This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Contest Factory for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Most of my friends are now sick with a cold or a flu. It is that time of year. Germs travel fast in the office. But, have you ever wondered what the most germ filled place in the office is? It’s not the toilet. The dirtiest thing is… the Keyboard!. The computer keyboard holds more germs than the toilet. This is what the research says. I have read about this many times before and I think it is really interesting.

Why the keyboard gets so many germs? Some of the reasons I have heard as to why the keyboard gets so many germs on it are:

• People don’t wash their hands after the toilet
• People eat meat and other high bacteria foods over the keyboard
• The keyboard rarely gets washed
• Many people often share a keyboard (like at University or secretary stations

The good thing about this is that there is a contest conducted by Pimp My Cube Contest. Pimp My Cube Contest is searching for the worst, most pathetic and messy cubicle or office that may have bad furniture, old technology, messy, unorganized, noisy, dirty, dark and/or any other attributes that make it a bad space to work in.

They want people to upload a video showing their cube/office/workspace while they explain the details about why it is horrible and why it is so important that Contest Factory come in and ‘Pimp’ their cube. Once yours video is entered, you invite your friends, family and coworkers to vote for your video.

You get sweepstakes entry points for registering, voting, commenting and inviting others to register for the contest. The grand prize of your cube being ‘pimped’ will be selected by CF judges based on various criteria including for the most votes, best (really worst) video and most compelling story.

The contest has a total grand prize value of approximately $1200. Prize is to update your office/workspace/cube with one of three prize packages:   

• New high end computer system New Desk
• Chair and Decorations
• New Entertainment Package with high end stereo, espresso machine etc.  

Right now only a few has uploaded a video so the chances of winning are very good. It is easy to upload video to the site to enter from your phone or webcam. Video should be fun and witty – anything goes!! The better the story, the funnier the video – better chances of winning. A second sweepstakes prize of a $200 gift card will be awarded to the registered user chosen by random drawing at the end of the contest period. The contest period is from 12/5/11 at 12:00 PM to 1/31/12 at 12:00 PM. 

So, How dirty do you reckon your cube is?

To overcome the problem of cell phone usage charges there are a few tips from users of straight talk.

• Choose a provider that can provide unlimited service according to your financial abilities,
• Just connect to the internet using Wi-Fi only.

It is rather difficult to determine the most suitable provider that fits us because everyone has a different character in terms of mobile phone use:

• Make sure all the locations are affordable by the service providers.
• Do not be easily tempted by a banner or billboards strewn across the road. Billboards were not necessarily guaranteeing the existence of quality.
• Make sure whether we want to use it daily, weekly or monthly. Monthly usage is less expensive, but if service is not satisfactory, then we will suffer for a month. When your daily or weekly usage was considered satisfactory, and then you can choose monthly package.
• Unlimited package will usually decrease the speed when we have reached the quota, so determine if it needs a large quota  or even the smallest quotas alone is sufficient.

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