PIF a week
One of the great acts of artistic creation that Ive personally witnessed is Jonathan Coultons Thing a Week project. In 2005, he decided he would record one new song a week for an entire year. While not one of these tunes could be called great, they were still of surprisingly high quality and several of them were fantastic. Code Monkey is a geek anthem and even got a cartoon on G4 named after it and his James Taylor inspired recording of Baby Got Back reawakened in many of us the deep appreciation for ample backsides too easily forgotten in the hurly burly of adult life.
Its in that spirit Im attempting something similar but far easier. A PIF a Week. For the next 52 weeks, I will PIF something to one member every 7 days. The goal in this PIF is endurance and not greatness. Sometimes Ill be PIFing something quite desirable and other times it may be junk. Who knows. Maybe it will even be a mystery. I reserve the right to PIF whatever moves me at the time. I have a house full of stuff so coming up with one thing a week for a year shouldnt be too hard. The challenge will be the shipping. Some weeks its harder to get to the Post Office than others,so participants must be patient if not virtuous.
The only firm requirement for the PIF is that you MUST be a contributing member, at some level, in order to participate. This seems only fair. The winners will be chosen at random-probably-unless there is some requirement that might make that weeks PIF more fun. In short, I maintain the right to arbitrarily change my mind about any of this so pay attention. A new item will be posted each week along with the requirements, if any, for winning it.
One of the great acts of artistic creation that Ive personally witnessed is Jonathan Coultons Thing a Week project. In 2005, he decided he would record one new song a week for an entire year. While not one of these tunes could be called great, they were still of surprisingly high quality and several of them were fantastic. Code Monkey is a geek anthem and even got a cartoon on G4 named after it and his James Taylor inspired recording of Baby Got Back reawakened in many of us the deep appreciation for ample backsides too easily forgotten in the hurly burly of adult life.
Its in that spirit Im attempting something similar but far easier. A PIF a Week. For the next 52 weeks, I will PIF something to one member every 7 days. The goal in this PIF is endurance and not greatness. Sometimes Ill be PIFing something quite desirable and other times it may be junk. Who knows. Maybe it will even be a mystery. I reserve the right to PIF whatever moves me at the time. I have a house full of stuff so coming up with one thing a week for a year shouldnt be too hard. The challenge will be the shipping. Some weeks its harder to get to the Post Office than others,so participants must be patient if not virtuous.
The only firm requirement for the PIF is that you MUST be a contributing member, at some level, in order to participate. This seems only fair. The winners will be chosen at random-probably-unless there is some requirement that might make that weeks PIF more fun. In short, I maintain the right to arbitrarily change my mind about any of this so pay attention. A new item will be posted each week along with the requirements, if any, for winning it.
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