Our estimation of when the day ticked over on the Google Idol server was wrong. Rather than doing so at 3:00pm GMT, as expected, it did so at some time before 10:30am.
That said, it doesn’t really matter: “Voting is closed! Mica Prazak has won! New competition beginning shortly.” Anyone wishing to comment on this can do so on Mica’s blog.
Many thanks to all those who helped. It’s a relief to have the contest over. Now, I can put something else up at the top of my blog.
Author: Milan
In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. Between 2005 and 2007 I completed an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford. I worked for five years for the Canadian federal government, including completing the Accelerated Economist Training Program, and then completed a PhD in Political Science at the University of Toronto in 2023.
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In other news: Charles Darwin’s 175 year-old tortoise has died.
Also cool, this computer animation of a large asteroid striking the Earth.
According to this Wikipedia entry, the final tally was 2283 votes for Mica and 2139 for Twan, Sjoerd, Manuel and Iwin.
Mica put a post on his blog thanking those who voted for him and announcing the donation of the prize money.