Hardware Giveaway: 5,000 Comments Challenge!
Update (27/02): we received 9000 comments – we hit the 5,000 mark! And the winners are: 1) graphic card goes to Joshua Lawson (#5533) from Sewell, NJ; 2) the mouse goes to Gareth (#5651) from Cape Town, South Africa; 3) the headphones go to Catalin (#8598) from Bucharest, Romania. Congratulations! All winners have already been contacted.
If you didn’t win, it may make sense for you to subscribe to our RSS-feed, more giveaways are coming! Thank you for participation!
Why should you get gifts only on Christmas and your birthday? We at Smashing Magazine love to give away things all year long. This time, you have a chance to get some really cool hardware.
Taking part in this giveaway is easy… well, maybe not that easy. We’re keen on seeing a lot of comments and want to see at least 5,000 comments in this post, so spread the word and help us get to 5,000 or more comments and then win one of the smashing prizes below.
The 5,000 comment challenge is important, folks. If we don’t reach that goal, then the prizes get torched. Okay, they don’t get torched, but the giveaway only kicks in after 5000 comments. It is not a random, unrealistic figure either; we got 3,800 comments in our recent books giveaway.
Prizes You Can Win
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2, with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory 2 x 256-bit memory interface, 2.4 teraFLOPS of GPU power and 1600 stream processing units.
Sennheiser PXC 350, a high-end travel headphone, with active noise compensation and a set for active attenuation of ambient noise.
Microsoft Arc Mouse Black, an ergonomic laser mouse with customizable buttons that folds to 60% of its fully expanded size; for both left-handers and right-handers.
How Do I Participate?
To participate, just leave a comment and tell us:
- Where in the world are you currently located (country and city), and
- How is the weather outside? Rainy? Sunny? Foggy?
The giveaway lasts until Friday, February 27th. The three winners will be selected randomly. Good luck, folks, and please spread the word!
Glen Stansberry
February 23rd, 2009 11:58 amI’m in Lawrence, KS USA and the weather outside is a sunny 45 degrees with a slight breeze :)
Dustin
February 23rd, 2009 11:58 amGreat contest. 5,000 is a whole lot of comments though.
Casey
February 23rd, 2009 11:58 amAtlanta, GA in the USA
its cold outside, but sunny with blue skies. summer time can’t get here soon enough.
Graham
February 23rd, 2009 11:58 amBournemouth, Dorset, England
And no, it’s not in London
Too dark too see but probably cloudy
Nathan
February 23rd, 2009 11:59 amHello, Toulon France and it’s Sunny :)
Matt
February 23rd, 2009 12:00 pmFort Worth, TX in the USA. It’s sunny and in the fifties.
sam
February 23rd, 2009 12:00 pmAtlanta, Georgia, USA
Cold with a chance of meatballs.
Joost de Valk
February 23rd, 2009 12:01 pmWijchen, the Netherlands, bit rainy and DARK!
Sofia
February 23rd, 2009 12:01 pmI’m in Toronto, Canada and it’s sunny but cooold…
Monty
February 23rd, 2009 12:01 pmCalgary, AB Canada.. The weather sucks! — It’s snowing!
dries
February 23rd, 2009 12:01 pmGierle, Antwerp, Belgium
Rainy, miserable, cold,…
Daryl
February 23rd, 2009 12:01 pmBeautiful, sunny and 10C here in Vancouver, Canada :-)
Attila
February 23rd, 2009 12:01 pmNapkor, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg megye, Hungary
It’s snowing out there! ;)
Nick van Egdom
February 23rd, 2009 12:02 pmI’m in Wormer, Netherlands and the weather outside is cloudy and cold for in the Netherlands
Stacy
February 23rd, 2009 12:02 pmThe mouse and headphones look cool! San Diego, 57degrees, sunny.
daredanger
February 23rd, 2009 12:02 pmIndia
summer
Davy
February 23rd, 2009 12:02 pmParis douzième, nuit fraiche.
David
February 23rd, 2009 12:02 pm1. United States of America – Reno, Nevada
2. Rainy but 53°…
Here’s to hoping!!! :D
Forgot to mention that I saw the title of the article in my RSS reader and just had to give it a shot. How sad is it that this is my first time trying my hand at a contest on here?!?!
Jeremy
February 23rd, 2009 12:03 pmDetroit, Michigan.
We had our snow, now it’s just a bleak depressing grey.
Sinan Ghareb
February 23rd, 2009 12:03 pmCalgary / Alberta, Canada
Snowing and -9 :D
Sean Johnson
February 23rd, 2009 12:03 pmI’m in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA – and it’s bitterly cold!
Thomas
February 23rd, 2009 12:03 pmHello, my name is Thomas – I’m a fifteen-year-old “web-designer” with currently no further education than self-education, from Norway. Today, it’s snowy outside with at least 30 centimeters of snow. Pretty cold, minus 6 degrees Celsius.
Miha
February 23rd, 2009 12:03 pmHello from Slovenia, Idrija
It’s cloudy outside … and cold
Sarah
February 23rd, 2009 12:03 pmBielefeld, Germany! It’s rainy! And cold!
5000, wow!
Justin Sane
February 23rd, 2009 12:04 pmNot gonna win (again), I’m sure… but like supporting causes.
Cloudy as usual, Bogotá – Colombia
Dan
February 23rd, 2009 12:04 pmChicago is somewhat thawing after a snow storm this past weekend
Sonali Agrawal
February 23rd, 2009 12:04 pmWonderful SM. I always love your contests. Hope to win this time.
I am in Dallas, Texas, USA. The weather is chilly outside, with the Sun shining, but still cold. It’s 60 degrees(F).
Leo
February 23rd, 2009 12:04 pmin munich (bavaria, germany) the wheater is cold and there’s a lot of wet snow
Sanne Roemen
February 23rd, 2009 12:04 pmI’m in Haarlem, Netherlands (near Amsterdam) it’s night out, dry weather and quite cold.
Patrik Mårtensson
February 23rd, 2009 12:04 pmSweden, Söderhamn
-1 c, 21:04 and cloudy
Juan Carlos Rendon
February 23rd, 2009 12:04 pmCuernavaca, Mexico
Sunny
Christian Wilson
February 23rd, 2009 12:05 pmI’m in Euless Texas, and the weather it nice and sunny, with a few fluffy clouds.
rex
February 23rd, 2009 12:05 pmfremont,ca — at work
rainy days and mondays always hoping to win at smashingmagazine!!!
André Scholten
February 23rd, 2009 12:05 pmAssen, Netherlands
Cloudy and a bit wet
John McLearran
February 23rd, 2009 12:05 pmLocation: USA, Moss
Weather: Sunny and 37°F
Marko Vukicevic
February 23rd, 2009 12:05 pmHello from Belgrade, Serbia. It’s snowy a bit.
robbie
February 23rd, 2009 12:05 pmbandung, indonesia .. eerr it seems rainy :D
Eric Martin
February 23rd, 2009 12:05 pmSacramento, California
It is rainy and we need it!
Jeremy
February 23rd, 2009 12:06 pmI’m from Reutlingen Germany, and right now its mostly dark with a forecast of no stars.
Minneapolis Web Design Company
February 23rd, 2009 12:06 pmHow much do I love Smashing Magazine? Let me count the ways…
Minneapolis, Minnesota. 19 degrees F. Sunny but COLD!
Brad
February 23rd, 2009 12:06 pmI’m in New Zealand. Way better than Old Zealand, although it is raining. No forest fires here.
Chase
February 23rd, 2009 12:06 pmUSA, Austin, TX
Sunny and 67
Glorb
February 23rd, 2009 12:06 pmI’m in Congleton, Cheshire, UK. And it’s not rainy, wich is nice ! But it’s dark so no one can enjoy the sun…
Andrea
February 23rd, 2009 12:06 pmCatania, Sicily (Italy).
It’s cold… but hey, it’s carnival i should go out :P
Tony
February 23rd, 2009 12:07 pmI am in Indianapolis, IN and the weather is sunny but very cold.
Joshua
February 23rd, 2009 12:07 pmMorgantown, West Virginia, USA
It is snowy and cold outside, but the sun is coming out. Hopefully it will warm up some. I don’t like cold weather so much, it’s not really my thing.
Are we allowed to comment more than once?
Todd
February 23rd, 2009 12:07 pmWilliamstown, NJ mostly sunny windy and 34 F
Cyle Olson
February 23rd, 2009 12:07 pmBurnsville, MN and the weather is COLD! | 20°F (Feels Like 9°F) and yet it is Sunny out. That is tropical MN for ya.
Many
February 23rd, 2009 12:07 pmCold enough here in Paris :)
William Golden
February 23rd, 2009 12:07 pmI’m in Nashville, TN USA, Currently cold but sunny :)
Doug
February 23rd, 2009 12:07 pmNew Zealand.
It’s warm and sunny right now, but the forecast says it might rain later, which sucks BTW.
tj roy
February 23rd, 2009 12:07 pmI am in Junction City, Kansas and it is a nice 49F.
Cheers, TJ
Asdrubal
February 23rd, 2009 12:07 pmim in Venezuela, its sunny right now, but it has rain a fair amount of times…
Rob
February 23rd, 2009 12:07 pmTecumseh, Ontario
VERY sunny, but -4*C
james
February 23rd, 2009 12:08 pmYay for SM!
Do you win something if you are the 5,000th commenter?
Char-Lou Benedict
February 23rd, 2009 12:08 pmHi all..
I am in Sunny San Diego and it is 72 degrees.
Love that mouse!
Dixon Crews
February 23rd, 2009 12:08 pmGreensboro, NC here, and according to my weather widget it’s 38 degrees F with a high of 42!
Mohammed Ali EL AMRANI
February 23rd, 2009 12:08 pmmohammed ali from Morroco
it’s sunny day
Jasen
February 23rd, 2009 12:08 pmBrooklyn ,New York,USA
Sunny, very windy and cold.
alex Thomas
February 23rd, 2009 12:08 pmlets get away from the weather, tweet tweet, lets get some momentum behind this post
Jason
February 23rd, 2009 12:08 pmOnly need another 4953.. seems like a bit of a push.
David Pierce
February 23rd, 2009 12:08 pmCharlottesville, VA- Cold, windy, terrible. 28 degrees.
Daniele
February 23rd, 2009 12:08 pmDaniele from Bari, south of Italy.
It’s too cold for me, few degrees. Sometimes snowy.
I’m still asking why my country it’s still cold in february…
normally there are 20 degrees in this period. ù.ù
Michael Luna
February 23rd, 2009 12:09 pmI am from McAllen, Texas and its a nice cool day outside. A sunny day in the 70′s.
Mads Kjaer
February 23rd, 2009 12:09 pmI’m in Odense, Denmark and it’s currently very cold and rainy outside, as always :/
Go Smashing Mag!
Noelle
February 23rd, 2009 12:09 pmI’m in Bellingham, Washington and it is 51 and cloudy.
Fabianv
February 23rd, 2009 12:09 pmI’m commenting from Sofia, Bulgaria and its pretty sunny but the snow and the cold temperatures means I dont go out as much as I’d like to :)
Julianna
February 23rd, 2009 12:09 pmI’m in Richardson, TX. It’s a bit cold at 60, but the sun is out and shining! =)
zack
February 23rd, 2009 12:09 pmPittsburgh, PA US, and it was COLD this morning! much to windy for my tastes
Robert
February 23rd, 2009 12:09 pmI am in Romania, Zalau
No sun but the snow is melting.
traylorillo
February 23rd, 2009 12:10 pmChesterfield, Virginia, USA
It’s sunny, windy and cold.
nb3004
February 23rd, 2009 12:10 pmBuffalo, NY
sunny and 21º
Mike van Hoenselaar
February 23rd, 2009 12:10 pmI am at Eindhoven and the weather is dark atm ;-). This afternoon it was cloudy and rainy.
Good luck with the 5000!
Shared it here: http://twitter.com/MikevHoenselaar/status/1242077208
Mickey
February 23rd, 2009 12:10 pmAtlanta, GA — cold and sunny
Trond
February 23rd, 2009 12:10 pmVolda, Norway
..and it’s cold and raining outside!
Darryn
February 23rd, 2009 12:10 pmI’m in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It’s about 10pm and warm (about 21º C) with a fresh breeze.
Cool prizes by the way :)
Edwin
February 23rd, 2009 12:10 pmEdwin from the Netherlands, city Amersfoort, almost spring here…
Wil
February 23rd, 2009 12:11 pmToronto, Canada with clear skies
jen wong
February 23rd, 2009 12:11 pmI am in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Today is great and happy rainy day !
Alex R.
February 23rd, 2009 12:11 pmTimisoara, Romania, It’s snowing outside – YEY , the temperature is below zero Celsius – even though it’s not Christmas, with so many Smashing Presents it feels like it :)
Really cool initiative guys , Congrats
tr
February 23rd, 2009 12:11 pmMyrtle Beach, SC, USA. Cold and Sunny!
E.J. Semeijn
February 23rd, 2009 12:11 pmThe Netherlands, Utrecht; Mostly clouded, 6C / 40F
andymurd
February 23rd, 2009 12:11 pmI’m in Leeds in the UK, home of flat caps, pies, whippets, great beer and no nonsense.
The weather is cold, dry and it’s dark at the moment.
Adrian Gyuricska
February 23rd, 2009 12:11 pmEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
-10°C Snowing
Kristin4ik
February 23rd, 2009 12:11 pmGermany, Saarbruecken
Rainy and cold
John Slater
February 23rd, 2009 12:11 pmLancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe, Earth
Oh the weather outside is frightful, But the fire is so delightful, And since we’ve no place to go, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
But seriously. its cold. very very cold. and wet. so its cold and wet. wetty coldy weather.
Justin Parks
February 23rd, 2009 12:11 pmIn Marbella, Spain. The weather is… well its dark, its bloody night time. :P
Max
February 23rd, 2009 12:11 pmLivin in Québec City, Canada
Snowy and -5ºC
Mark
February 23rd, 2009 12:12 pmHi all !
Im from London England and the weather outside is drab and overcast but its warm for the time of year.
And im eating Toad-in-the-Hole as I type this!
Chris
February 23rd, 2009 12:12 pmPresently in New York City and the weather is a chilly (but sunny) 33 degrees.
Kelvin
February 23rd, 2009 12:12 pmUSA, Union Mills, NC
It’s sunny and windy here now.
Gijs
February 23rd, 2009 12:12 pmI’m in Enschede, The Netherlands (Europe),
and the weather is cloudy and 7 Celsius.
Michael
February 23rd, 2009 12:12 pmPoland, Warsaw. It is cold, dark, and it might rain. It is definitely not sunny here.
Best
Lora
February 23rd, 2009 12:12 pmi’m in houston, tx, usa
it’s 60 outside, sunny, and not hardly a cloud in the sky. perfect.
Max
February 23rd, 2009 12:12 pmGermany, Schwielowsee – It’s very cold and raining.
DerTim
February 23rd, 2009 12:13 pmI am in Colchester, Essex (UK). Its cold with a slight drizzle outside.
Fabian
February 23rd, 2009 12:13 pmFrom Zalau, Romania. It’s cold out there. And Robert is my room-mate :D
Miguel Carvajal
February 23rd, 2009 12:13 pmI’m in Santa Rosa, California, and it has been raining cats & dogs around here since last Friday the 20th…
Penguino
February 23rd, 2009 12:14 pmI’m in Bogotá, Colombia.
It’s somewhat foggy :D
Jan Jaap
February 23rd, 2009 12:14 pmWijnjewoude, The Netherlands.
With some typical cold dutch wether, it’s around 5 degree celcius and quite windy…