Gareth Jones

After a great response to Learnalot’s first ever competition to win a year’s free subscription, we were all agreed that Bohunt School in Hampshire provided the most imaginative entry and so were awarded the prize.

Congratulations to them and a big thank you to everyone else who entered!

With the excitement building as we head towards Learnalot’s launch in January, we’ve decided to give one lucky school a full year’s subscription for free.

To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is explain in 50 words why your school deserves a free subscription and send it to competition@learnalot.com before January 1st 2011. More details are on the email flyer that was sent out last night.

Good luck!

DCOMsoft have very kindly offered a free copy of the SWF Protector 2 software that I reviewed earlier today, to be given to the winner of some kind of competition. I’ve never held a competition on my blog before, so bear with me on this one. Ok, so…

The word “obfuscate”, as defined by Chambers Free English Dictionary, is:

1 to darken or obscure something.
2 to obscure something or make it difficult to understand.
3 to bewilder or confuse someone.

So, keeping with the theme, what’s the most bewildering or confusing thing that’s ever happened to you, or that you have ever inflicted on someone else? It can be on any subject – doesn’t need to be related to writing code or anything like that – and be no more than 500 words. It’s not an easy task, but then this prize is worth £40 so I don’t think I’m asking too much of you!

The best (most interesting or amusing) account by 12pm GMT on Monday the 12th of April gets a free copy of SWF Protector 2.

My girlfriend will be the judge, so you can be assured that the results will be totally fair and impartial. The judge’s decision is final and there are no cash alternatives to the prize. The winner will be announced right here.