[sdiy] And the Soddy goes to...

[john mahoney]

... the person at the top of this page:
    http://www.bitshifted.com/SDIY2004/results.asp

Congratulations to *all* the nominees. Every project received multiple
votes, which is awesome. Every nominee can feel good knowing that their work
was appreciated by others on the list.

Except for first place, this was a very close race in some places. There was
a clear winner, though, so we won't be needing a run-off election. Whew! ;-)

The results surely say something about the interests of the SDIY group. Do
we value weirdness, mass appeal, construction quality, value, innovation,
what...? I'll save those discussions for other posts.

The final preparation of the trophy will now commence. Be patient, dear
winner, as the trophy is an SDIY effort involving me and another list member
(who's on the other side of the country from me).

My appeals for a small gift certificate were ignored -- not just turned
down, but completely ignored -- by two vendors who shall remain nameless
(Jameco and Mouser ;-P ), so there's no prize of monetary value. That's
probably just as well, as it keeps things more friendly, and it doesn't
Americanize the prize.
--
john

Bcc: The winner