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This post was inspired and created after reading and commenting on Michael Kwan’s blog post. In it, he talked about one of the ill trappings of modern society - net addiction, and how people treat the Internet as if their lives depended on it. That led me to embark on a little research on the topic, which eventually cumulated into this post.

International Shutdown Day is back for the second year running, this time on 3rd May, 2008.

Shutdown Day was founded with the sole purpose of spreading awareness about the pitfalls and dangers that lie in the excessive use of television, computers, and computing equipment like game boxes, cell phones, music players, online social websites, etc. that impinge on social space and interaction amongst our communities.

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Earlier on I ran a little contest offering 4 lucky readers a chance to win free ad spots, it is also my small gesture of giving back to the community. Over the course of 2 weeks, the contest received a total of 10 entries. As there are 4 ad spots available to be won, the chances of winning are pretty high.

Without further ado, let’s announce the winner….

Etienne Teo @ EtienneTeo.com
Kirk @ Jamaipanese.com
Mark @ MeAndMyDrum.com
Michael Kwan @ Beyond The Rhetoric

Congratulations to the 4 lucky winners for winning a month of free advertising! You should have each received an email from me explaining the details. While I cannot offer all participants a month’s free advertising, I can send you a little link love here as thanks for entering the contest.

Derek Semmler
Goodies Hunter
Paolo U
QuaChee
Romandock
Super Blogging

Thanks everyone for entering the contest and do stay tuned for more fun and games, as you never know when I will launch another contest.

The famous John Cow dot Com recently changed its web host and is now hosted on a dedicated server from Top Hosting Center, which has sponsored a brand new XBOX360 Elite and a copy of the new Grand Theft Auto IV (scheduled for release at the end of April) for the cow’s latest contest.

The winner will be picked via a lottery and you can choose how many tickets that you want to have in the draw! The more tickets that you have the greater chance of winning this elite prize! There are various ways to earn those tickets:

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I got lucky in Derek Semmler’s Free Advertising contest and won myself a 125×125 button ad spot on his blog for a period of one month.

Borrowing Derek’s easy-to-enter contest idea, I’m going to free up the four 125×125 ad spot (on the right) under “Recommended Sites” section, and let you have a chance to win a month of free advertising on this PR4 blog.

How To Enter

I’m going to keep the entry requirements extremely easy - simply leave a comment on this post and you’re entered for your chance to win!

• Comments submitted by 11:59pm GMT +8, April 27th, 2008 will be entered.
• Only one entry per person will be accepted.
• No porn, no spam.
• Winners will be selected at random using the Random Integer Generator on Saturday, April 28th, 2008.
• Winners will have seven days to respond with their 125×125 button. In the event a winner does not respond, an alternate winner will be selected.
• The ads will run through the month of May, 2008.

So what are you waiting for? Comment away!