As the more attentive of readers may know, Emily won the contest regarding how many pictures I would take this summer, with a guess of 18,081. She was closest to the real number of 16,904 so a prize was due.

I had a bit of a problem coming up with ideas until late, but things fell together quickly. I choose not to award her with 16,904 of something, because I really do not want to count up that high. Instead two other good prizes were selected. Emily was is town for thanksgiving, so I presented the prizes to her yesterday.

The main prize is the golden camera award for guessing arbitrary numbers with a reasonable degree of accuracy. This coveted prize is a real, working golden camera pre-loaded with colour film I could found lying around my room.

The second, specific prize is a molecular modeling kit. Emily had expressed some slight frustration over a lack of academic pursuits on the Outtatown program, so I thought that this would help prevent any grey matter from going into atrophy.

For everyone who guessed and lost, this contest will probably be repeated next summer. You will have another chance to win the golden camera award.