Would you like to give yourself a Christmas present? Like a free copy of The Design Matrix hot off the printing presses? Here’s all that you need to do.

First, go here, click on the large version of the book cover, and print off a copy.

Second, take this page, get Santa to hold it, and take his picture (no PhotoShopping). If you already have a copy of the book and would like a second one, just use your book instead. The caption for the photo will be, ‘Look What Santa Got for Christmas.’

Third, send me your picture by December 21, 2007 and put “Contest Photo” in the subject line. The link to my e-mail address can be found here.

Be creative. Have fun. The best picture will be hosted on The Design Matrix and Telic Thoughts blogs on Christmas Eve and a free copy of The Design Matrix will be sent out the day after Christmas.

The Design Matrix has received its first review from Steve Petermann, a design engineer and author of the blog, Theology in the 3rd Millennium. Steve Petermann writes:

For some time now I have thought that the debate surrounding ID had grown stale. It seems that the ideas and arguments concerning intelligent design were just being recycled over and over again. That has changed. I just finished reading Mike Gene’s new book The Design Matrix and it is chock-full of interesting information, ideas, and approaches to the design question.

You can read the rest here.