I'm starting up a "listserve lottery", inspired by
http://thelistserve.com/, but specifically for the hacker/govie/FLOSS/maker/nerd community.
The idea is to randomly select one subscriber each day to email all the other subscribers with a few words on anything they like - but hopefully something related to their work, their tooling, process, philosophy, something they'd like to build, collaborate on, etc. It's a daily email to inspire, expose you to unfamiliar technologies and practices, connect you to folks who might not attend the same conferences.