Win Free Hosting for a Year

[Hierophant]

That is right you heard me....

We are pleased to announce that thanks to KDA WebServices, we have a great contest lined up for all of you with a fantastic prize being given to the winner.

If you want to win then all you have to do is enter!

Write a poem about web design, marketing, ecommerce, SitePoint or the community in whatever poetry form you choose. This can be a limerick, free verse, or even a haiku.

We will pick one winner for the following prize:

~ 250Mb Web Space
~ 6Gb Monthly transfer
~ 250 POP Accounts
~ 100 Sub Domains
~ 50 FTP Accounts
~ Mailing Lists
~ 10 MySQL Databases
~ Unique IP Address

This prize has an approximate value of $400.00 (US) and has been kindly donated by KDA WebServices.

www.kdawebservices.com

This contest ends June 30th, 2001 and is subject to the contest rules found at http://sitepointforums.com/help.php?action=contest
Good luck everyone, send all your entries to
crier@sitepoint.com

[Yonko]

Hey Luke, I clicked the contest rules link and the page doesn't display a thing! Could you please give another link or tell me the rules?

Yonko

[Steelsun]

I'd like some free hosting
or I would not be boasting
about my poetic skills.

I may not be the best designer
but at least I'm not a minor
these kids think I'm over the hill.

Some of us work for a living all day
and maybe get in a little play
and we have to account for our bills.

The young ones are home from school
learning the newest web and code tool
and zooming in for a first person kill.

But contests are our chance
to do a little dance
and win one for a thrill.

(lame, I know)

[Sparkie]

Twas the night before deadlines, and all through my head,
not a motor was churning, all circuits were dead.
My boss' idea? A website to make!
"No problem," I said to myself, "piece of cake."

And now as I sit here, alone in the dark,
my monitor glares at me, where do I start?!
Now more than ever, I needed a hand.
I can't just do nothing, I'd surely get canned!

When all of a sudden, my mind dares portray,
An orange and white arrow, pointing the way!
Away to my keyboard, I flew like a flash
And typed "H-T-T-P-colon-slash-slash"

My computer, disgruntled, had started to whir
My hard drive was crackling, my monitor blurred.
When what to my to my weary eyes should display?
A SitePoint Advisor! Hallelujah, I'm saved!

A programming genius, the community brain,
I knew in a moment it had to be Wayne!
And lined up beside him, his leaders, so proud.
He gave them all titles and called them aloud:

"On Creole! On Saltire! On Aspen and Marc!"
"On Nicky! On Fluffy! On Webkat and Spark!"
"To the Web Design forum, go update the FAQ!"
"And when you're done there, lurk in General Chat!"

As volunteers, all of them gladly obeyed.
I had to admit, I was simply amazed!
So down through the forums, their knowledge they shared
To those of us (like me) who came unprepared.

I learned about Java and HTML,
ASP, Flash and MySQL.
I was ready to conquer, I'd soon show my boss,
I could make a website, all hope was not lost!

I made not a sound but went straight to my chore,
With dozens of articles piled up on the floor.
A click of my mouse and the files were transferred,
I couldn't believe how much I had learned!

I sprang from my chair, my work was complete.
At last I could get some much-needed sleep!
I thanked all the members, then got ready for bed,
Thanks to SitePoint, I had mastered the Web.

[Timothy]

Sparkie,

That was excellent! Very creative!

[seanf]

Originally posted by Timothy
Sparkie,

That was excellent! Very creative!

I agree !

Sean

[Sparkie]

Thanks guys!

[KeithMcL]

Excellent poem Sparkie

[FatPiper]

I agree.. VERY cool.

[delemtri]

Gosh Sparkie, that was beautiful

I know this is a few days late, but I don't need a host anyway, so what the heck.

{
I sweat and sweat over my PHP
It gives me a "parse error", I know not where.
The screen gets blurry, it's hard to see
As I go over my code line by line, hair by hair.

"What the heck!" I exclaim, totally bemused
As I take a break to grab me a soda.
"Either my system's been somehow abused,
Or I'm just really not that great of a coder!"

I shake my head and rub my eyes
As I run through the file again and again
It's getting late; the time it flies
Is my MySQL working? What about strlen?

I get to the end of the code one last time
And a look of shock appears on my face
I have committed the programmer's cardinal crime;
I forgot to include the closing brace!
}