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Congratulations Haunt the Internet Winners!

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For October, we asked you to use your code-hacking skills to transform the web by remixing a JavaScript bookmarklet with Thimble! We got a ton of interesting bookmarklets from all over the country ranging from spooky to hilarious! Thank you to everyone who submitted a remixed bookmarklet!

Our Grand Prize

black cat takeover.pngEarning the MicroProject Winner Badge and a $60 gift card to Best Buy for their squad is Black Cat Takeover! by lori826 from Halsey's Mouse Squad in Rego Park, New York. lori826 not only did an excellent job of creating a landing page with orange and black color scheme to celebrate Halloween but also found unique gifs and images for the bookmarklet and included a helpful screenshot in the original post. Congratulations to lori826 and Halsey's Mouse Squad!

Our First Runner Up

kaito is bootiful.png Our first runner up, receiving a Papertronics Lunar Module for their squad is KAITO IS BOOTIFUL by CATBUS8o_O from Jags 2015 in Salem, Oregon. CATBUS8o_O also did a great job of remixing the landing page by changing the font style and the background color to blue. CATBUS8o_O used html lists in the blog post and gave suggestions on where to use the bookmarklet. Awesome work CATBUS8o_O and Jags 2015!

Our Second Runner Up

werewolf takeover.pngOur second Runner Up (also receiving a Papertronics Lunar Module) is Werewolf Takeover: Don't let them bite you!! by karen826 from Halsey's Mouse Squad (How did they get so good!). karen826 had really great gifs and remixed the landing page for her bookmarklet considerably. Congratulations to karen826 and to Halsey's Mouse Squad once again for the great work.

Honorable Mentions

There were so many great projects this month we wish we had more prizes to give away! We would like to share these honorable mentions:

Shout out for Wins!

It's never too late to award Wins to your favorite MicroProject entries! Give wins for creativity, technical know-how or inspiration. This month we'd like to shout out ryane622 for giving a great creativity win. ryane622 , we think you are a Winner with a capital W!

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When you see someone make a cool MicroProject submission, let them know that they did a great job by giving them a win! You can always go back and give wins to old projects.
Thank you to Coordinators and students who participated and submitted so many awesome avatars! Next month is time to use Twine to create a choose-your-own-adventure story about a day in your life you’d like to live again. Go Back in Twine.

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