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!
Dean Harrison
February 23rd, 2009 10:56 pmJohannesburg, South Africa and the weather outside is simply Smashing!!!
Melita Joel
February 23rd, 2009 10:56 pmHi,
I’m from Bangalore, India….Tis a warm day out here…..Guess the sun feels too shy to come out in full form today…. :-))
rohit kulthia
February 23rd, 2009 10:57 pmemmmmm……errrrrrrr………..18 degrees, sunny outside……..n m in new delhi, india…….emmmm i ned…….lots of frnds….n css……..n gifts………n blessings……..
phew….
maestro99
February 23rd, 2009 10:57 pmOulu, Finland
-5 C, clear
Charlie
February 23rd, 2009 10:57 pmIm from Ciechanow in Poland and snow is falling also some rain from time to time :)
Matrich
February 23rd, 2009 10:57 pmUganda, Kampala
Its currently rainy outside
Max
February 23rd, 2009 10:58 pmI’m from Johannesburg, South Africa.
It’s bit cloudy here. It has been raining for days…
tobyo
February 23rd, 2009 10:58 pmGermany, Göppingen and it’s rainy.
Abhishek Gupta
February 23rd, 2009 10:58 pmIts a cold cold night…and windy
ZaF
February 23rd, 2009 10:58 pmHeyyy…from Northern Melbourne Australia, it’s a cool day today, tomorrow however a scorching 38 degrees celcius!
Mindy
February 23rd, 2009 10:58 pmSydney Australia, It’s pretty hot and sunny.
Richard
February 23rd, 2009 10:59 pmHi all, I’m in Eijsden, The Netherlands. It’s cloudy and grey outside. 5 degrees Celsius.
Vishwanath BJ
February 23rd, 2009 10:59 pmbangalore getting hot
Rachel
February 23rd, 2009 11:00 pmI am Rachel in London, it is cool outside but much warmer than it has been of late and the occasional suny days are like a promise of a beautiful spring.
Bharath Kumar
February 23rd, 2009 11:00 pmHi SM,
I am in Chennai, India
The day is sunny, but not too hot :)
Expecting to be one of the Winners…
Matt Young
February 23rd, 2009 11:01 pmI’m in Wollongong, Australia. It’s an overcast afternoon but reached high 20′s today.
quard
February 23rd, 2009 11:01 pmRussia, Izhevsk
-9 C and sunny :)
Deon@MakeMac
February 23rd, 2009 11:02 pmim in Jakarta, indonesia
and today full of shine of sunshine!
Ahmed
February 23rd, 2009 11:02 pmgaza,Palestine.
It’s sunny with blue sky, but cold
DonRonito
February 23rd, 2009 11:02 pmIf I win I will give the prize away to someone special – that really deserves it!
Toon
February 23rd, 2009 11:02 pmTurnhout – Belgium
It’s anything but sunny up here, 6° C
mathias
February 23rd, 2009 11:02 pmHi from Salzburg Austria Snowstorm outside -4°C
Ruan
February 23rd, 2009 11:02 pmHi I’m Ruan from Cape Town, South Africa. The weather is sunny and mild with absolutely no wind :)
iluvatarek
February 23rd, 2009 11:04 pmHi!
I’m sure Sennheisers gonna love my head
iluvatarek
Pszczyna, Poland
just cold
xemul
February 23rd, 2009 11:04 pmMscow, Russia.
It’s sunny but very cold. The winter was generally warm, but today it’s -17C, so it is the real winter :)
Ryan
February 23rd, 2009 11:04 pmI AM IN – USA – LOS ANGELES –
and
– IT IS RAINY
Lokesh Yadav
February 23rd, 2009 11:05 pmI am Lokesh Yadav (Lucky) from India. It is sunny outside and very hot. Its all sweating if you stand for a min or two. :)
Wei Ming
February 23rd, 2009 11:05 pmI am in Beijing, China.
And it’s sunny outside.
Cornel
February 23rd, 2009 11:06 pmI’m from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Outside is sunny but cold.
Seth Spencer Balugo
February 23rd, 2009 11:06 pmI’m in Cebu City, Philippines, and it’s hot in here…
Benjamin
February 23rd, 2009 11:07 pmLiège, Belgium…
Grey, Cold… and I’m ready to go work :/
Alana
February 23rd, 2009 11:08 pmAuckland, New Zealand.
I’ts sunny and humid, though with the sun setting it’s quite a pleasant temperature.
Piotrek
February 23rd, 2009 11:08 pmPoland – Kobylanka near Szczecin.
Snow everywhere… but I fell… I really feel… Spring is coming!
Lee Munroe
February 23rd, 2009 11:09 pmBelfast, Northern Ireland. Cold and miserable as usual :)
Mike H
February 23rd, 2009 11:09 pmHa, this is gonna crash some browsers. Anyway, my contribution to your DB load:
In Mackay, Australia and it’s overcast, threatening to rain more but not real wet.
Leong Tzin Siang
February 23rd, 2009 11:09 pmFrom Subang Jaya, Malaysia here
Really sunny now
Bhavesh dhupar
February 23rd, 2009 11:10 pmI am bhavesh
The weather is s follows:
Temperature: 26°C
Current: Haze
Wind: N at 0 km/h
Humidity: 47%
Extraordinare
February 23rd, 2009 11:10 pmHigh from Groningen, Netherlands
Cloudy and +4 C
Only 5000 :P
Fabian Büchler
February 23rd, 2009 11:11 pmI am in Vienna, Austria and it’s 1°C cold and snowing a little.
Engin
February 23rd, 2009 11:11 pmKirsehir / Turkiye, Cloudy and 0° C
josephdietrich
February 23rd, 2009 11:12 pmHmm, a data-gathering exercise … Koblenz, Germany, and it is chilly and rainy.
Kristof Jozsa
February 23rd, 2009 11:12 pmI’m in Budapest, Hungary. As my gnome panel applet reports, currently we have “-2C, feels like -6.8C”, but looking out the window it’s bright and snowy :)
art69
February 23rd, 2009 11:12 pmŁódź, Poland, and the weather it’s clowdy and cold.
“Niech moc będzie z Nami !” – Let the power be with Us ! :D
cheers
Jürgen Gutsch
February 23rd, 2009 11:12 pmHinzingen (BW), Germany
It’s cloudy and cold, right now :-(
Andrew
February 23rd, 2009 11:12 pmI’m in Charlottesville, VA, USA and the weather outside is -22F and windy.
Mário Santos
February 23rd, 2009 11:13 pmWell… another nice contest! :)
Reaching the 5.000 comments should be easy. It’s really interesting to see where the SM Reader’s are! Maybe they are present in (almost) every country in the globe!! :)
Here, i’m on Luxembourg with 4 degrees C with another foggy day.
Simon
February 23rd, 2009 11:13 pmI’m in Perth, Western Australia, and the weather is very humid but the sky is cloudy
rob
February 23rd, 2009 11:13 pmI am from Madrid, Spain. Today it seems to be a sunny day (it is too soon to be sure) and one of these days where you want to go for a walk instead of working :(
Peter
February 23rd, 2009 11:13 pmKonstanz, Germany
2° C, clear
silverfox
February 23rd, 2009 11:14 pmMadrid, Spain… Sunny at the moment :)
Gaurav Madan
February 23rd, 2009 11:15 pmI am in a Gurgaon, India celebrating 8 oscars for SlumDog Millionaire
Its a bright and sunny day with cool breeze.
pawel
February 23rd, 2009 11:16 pmI’m in Warsaw, Poland.
It’s cloudy and cold outside.
ericb
February 23rd, 2009 11:16 pmEricB here from San Mateo, CA.
It’s been raining here since last week! but I love the rain though! This contest is awesome. I need to upgrade my video cards and my earphones! I hope I win one of those! Cheers SM!
Saša
February 23rd, 2009 11:17 pmHello!
I’m in Maribor, Slovenia.
The weather is currently cloudy, but we expect light snow soon..
András Kalmár Nagy
February 23rd, 2009 11:17 pmI’m in Pécs, Hungary (EU), and it’s snowing massively outside at the moment. It’s warm inside, have a cuppa of PG tips too. :D
Grant
February 23rd, 2009 11:18 pmIt is sunny here in Cebu City, Philippines.
ardhian.satrya
February 23rd, 2009 11:19 pmHi, my name is Ardhian Satrya from Singapore. It’s been raining for a few days here :(
Great contest anyway, hope you can get 5000 comments :)
PY
February 23rd, 2009 11:19 pmFrom France, near Paris.
Cloudy and a little bit windy!
Mihai
February 23rd, 2009 11:20 pmI’m from Romania, currently outside it’s sunny but very chilly at -14 degrees. brrrrrrrrrrr:)
Eliana
February 23rd, 2009 11:21 pmJerusalem, Israel. Cool, sunny and very unpredictable.
Syafiq
February 23rd, 2009 11:21 pmIn Toowoomba, Australia, it’s sunny and hot outside. IT BURNSSSSSS
Alex
February 23rd, 2009 11:22 pmI’m in Kiev, Ukraine and its quite cold and cloudy here :)
Robert
February 23rd, 2009 11:22 pmWow – there are 3,333 comments already – so let’s make it 3,334. Cheers
Michael Comfort
February 23rd, 2009 11:22 pmDundee, Oregon – RAIN!
Mircea C
February 23rd, 2009 11:22 pmMircea from Cluj here
Sunny weather in Cluj but a little cold (-1).
Praveen
February 23rd, 2009 11:23 pmCity/Country – Bangalore, India
Weather outside : Sunny; about 28 degrees
Basir
February 23rd, 2009 11:23 pmI am in Bangalore, India. It’s sunny outside, 29c.
I am really amazed by the number of comments so far.
Sebastien
February 23rd, 2009 11:23 pmBarcelona – Spain. It’s sunny and not too cold. Sweet weather over here!
Icar
February 23rd, 2009 11:23 pmCarlibaba, Suceava, Romania, writing from the slopes, deep in knee high snow :D
Lloyd
February 23rd, 2009 11:24 pmCape Town, South Africa enoying the summer sun.
Kerrick
February 23rd, 2009 11:25 pmI’m Kerrick, from Cape Girardeau, Missuori, USA. It’s been cold and dreary outside today.
Brian
February 23rd, 2009 11:25 pmI´am Brian from Eschweiler, Germany and it´s cold.
raluca
February 23rd, 2009 11:27 pmCluj-Napoca, Romania.
Sunny but cold. Perfect winter time.
Hann
February 23rd, 2009 11:27 pmCountry = Malaysia
City = Petaling Jaya
NIce weather for today 24 Febuary, 3.27PM
Mild , sunny day with windy condition.
Peace out V
Hann
Tyler Hayes
February 23rd, 2009 11:27 pmI live in Minneapolis, MN, USA and the weather is f-f-f-freezing!
Mike
February 23rd, 2009 11:29 pmFriedrichshafen, South Germany. It’s cold, rainy and there’s a little bit of snow left.
SimaWB
February 23rd, 2009 11:29 pmHi from Istanbul/Turkey. It’s very vold hear and rainy. 0 degree C.
Jason Jones
February 23rd, 2009 11:29 pmLong Beach, CA, USA
57° and dark
Michael Persson
February 23rd, 2009 11:30 pmI’m located in Malmö, Sweden. Cold and grey outside, no rain…yet.
Anita
February 23rd, 2009 11:31 pmViborg, Denmark.
Rather cold and grey outside.
Cosmin D
February 23rd, 2009 11:31 pmCluj-Napoca, Romania.
Sunny, blue sky, minus 7 degrees Celsius ( feels like minus 11 ;)
Maxi
February 23rd, 2009 11:31 pmItaly!
now I’m in Ronchi dei Legionari
outside is VERY cold and a bit foggy
Mehmet Gunce Akkoyun
February 23rd, 2009 11:33 pmKonya, Turkey
it s veryyy snowy now
Marcus Rumbohm
February 23rd, 2009 11:33 pmgreetings from snowy Munich!
Wocki
February 23rd, 2009 11:34 pmI’m from Lübeck, Germany and weather is sunny and very cold!
Sławek
February 23rd, 2009 11:34 pmToruń, Poland
snow, rain, lots of clouds… terrible weather
Christoph Hochstrasser
February 23rd, 2009 11:34 pmGaflenz, Austria and it’s snowing, snowing, snowing and snowing, it seems that doesn’t end =(
Hannah Hu
February 23rd, 2009 11:34 pmI’m Hannah from Berkeley, CA, and it’s pouring outside. Strange weather these days…
Calixto Sierra
February 23rd, 2009 11:34 pmGreetings from Granada, Spain.
Today we have a shinny day. Spring is around the corner. 18º C.
Luanne
February 23rd, 2009 11:34 pmI am in Cape Town, South Africa. The weather is a bit odd today, started off quite cloudy and misty, but warm. The sun is doing it’s best to burn up all moisture in the air. I expect it shall be beautifully sunny by this afternoon, not a breath of wind – absolutley perfect day for the beach.
Catalin
February 23rd, 2009 11:36 pmI’m in Bucharest, Romania
It’s cold only 2°C (28°F)
Andreas Eriksson
February 23rd, 2009 11:36 pmI’m from Kalmar, Sweden and the weather is cold and cloudy
Tracey Grady
February 23rd, 2009 11:36 pmI live in Hobart, Australia, where it has been raining on and off all day (after a rare and spectacular thunderstorm overnight) but right now (late afternoon) the sun has come out again.
Lucian C
February 23rd, 2009 11:38 pmBrasov, Romania.
Cold, snow … but sunny.
Guykes
February 23rd, 2009 11:38 pmLeuven, Belgium
Cloudy, grey, not even 10 degrees … like mostly this time of the year, pfff
Ylloh
February 23rd, 2009 11:38 pmIn Berlin, Germany the snow is melting, the sky is grey…
Mario
February 23rd, 2009 11:38 pmI’m in Offenburg, Germany. The weather is cloudy with some nice rays of sun shining through :) Cheers
Almog Koren
February 23rd, 2009 11:39 pmHi I am in Israel, Tel Aviv and its sunny outside.
Gedas
February 23rd, 2009 11:40 pmGreetings from Valencia, Spain!
it´s a sunny clear morning outside, feels like a spring ;)
Feindseligkeit
February 23rd, 2009 11:40 pmFree stuff is awesome! I’m in Nuremberg, Germany and the weather is horrible (mix of rain and snow at about 1°C).