Wired Writer Disappears, Find Him and Make $5k 135
carp3_noct3m writes "A freelance Wired magazine journalist has decided to see what it is like to disappear from normal life, all while staying on the grid. The catch, is that he is challenging anyone and everyone to find him, take a picture, and speak a special codeword to him. If you can do that, you can make 5000 dollars, which happens to come out of his paycheck for the article he'll be writing. Oh, and to top it all off, whoever finds him gets pictures and interviews in Wired. He has been posting to his Twitter, using TOR for internet, and the Wired website will be posting his credit card transactions."
Re:Is this an ad? (Score:5, Informative)
Yes [slashdot.org] Slashdot [slashdot.org] does [slashdot.org] post [slashdot.org] links [slashdot.org] to [slashdot.org] contests [slashdot.org].
Re:Is this an ad? (Score:3, Informative)
I got to read the original article (though it would be nice of /. linked to it directly or mentioned it in the summary) and read a few posts of the twitter followers and such. Interesting concept, I wonder how much of it he will get to expense later (and if the 5k out of his salary if found is really enough to make him ultra paranoid about being found)
Re:No problemo (Score:3, Informative)
Then re-read TFS or TFA because he says he's staying ON GRID and it's explicitly mentioned.
Re:I could get him in ten minutes. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Already Been Done (Score:4, Informative)
I thought that one was about "falling off the grid". What this guy is doing is trying to stay hidden while still using modern conveniences and only the skills that an average citizen has at their disposal. I.E., hiding while staying on "THE GRID".