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!
Pehr
February 23rd, 2009 11:40 pmI’m Pehr in Åre, Sweden and it’s snowing.
Robert Heine
February 23rd, 2009 11:41 pmHi, I live in Germany (Nbg) and outside it’s rainy – but reading Smashing-Magazine always brightens up things ;-)
Mark Bloomfield
February 23rd, 2009 11:43 pmPort Elizabeth, South Africa… It’s overcast at the moment but quite hot :)
Jon
February 23rd, 2009 11:43 pmSheffield, England. The weather is grey and bleary. Looks like it might rain! Surprise, surprise!
ayelet
February 23rd, 2009 11:43 pmI’m from Israel.working in tel aviv, outside it’s sunny. i is a good day to b out in the park!!!!
Elisa
February 23rd, 2009 11:43 pmI live in a small town near Venezia (Italia).
Weather is very cold here too (-2° C) an sort of cloudy-misty. Looks like it’s going to snow soon.
RD
February 23rd, 2009 11:43 pmTrivandrum, India
Too hot and humid…
Priyandiono
February 23rd, 2009 11:45 pmBandung – Indonesia, and its foggy right now.
Lemon
February 23rd, 2009 11:46 pmTampa, FL US
Its clear, but dark out now, and a cool 45 degrees.
Flaah
February 23rd, 2009 11:47 pmI´m from Bamberg/Germany. It´s grey and rainy outside, 3°C. Smashing rocks…
Samuel Milton
February 23rd, 2009 11:48 pmLocated in Jönköping, Sweden.
Its a beautiful winter morning, sunny and -5 celsius.
Two Socks - Graphic design and print
February 23rd, 2009 11:49 pmHowdy All,
Brisbane, Australia
Really sunny today clear skies temp around 29degrees!
Martin
February 23rd, 2009 11:49 pmHey!
I’m from Nuremberg, Germany. And it started snowing again…
Dustan Franks
February 23rd, 2009 11:49 pmCape Town, South Africa
Yet another beatiful sunny day! Must love the mother city.
Marko
February 23rd, 2009 11:50 pmHello from Krk – Croatia
This sunny day is ideal for some giveaway :-)
Panda
February 23rd, 2009 11:50 pmCoffs Harbour, NSW, Australia – Hot and humid!
marioosh
February 23rd, 2009 11:50 pmHi from Gdynia, Poland. It’s very foggy morning.
srinivas
February 23rd, 2009 11:50 pmthis is Srinivas and i am from hyderabad, India.
the weather is hot
Andy Towler
February 23rd, 2009 11:50 pmHi, I’m in Rabat which is in Malta in the sunny Meditterranean.
However, right now we have pouring rain, likely to last all day.
Jo David
February 23rd, 2009 11:51 pmHi Smashing Magazine, I live in
Weinheim, Germany (near Mannheim).
The weather is cloudy, but it’s warming up (already +6°C ~ 43°F). Bye bye winter :)
Greetings!
JC
February 23rd, 2009 11:51 pmHi from Morbier, Jura, France
Sun , Snow and Temperature below 0 °C
Adrian
February 23rd, 2009 11:52 pmRomania – Cluj Napoca
Clear sky with sun, but very cold.
madder
February 23rd, 2009 11:53 pmBrno, Czech Republic
it just stopped snowing
Ionut
February 23rd, 2009 11:53 pmHi
I’m from Focsani, Romania. Here is cold and the sky is cloudy.
Love the graphic card (fingers crossed)
Fionn
February 23rd, 2009 11:53 pmCool and cloudy in Perth city, Australia! :^)
Tom Druart
February 23rd, 2009 11:53 pmKortrijk, Belgium
Cloudy and rainy here, I want the sun!
Sasha
February 23rd, 2009 11:53 pmHello! I’m in Sydney, Australia. It’s a warm afternoon and the sky is partly cloudy, in brilliant silver and gold hues. Oh, and the birds are twittering their last songs for the day (and no, not on their laptops).
Lari
February 23rd, 2009 11:53 pmIt’s cloudy here in Helsinki, Finland.
Mario
February 23rd, 2009 11:54 pmCroatia, Split
A bit cold, but sunny.
Micheil Smith
February 23rd, 2009 11:55 pmCountry NSW, Australia. Been hot, but it’s cooling down now. No rain, Nothing Cold :(
Dan F
February 23rd, 2009 11:55 pmBrasov, Romania
It’s pretty cold, minus 9 degrees Celsius…but it’s a sunny day.
Henke
February 23rd, 2009 11:55 pmHello from Göteborg, Sweden. Cold and snowy outside.
Nate
February 23rd, 2009 11:57 pmBuies Creek, NC at a nice 29 F
Peter Minarik
February 23rd, 2009 11:58 pmHey, it’s Peter from Vienna/Austria. It’s a lovely a bit cloudy Tuesday morning with about 1°C.
Ocaso Protal
February 23rd, 2009 11:58 pmMore than 3.4k comments and the page is veeeery slow and I even got a timeout.
Another hello from the snowy Nürnberg/Germany
Vesna
February 23rd, 2009 11:58 pmHi! I am from Žiri, Slovenia
It’s cloudy outside … and cold – it’s around 2 degree celcius.
Patrick
February 23rd, 2009 11:59 pmUlft, the Netherlands, bit rainy and cloudy outside.. :o
Flo
February 24th, 2009 12:00 amKaiserslautern, Germany, rainy and quite cold.
5000 posts seem to be realistic.
capslock
February 24th, 2009 12:00 amHello from Riga, Latvia.
It’s rather grey and snowy and cold outside.
Felix
February 24th, 2009 12:01 amI live in Jakarta, Indonesia
Weather is mild, sometimes hot & humid, sometimes raining.
Lots of mosquitos!
Tai-Tai
February 24th, 2009 12:01 amSissach, Switzerland.
grey, cold and depressing.
Wai
February 24th, 2009 12:02 amNorrköping, Sweden.
Snowy outside, but there are no snow falling right now
Lucijan
February 24th, 2009 12:03 amCroatia, Zagreb
It’s foggy, but better that than rainy ;)
Simon Lund Larsen
February 24th, 2009 12:03 amCopenhagen, Denmark
Cold but sunny.
patrick
February 24th, 2009 12:03 amIn the lovely city of Nijmegen in The Netherlands its a bit foggy, but atleast its a dry with a temperature of 6C
Ashwath Ramasubramanian
February 24th, 2009 12:03 amChennai, India
Really hot and sunny.
Rene Zammit
February 24th, 2009 12:05 amEurope, Malta
Windy and rainy weather :p
EvilFaeton
February 24th, 2009 12:05 amSaint-Petersburg, Russia. It’s snowing. =/
John
February 24th, 2009 12:06 amHi from Regensburg, Germany. It’s snowing and it’s a bit foggy.
Tobi
February 24th, 2009 12:06 amI’m from Altdorf, Germany.
The weather is rainy and cloudy, 36° F.
Konstantin
February 24th, 2009 12:06 amHello from Vienna, Austria. 2° Celsius, clowdy, snow is melting.
Roland
February 24th, 2009 12:06 amI’m in Saint Etienne, France and the weather outside is a foggy, rainy & windy mess ;)
Jose Luis Uclés
February 24th, 2009 12:07 amI’m in Almeria, the south of Spain. It’s a clear and sunny day (not a good day to work).
SkaKri
February 24th, 2009 12:09 amRiga, Latvia. Windy and cold.
lockman
February 24th, 2009 12:09 amHi All, Toruń, Poland
The weather is cloudy and soppy, but not too cold – 3°C ( ~37°F).
Igor
February 24th, 2009 12:09 amHi, I’m Igor from Vilnius, Lithuania. It’s true winter in the city: cold outside – minus 5°C and there’re some snow.
Danish
February 24th, 2009 12:09 amI’m located in Bangalore, India.
It’s warm and Sunny out here.
Nitin Sharma
February 24th, 2009 12:11 amHey,
this is Nitin from lucknow, India…its sunny outside…30 deg C…
:)
Laura
February 24th, 2009 12:11 amRuhr area, Germany, rainy and cloudy.
Shachar
February 24th, 2009 12:13 amIsrael – sunny
Jo
February 24th, 2009 12:13 amStuttgart, Germany speaking. Weather is cold an clear.
gabrielk
February 24th, 2009 12:13 amTimisoara, Romania
Cold. -2C.
Maddin
February 24th, 2009 12:15 amHello from Munich in Germany. . .
Its very snowy outside.
jquery
February 24th, 2009 12:15 amey i am located in germany, stuttgart and it is cold 2°C and rainy
Corwin
February 24th, 2009 12:15 amHi there :)
Here, La Roche Maurice, France,
clear blue sky this morning and about 6°C outside !
Bye !
Glen
February 24th, 2009 12:15 amGlen from Turku, Finland. Overcast today with more snow expected in the evening. Temperature: -3°C
Bjoern
February 24th, 2009 12:16 amI live in Hamburg, Germany. Today it’s clear sky, but only 2 or 3°C
Alaniak
February 24th, 2009 12:16 amPatrick from Germany. Cloudy and about 3 deg C
madazulu
February 24th, 2009 12:16 amEurope, Hungary.
Snow…
Matthias Oßwald
February 24th, 2009 12:17 amI currently live in the rainy Esslingen (Germany). At the weekend is the last snow melted! : (
Now I will wait for the summer … please come quickly!
Bart
February 24th, 2009 12:17 amHello from Edinburgh, weather’s been great for last couple of days, it’s bright and sunny (not for a long time probably)
angellee
February 24th, 2009 12:17 amCurrently kind of chilly in Los Angeles.
Ariba
February 24th, 2009 12:20 amCopenhagen, Denmark
Sunny, clear and cold
jonas
February 24th, 2009 12:20 amgermany, cologne. very cloudy but no rain yet…
Danish Thomas
February 24th, 2009 12:20 amI am from Bangalore, India.
It is warm and sunny here.
Carlo
February 24th, 2009 12:20 amHere i am, from Lucca Italy.
Sunny, but cold.
fotofabrik
February 24th, 2009 12:20 amSzeged, Hungary
Foggy and cold. :(
Andrei Marinescu
February 24th, 2009 12:21 amBucharest, Romania
Gray and raining. Probably will snow soon.
wink
February 24th, 2009 12:21 amNorthern Netherlands, sort of foggy and freezing… :-)
FuNKeR
February 24th, 2009 12:22 amI’m in.
Peter Bergstedt Olsson
February 24th, 2009 12:22 amStockholm, Sweden
Cold and sunny.
Bogdan
February 24th, 2009 12:23 amHi from Cluj-Napoca, Romania
It’s cold (minus 5°C) but sunny :)
Romz
February 24th, 2009 12:24 amin Bruxelles, Belgium
The sky is grey with a lot of of threatening clouds
John-David
February 24th, 2009 12:26 amLong Beach, CA
Night Time, I think I can hear the ocean…nope its my roommates snoring…ahhh sleep time.
Arthur
February 24th, 2009 12:28 amFontainebleau, France, mostly cloudy ..
Jacob
February 24th, 2009 12:42 amWarsaw, Poland… clouldy and foggy :)
We’re almost there 1500 comments to go!
Aqdas Malik
February 24th, 2009 12:43 amWOW
Barry Gallagher
February 24th, 2009 12:43 amCast a cold eye on life, on death…
Napster
February 24th, 2009 12:43 amFrom Constanta, Romania
It’s just above freezing point and quite windy.
Marcel
February 24th, 2009 12:43 amHamburg, Germany
Sunny but cold
Bilal Cinarli
February 24th, 2009 12:44 amAnkara, Türkiye
Its snowing
Florian Stuerzinger
February 24th, 2009 12:44 amHello from a rainy and foggy Zurich, Switzerland
Andrew Zen
February 24th, 2009 12:44 amAuckland, New Zealand.
It’s 9:15pm, it’s fine outside, a cool nighttime breeze.
Andreas Johansson
February 24th, 2009 12:44 amFrom Sundsvall, Sweden. Sadly its quite cloudy outside.
Bryce
February 24th, 2009 12:44 amSan Jose, CA
Expecting more rain any minute…
Michael
February 24th, 2009 12:45 amKrems, Austria – 2 degree cent., (very) light snowfall, wind: 9 km/h from northwest, barometric pressure 1017 hPa …
G. Ozan Güvenç
February 24th, 2009 12:45 amAnkara, Turkey – cold and snowy
MarkusW
February 24th, 2009 12:45 amI’m from Jüchen, Germany
The sky is grey with many clouds
gergely
February 24th, 2009 12:45 amHungary, Budajenő
The weather is beautiful: snowing. :)
vlad gidea
February 24th, 2009 12:45 amHi i’m from Iasi, Romania . I’am from the same country as the guy from the previous comment. It’s very cold. Minus 1o°C . Sunny but cold