11 August 2008
I'm shaving my head for charity. Help out!
Kevin Rose recently challenged me to shave my head for charity and it sounded like a great idea (and Gill even gave her blessing). So this Thursday, Aug 14th, is the big day. I’m going to shave my head live on Ustream.tv.
As you all know, us Carsonites are passionate about the web, so we thought it’d be great to raise money for a charity that helps people with disabilities use the web better. AbilityNet fits that bill perfectly.
If you’d like to donate, we’re giving away some great publicity:
$500 – You get a link in the news on Vitamin (15,000+ subscribers)
$1,000 - The above + your URL on screen during the live shaving + your URL in the post-shaving article on Carsonified.com (3,500+ subscribers)
$5,000 – All of the above + your URL at the bottom of a Vitamin article (50,000+ subscribers) + your URL in a post-shaving Tweet by Ryan (3,800+ followers)
$10,000 – All of the above + your logo on the big screen at the beginning of FOWA and a thank you from Ryan from stage to the entire audience (2,000+ attendees)
Please help us out!
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Scott Mallinson
# August 11, 2008 - 3:51 pm
Hair today, gone
tomorrowThursday!Dominic
# August 11, 2008 - 4:30 pm
I am with you, bring on the clippers buzzzzz
Simon
# August 11, 2008 - 4:50 pm
woohoo we’ll be watching!
stewart townsend
# August 11, 2008 - 4:59 pm
Go for it Ryan, good cause and awesome and well done gill as well.
Alan Houser
# August 11, 2008 - 5:00 pm
Do work, son!
geekazine
# August 11, 2008 - 5:08 pm
I did that a few years ago and never looked back. Bald is Beautiful!
Fubiz
# August 11, 2008 - 5:08 pm
Funny
Gareth
# August 11, 2008 - 5:12 pm
Ryan, you look soo EMO in that shot. CUT IT ALL OFF. ALL OF IT. hehe
Gentle Reader
# August 11, 2008 - 6:11 pm
This is a great cause, glad to see you’re participating.
My guess, though, is that you’ll be “buzzing” your hair, as opposed to actually shaving your head.
The former, hardly a statement these days, usually involves a set of electric clippers, the latter a razor and some shaving cream and still “says something.”
Bill
# August 11, 2008 - 8:01 pm
That Kevin is a bad influence on you Ryan. You don’t need to go along with all his crazy suggestions :-)
NaldzGraphics
# August 12, 2008 - 8:55 am
we want to see bald:)
matt
# August 12, 2008 - 10:53 am
heyyy what is the adress we can watch the shaving on lol would be soo funy!!!!
David
# August 13, 2008 - 4:57 pm
Thanks so much Ryan – we really appreciate it
I think we need to challenge someone to really go for it !
who will be the first person (and I suspect this is one for the men) to offer to submit to a full body waxing for charity ? A strategically placed webcam showing facial expression throughout would be worth a lot to people !!!
Before you ask – no its not me !
Dave
Director of Development
AbilityNet
jenny
# August 14, 2008 - 8:13 am
ryan where is the address for us to watch this live.? i am new sorry
johnnyh
# August 14, 2008 - 2:12 pm
Has no one mentioned “Shaving Private Ryan?”
Or worse – “Shaving ryan’s privates?”
Best of luck with the hair-do
iamkeir
# August 15, 2008 - 12:21 pm
Has the deed been done??
prisca
# August 15, 2008 - 2:32 pm
Well done, Ryan :) and that was fun :)
Shame you didn’t go with the mohawk look though….
Ryan
# August 17, 2008 - 7:56 pm
Thanks everyone! We had a blast during the shave :)
Serge Lescouarnec
# August 29, 2008 - 5:05 am
Hi Ryan
What’s next Air Guitar?
Just kidding
Thought I would ask for a little help from Ryan by asking for his Vote for my South by Southwest Panel Idea: From Consumed to Thrifty: Strategies for the Good Life in a Wobbly Economy.
It will not be about doomsday scenarios but rather how events challenge us to reconsider how we do things.
Voting ends on Friday, August 29.
More details on Serge the Concierge
Vote for our idea Thanks to the Panel Picker.
Don’t catch a head cold.
Take care
Serge
‘The French Guy from New Jersey’
Hair today, gone yesterday * « Our Justgiving Blog
# September 24, 2008 - 10:16 am
[...] * Title of this post nabbed from a witty comment on the Carsonified blog [...]
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# October 2, 2008 - 8:26 pm
great and funny article
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# October 24, 2008 - 8:25 am
Look her face pardon his face