Light-weight, Collaborative Javascript Debugging: JS Bin on Joyent Accelerators

JS Bin is a very useful utility offering collaborative JavaScript debugging. From the About section:

JS Bin allows you to edit and test JavaScript and HTML (reloading the URL also maintains the state of your code – new tabs doesn’t). Once you’re happy you can save, and send the URL to a peer for review or help. They can then make further changes saving anew if required.

At Joyent we’re pleased to be offering the cloud infrastructure for JS Bin. We have high hopes for the future of JavaScript both on the client and the server.

To celebrate JS Bin on Joyent Accelerators we will give away five one-year subscriptions to entry-level Accelerators to people that answer one of the following five questions:

1) What place did Jason Hoffman come in for the Joyent 2007 weight loss contest? Jason came in ___________.
2) Please provide a URL to pictures showing Jason Hoffman before/after his tremendous weight gain? URL: _________________.
3) Much of Jason Hoffman’s earlier weight gain came from eating ____________.
4) Jason Hoffman’s current weight is _____________.
5) Jason Hoffman smokes ___________ packs of cigarettes daily.

You can answer questions in the comments. The first one to answer a question correctly will win an Accelerator. One win per player. No Joyent employees, thanks.

Update: congratulations to all the winners. Contest done. Prizes will be sent out soon.

Update: all Prizes have been sent to the winners

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32 Comments

  1. David Young
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 9:19 pm | Permalink

    Be nice! ;)

  2. Jonto
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 9:26 pm | Permalink

    Before/After

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/textdriveinc/90044708/

  3. David Young
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 9:34 pm | Permalink

    @Jonto: you’ve won! Question 2 is done.

  4. Joe Martin
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 9:35 pm | Permalink

    #3: from eating tacos, of course.

  5. David Young
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 9:40 pm | Permalink

    @Joe Martin: ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Question 3 is done.

  6. Jonathan
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 9:43 pm | Permalink

    Well, we know you won the context from (http://www.joyeur.com/2007/06/28/and-the-joyent-diet-contest-winner-is) and it sounds like Jason had no chance, indicating that he might have come in LAST place…. of course thats just a guess…

  7. Chris Drackett
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 9:48 pm | Permalink

    I’ll guess he came in 3rd.. Just as the 2 questions I know the answer to are already answered..

  8. bici
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 9:51 pm | Permalink

    Jason came in second from last….

  9. sparkx
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 9:53 pm | Permalink

    Jason smokes 0 packs a day, but I have no idea how much beer he drinks.

  10. Ryan LaBarre
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 9:55 pm | Permalink

    5) 0!

  11. bici
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 10:00 pm | Permalink

    5) 3

  12. Eli
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 10:02 pm | Permalink

    #1 – pretty sure he came in 2nd

  13. Eli
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 10:05 pm | Permalink

    No, wait, he came in 3rd in the weight loss — I forgot about pete

  14. Stacy
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 10:40 pm | Permalink

    2 Packs a day

  15. Alex
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 10:42 pm | Permalink

    5) 1 pack?

  16. Diwaker
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 11:48 pm | Permalink

    1) last
    5) 0

  17. Bill Blum
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 11:57 pm | Permalink

    1. I think he came in 5th? Shane didn’t make the weigh in per the joyeur post.

    4. 245 lbs.

    5. 0.5 + 0.25i ( I don’t know, my only knowledge of Jason is watching the scaling presentation… which prompted me to buy a Rails book, and reinstall Solaris on my poor disused Blade 100. )

  18. David Young
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 1:06 am | Permalink

    @bici: right! Jason came in second to last or fourth. The actual order was: me, Peter, Kristie, Jason, Shane.

  19. David Young
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 1:10 am | Permalink

    @sparkx: correct-o! You’ve answered #5 correctly. Jason has given up smoking entirely after having troubles.

  20. David Young
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 1:13 am | Permalink

    @Bill Blum: you’re close. On one of the answers.

  21. Eli
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 1:23 am | Permalink

    ok, ok, last try:

    235lbs & 1/2 a pack a day

  22. larry p
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 1:30 am | Permalink

    current weight: 115 kg

  23. Gavin Bell
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 1:31 am | Permalink

    240lbs based on wisdom of the taco crowd

  24. alan
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 1:42 am | Permalink

    230 soaking wet.

  25. Mike
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 1:54 am | Permalink

    237

  26. Sebastian
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 7:03 am | Permalink

    I’d say 210 lbs on question 4.

  27. Sebastian
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 7:03 am | Permalink

    I’d say 210 lbs on question 4.

  28. Dwight Gunning
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 1:21 pm | Permalink

    Looks like #4 is all that’s left….

    243lb.

  29. alan
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 2:22 pm | Permalink

    Okay, okay. 195 lbs.

  30. David Young
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 4:23 pm | Permalink

    @Dwight Gunning: you’re right. 243. Last I checked. You win.

  31. Jason A. Hoffman
    Posted March 16, 2009 at 9:32 am | Permalink

    I am not 243 pounds. I last weighed in as 215. The things that show up when I take a week off.

  32. Sebastian
    Posted March 16, 2009 at 10:18 am | Permalink

    So I say 215 on question 4. :-)

    I even got a prove that 210 was right, too. ;-)


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