I won (in) an HP HDX Dragon contest

I won (in) an HP HDX Dragon contest

That's right, I am indeed a winner in one of the 31 Days of the Dragon (http://www.31daysofthedragon.com/) contests. And by the insertion of the preposition "in" you may correctly infer that I did not win a Dragon (http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/ho/WF05a/12139188-78299199-78299212-78299212-78299212-80247383.html).

Funny story that. For the BostonPocketPC contest (http://www.bostonpocketpc.com/31+Days+Of+The+HP+Dragon+Giveaway.aspx), entrants were asked to submit a description and photo of their gear bag. If you'll recall, my free camera is broken (http://sumocat.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-free-camera-is-broken.html), so I decided to dig up an old photo instead. That's when I remembered this gem.

[photo] (http://www.bostonpocketpc.com/BostonPocketPC+Days+Of+The+Dragon+Contest+Winners.aspx)

So I wrote up a description for that along with a description of my real bag. Due to the lack of a photo of my actual gear bag, my entry was disqualified, but I was awarded an honorable mention and a Pantone Huey (http://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=79), which among other things, "corrects the color on your monitor so photos [...] print more accurately". But the irony does not end there.

I do have a video camera that takes digital stills, but they're not great quality, so I decided to get creative instead. That creativity got me the award, but if I was thinking, I would have gone back and taken fresh shots to add to the entry. Of course, if I went that route in the beginning, I wouldn't have gotten creative with it and won anything. Bit of a Catch-22.

There's also the fact that I questioned why the first contest was awarded to someone who didn't really follow the twice stated rules (seriously dude, the "hows" are not explained in your story), so naturally I'm going to get hit for not following the rules.

Oh well, there are more contests running currently and ahead, so the big prize is still within reach, and I feel it is somewhat serendipitous to win a monitor calibration tool on a quest to win a computer with powerful visual hardware. Or at least it will prove handy after I hook a Dragon up to my big HDTV. Thanks to BostonPocketPC (http://www.bostonpocketpc.com/default.aspx) for the honor and award!
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