Whoa. When I intitially planned the book giveaway, I envisioned myself writing each comment number on a sheet of paper, ripping them into little squares and drawing three winners out of a hat (a baseball cap of course, likely embroidered with a "B"). What I didn't anticipate was the 485 comments that were entered in a mere 48 hours.
Writing 485 numbers was out of the question. Ryan suggested I write or use a script to randomly generate the three winning numbers. A great idea. I even took an easier route -- employing the use of a random integer generator that completed the task through a simple web form.
And so it went. I entered the range (1-485) and number of random numbers desired (3) and clicked the "Get Numbers" button.
The Winning Numbers
Congratulations to:
Kindly send me your mailing addresses so that friends of ED can send you the goods.
A Bundle of Links
First of all, a big thank you to all those that entered. I wish I could give you each a free book. The flip-side to this is that we've amassed a gigantic list (naturally there are several repeats) of quality articles on the topic of web standards.
I'd love to convert the comments to a nice n' tidy list at some point (volunteers? :-) -- as I think it'll be a wonderful bookmark filled with some indespensable info.
Thanks again for participating. And I of course must mention that if you didn't win, the book can still end up in your hands by way of more traditional methods.