Hey, Buddy. Can You Spare a C-Note?
The way I figure it there are a lot of rich LJ readers out there. How do I figure that? Well we offer $100 bucks, that's right a C-note, a Franklin, a Benjamin, a Bill, a Yard for Tech Tips that we publish in the magazine. Do we get any takers? Not a lot. So I figure, since everybody out there is rolling in dough they ought to send some of it to me.
Now, if I'm wrong, then send us a tech tip at techtips-at-linuxjournal.com. Keep em short, get to the point, make em useful, talk linux. Don't forget your name and postal mailing address. Do all that and we'll mail you a C-Note.
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.
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Fresh Tips
If you're like me, you've amassed a bunch of little scripts and hints and tips over the years. My biggest fear is I'll accidentally cover one from a previous LJ issue!
And with gas at almost $4/gallon, I think $100/Tech Tip is a good deal! Perhaps you should advertise the offer as 25 gallons of gas / Tech Tip?
-- FLR or flrichar is a superfan of Linux Journal, and goofs around in the LJ IRC Channel
One small problem
If I could just figure out how to put 25 gallons of gas in an envelope.
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.