As I mentioned in this post, James and I decided to raise some money for what I consider a very worthy charity: The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum.  The plan was for James to bring a custom-made t-shirt to Codestock for me to wear.  The shirt, which was supposed to cause me some embarrassment during my talk, ended up not being delivered to James’ house until *after* he left for Codestock.  We were both really disappointed, BUT there’s some backstory I can share.

James originally tried to get the shirt made at zazzle.com, but for whatever reason, they rejected his design (copyright issues?).  He eventually got the shirt made at Cafepress, but even though he chose “2-day shipping”, it took about 8 days for the shirt to be delivered.  I feel pretty bad about it because I did get quite a few donations and was really looking forward to “earning” them.  I even added a slide to my session deck that talked about it. :-\

We’ve decided to extend the challenge a bit.  He is sending the shirt to me sometime *before* I leave for DevLink.  My plan is to wear it on the DevLink bus (more on that in another post), although James suggested wearing it during the event.  We’ll see how things go.

So, no pictures yet, but I promise there will be.

Oh, I should mention something else.  After the Codestock poker game, Dennis Burton donated his winnings to the “challenge”!  That was an additional $70 I wasn’t expecting!  Thanks Dennis!

While I’d prefer everyone click on this donate buttonso I can collect all donations and then write the Museum one big check after DevLink, you may certainly skip that and simply donate directly to the museum using this link.  If you do donate directly to the museum, please leave a comment on this post.   100% of the donations I receive will go directly to the museum.  If you have any questions, please use the contact link on my blog.