FAQ

1. Why would the good people of JetBrains possibly trust you with something as valuable as the coveted 4.0 licenses? - I told them my name was Jeff Atwood.
2. What if I already have v3.0? - Continue to curse VS2008 for a few more months until R# 4.0 comes out and then brag to your friends about getting a free upgrade.
3. What if I don’t currently have a copy of R#? - Download version 3.1 and get a free upgrade when 4.0 comes out (last I heard at the end of 1Q).
4. What if I already have my R# needs satisfied? - Then you can get a free copy of DotTraceProfiler ($500 value). I haven’t tried this one yet, but it looks incredibly cool and useful and it was made by Jetbrains so I’m excited.
5. What if I have a technical sugar daddy who buys all my licenses for me, no questions asked? - First give me your email so I can send you my resume. Next, go for the “swag” option. There has been a hint of potential R# swag, which means that you might be able to make your friends jealous with an R# Jedi coffee mug or some other such marketing treasure.
6. Which body parts/organs do I need to sell in order to win? - Absolutely none. All you have to do is put on your Caffeinated Codey judge hat and pick a post in January that you liked. Then think of a creative award name, write 2-3 sentences of witty commentary about it, and send it to me (rt_ball@yahoo.com) by EOD on January 28th. If I choose to publish it as one of the 10 awards, then you will win.
7. What if there are so many good submissions that you publish more than one guest submission? - In that case, the submission which gets the most votes in the 5 day polldady vote that follows will win.
8. What can I do to make my submission more likely to be chosen? - Review prior award posts to get a feel for the general tone of my commentary. Make your commentary humorous (although this is not strictly required). It would also help to send a funny, semi-relevant photo to go with it. Of course you can also start sucking up to me as much as possible.
9. Is there any other way to win this great prize? - I will be including a poll at the end of the January 2008 Caffeinated Codey post and the author of the post with the most votes after 5 days will also win a free license.

What are you waiting for? Load those RSS readers and let the sarcastic commentary flow…

By the way, much thanks to Illya and Eugenia from Jetbrains for their help and sponsorship.

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