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Well, here is the deal. I have to renew my TypePad (the tool that I use to blog at Tiffinbox, Omlog and the SAJA Photoforum) service this month.

Now through January 15, 2004 the kind folks at SixApart (the company behind MovableType and TypePad) have offered a rather unique deal. If I renew with them, I get to choose one person (or organization) to receive one year's service to TypePad for free! The great thing is this – I have a PRO account. Whoever is lucky enough to win this will also receive a PRO account. Clear?

I am taking nominations of individuals or non-profit organizations working in one of the following fields: the arts, health, social justice, new media/journalism or photography. The only other caveat is that the blog service you or your organization will receive (valued at $119.60/year) should be used for the public good (doesn't really matter where it is in the world, but hooray if it is South Asian). So, those interested in only creating personal blog spaces need not apply.

I am turning COMMENTS off, so please email me at – tiffinbox[at]pipalproductions[dot]com. Send in your nominations by December 31, 2004 with the subject header of the email reading “BLOGGING FOR FREE.” If I don't see that, your email won't get looked at for a while. Include a brief description of what the organization is about, or who you are as an individual, what your plans are for the blog you intend setting up and why you think you should receive this gift. I am neither asking for a financial statement or proof of your 501(c)3 status, but I trust that you will honor and hold steadfast my wishes as outlined above when you apply. Please be aware that at the end of one year, you will be responsible for continuing the service for whatever SixApart decides to charge you at that time.

Scian Melt # 4

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It's finally here. With apologies again, allow me to launch into the four (so appropriate, eh?) entries I received for this fourth installment of The Scian Melt.

First up is a lament of sorts by Patrix on his fine blog Nerve Endings Firing Away. And are they ever! Patrix finds the Cobb County School System has succumbed to a form of idiocy; insisting that evolution, or the theory behind it is only that a theory and that creationism, based largely on a Judeo-Christian belief of the world really is the only answer.

Continuing in this vein of science versus religion is Sandeep‘s post coincidentally titled, The Science Vs Religion Battle. Sandeep suggests that the age of rationale, independent thought, especially on college campuses is in the crosshairs of the ultra conservative propagandists. Dare to discuss a controversial topic and you will be forever branded a rabblerouser and summarily ejected from the system.

On a lighter note, Prashant Mullick has a lucid explanation of how we perceive colors in the sky.

Lastly, continuing to keep our eye to the starry sky one blogger who goes by Broodingdood has some truly fantastic plans for India's odyssey to the moon. Arthur C. Clarke would be proud.

The next Melt will be hosted by Patrix on or around December 25.

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