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!
chris meyers
February 26th, 2009 4:49 pmportland oregon— nice and rainy!
Rhea
February 26th, 2009 4:51 pmI’m in Ramona, CA, USA! The weather is a beautiful 58 degrees and clear!
Piotr Pilecki
February 26th, 2009 4:52 pmAberdeen dark and cloudy. Greetings from Granite City.
Drew Pearson
February 26th, 2009 4:56 pmI’m in Atlanta, GA USA and the weather outside is 64 degrees. It feels great!
Isaak Kwok
February 26th, 2009 4:57 pmAm from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The weather is about 28 degrees celcius and really sunny. Should go up to 32 degrees celcius in the afternoon.
Luke Brooker
February 26th, 2009 5:00 pmBrisbane, Australia. Sunny and a nice 24 degrees celcius. Woo!
Jethro
February 26th, 2009 5:02 pmMorristown, TN.
Sunny low 60s, few clouds, high visibility and a Jack Russell Terrier running the length of the yard. But it’s east Tennessee,
if you don’t like the weather stick around and it will change in fifteen minutes.
Aaron VIII
February 26th, 2009 5:09 pmSydney, Australia…blue skies but moderately cloudy.
I know because I spent the last hour and a while walking down a billion flights of stairs for a fire drill then standing around outside for no apparent reason.
Can I have some prizes now?
Steve Howard
February 26th, 2009 5:10 pmSaucier, Mississippi
Dark – warm, windy, 66f. Spring is in the air!
Duong Nguyen
February 26th, 2009 5:12 pmToronto, Ontario, Canada
4C cloudy
Zach Johnson
February 26th, 2009 5:13 pmWoodland, CA
Sunny
Safi
February 26th, 2009 5:16 pmCalgary, Alberta, Canada
minus 32 degrees Celsius with windchill. Terribly cold!
Flavio
February 26th, 2009 5:23 pmI’m in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
It’s hot and sunny.
Sean C.
February 26th, 2009 5:25 pm1.
I live in Conway, Arkansas in the US.
2.
It’s not raining yet, but it’s coming!
Katlyn
February 26th, 2009 5:53 pmSt. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.
Crisp, clear, cool. The stars are out tonight and it’s lovely.
Amit Parikh
February 26th, 2009 6:02 pmCurrently located in Columbia, Maryland, USA. Weather outside is dark… but at least the wind died down today :)
Karen Bryant
February 26th, 2009 6:06 pmI’m in Perth, Australia (the most isolated capital city in the world). Outside it’s a beautiful sunny 27˚C heading for a top of 30˚C. In other words, PERFECT!
Parker
February 26th, 2009 6:06 pmI’m from San Francisco, CA (USA)
Today it’s a little windy, party cloudy, somewhat sunny, and 51 ° F.
Hoang
February 26th, 2009 6:15 pmOh may I get in? I am from Da Nang, Vietnam.
It’s real sunny in here.
vimalan
February 26th, 2009 6:17 pmIm from Kedah, Malaysia. Its sunny here now.
josef
February 26th, 2009 6:17 pmI’m in Brantford, Canada where it is drizzling rain on a mild February day….
ksual
February 26th, 2009 6:37 pmNivelles, Belgium.
Around 5°, no wind but still cold outside brrr, so im happy to be here and reading SM :)
Chris Johnston
February 26th, 2009 6:47 pmMelbourne, VIC, Australia and the weather outside is cloudy and 29 degrees Celsius.
Alexander
February 26th, 2009 6:47 pmI’m from Atlanta, GA, USA
It’s really warm outside.
Fabio Sasso
February 26th, 2009 6:50 pmI’m in PortoAlegre, Brasil and the weather is cloudy and very hot.
Rica A.
February 26th, 2009 6:53 pmHi, It’s me again..
It’s almost 10 am here at Bandung, West Java, Indonesia and it’s cloudy up there.
Need more sunshine to make our laundry dry quicker. :)
Have a great day, y’all!
Mike Throm
February 26th, 2009 7:00 pmCurrently chillin’ in the mountains outside of Lyons, Colorado where it’s cold and dark outside with a slight threat of light snow – luckily I have Smashin’ to keep me entertained!
Josh
February 26th, 2009 7:12 pmWest Chester, OH (USA) …. It’s night here, but clear and rather warm.
Von Ryan Javillonar
February 26th, 2009 7:12 pmI’m in Pasay City, Philippines
It’s sunny
Wendy V.
February 26th, 2009 7:16 pmTegucigalpa, Honduras
Cool and a little windy, the weather girl said it would get pretty cold later so we’ll see lol
Abhinav Sahai
February 26th, 2009 7:18 pmBangalore, India… around 25C, sunny but cool, light breeze as well
James Goodbrad
February 26th, 2009 7:20 pmI am in Bradenton, FL it is 10:30 at night and a cool breezy
76 degrees F. What a fantastic idea this is!
Deborah
February 26th, 2009 7:29 pmIn Coral Gables Florida where the weather is warm, and it’s very light sprinkles.
Louis
February 26th, 2009 7:34 pmLouie , New Zealand
Overcast, muggy but warm. :)
Adam
February 26th, 2009 7:40 pmI’m here in Beloit, Wisconsin (USA), and it is night right now, and 38 degrees Fahrenheit (feels like 31), and it has been raining for a good bit of the day.
Jacob
February 26th, 2009 8:02 pmBeautiful Montreal, Canada, but currently butt freezing cold!
Ankit Mahanot
February 26th, 2009 8:08 pmI am Ankit from Delhi, India. And it’s boiling out here ;)
Rohan Sandhir
February 26th, 2009 8:18 pmI’m in India, New Delhi
Winters are giving way to the summer sun now…
Renata
February 26th, 2009 8:26 pmPhoenix, AZ ……… sunny! 70F
April
February 26th, 2009 8:30 pmVancouver, Canada
Coooold outside, for us anyways. We even got snow yesterday. Thanks for having this give away. Great idea.
April
February 26th, 2009 8:31 pmCooold, rainy. We had snow yesterday.
Shawn Nelson
February 26th, 2009 8:46 pmI’m currently in Ames Iowa, and the weather today ranged from spring warmth to hail. Like the saying goes if you don’t like the weather in Iowa wait five minutes, It’ll change.
Syed Musa
February 26th, 2009 8:48 pmKuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
Sunny here..about 35 degree celcius…
Bruno Portela
February 26th, 2009 9:01 pmWell.. given that you are so close to 5.000 i’ll have a go:
I’m a Brazilian living in the Gold Coast in Australia and we are experiencing a very beautiful day today (dispite the heavy winds) with the thermometers tipping 25 Celicus!
Tomorrow, Saturday, there’s a surf comp on so i’ll be off to the beach to see tanned beautiful women! :)
Siddharth Singh
February 26th, 2009 9:02 pmI’m in Agra, India..
Sunny weather outside..
Olli
February 26th, 2009 9:04 pmRight now, I’m in Venice, California. It has been a nice day, right now it’s around 60 degrees.
Jayphen
February 26th, 2009 9:06 pmI’m in Sydney, Australia. I haven’t even been outside today yet, but it’s 23 degrees celcius & mostly sunny!
DarkHouse
February 26th, 2009 9:07 pmOshawa, Canada
I hate snow. I refused to shovel my driveway for the month of February (but I did shovel the sidewalk so kids can walk to school). Fortunately we’re hovering around the freezing mark, hopefully it doesn’t dip back down anymore.
Matthew Martin
February 26th, 2009 9:08 pmI’m in the United States of America and it is dark outside, but I would say a bit cloudy.
Hinh
February 26th, 2009 9:12 pmI’m in Vietnam, Hanoi city.
It’s cloudy outside!
Vuong
February 26th, 2009 9:13 pmHi from Hanoi, Vietnam
It’s a little cold outside, cloudy, it’s about 20 degree celcius….
James Dierx
February 26th, 2009 9:19 pmI’m on a boat. I’m on a boat.
James Dierx
February 26th, 2009 9:20 pmI’m from Chicago.. and I can not see out my window it’s foggy and rainy!
Andrew
February 26th, 2009 9:54 pmAndrew here, reporting from San Leandro, CA. Weather is sunny, but probably going to rain tomorrow.
hussein
February 26th, 2009 9:54 pmAmman , jordan …
The weather outside i rainy , so rainy
A good Givway :P
Michael Harris
February 26th, 2009 9:55 pmMesa, AZ and the weather is awesome!! 60 degrees at 11pm.
DR
February 26th, 2009 10:02 pmHoly crap, holy crap, holy crap….
Toronto, ON, Canada @ 1:02AM on February 27, 2009 – Rain
paranoio
February 26th, 2009 10:23 pmGuadalajara , Mexico
Its midnight and not even one cloud , really great weather :)
venugopal
February 26th, 2009 10:47 pmBangalore ‘Garden City’ , India
Its sunny, 31 degrees
Kyle Wiebalk
February 26th, 2009 10:50 pmI’m in Los Angeles, CA (USA)…and the weather today was party sunny and high 60 degrees (F).
Great sweepstakes by the way. Just 3 days old and already over 8800 comments!
X-Blaster
February 26th, 2009 10:50 pmLuxembourg, Luxembourg (yes, city and country are the same)
For information, it’s a little country on the north east of France.
Cloudy (like usual) 5°
yatot
February 26th, 2009 10:52 pmEdver, The Philippines
Kind of windy and foggy here today.
:-)
David
February 26th, 2009 11:16 pmTarragona, Spain
It’s about to rain!! :(
Bhushan
February 26th, 2009 11:17 pmGetting Warmer & warmer in Pune, India
Sim
February 26th, 2009 11:20 pmI’m in Shanghai, China. It’s been rainy for a week!
Wojtek Iskra
February 26th, 2009 11:21 pmCracow, Poland
Raining/snowing – in one world ugly!
Marcin Brylski
February 26th, 2009 11:25 pmCracow, Poland
Raining/snowing – SSDD
kasakka
February 26th, 2009 11:57 pmI’m in Helsinki, Finland.
It’s cloudy but bright, +1 degree celsius.
Steff
February 26th, 2009 11:59 pma cloudy day in Neu-Ulm :( maybe later we will have sun (*hope*!!!!!!)
Fil
February 27th, 2009 12:01 amSan Francisco, CA
Cloudy
monaye
February 27th, 2009 12:01 amI’m in San Jose, USA and weather outside are cool but not too cold. Not seeing sunshine for while and its good thing b/c needs water but still miss sunshine.
Sam Rolland
February 27th, 2009 12:11 amRennes, France, Europe
It’s gray …. and gray
Have a nice day
Merijn
February 27th, 2009 12:15 amHello there,
It’s cold and grey out here in Delft, the Netherlands, Europe.
Happy designing everyone!
Nikki
February 27th, 2009 12:22 amSingapore. It’s a city state, so it’s both a country and a city :) Right now it’s cloudy.
Benjamin A. Wendelboe
February 27th, 2009 12:23 amI’m in Copenhagen, Denmark and it’s cloudy out.. Spring is coming, though!
David Thalmann
February 27th, 2009 12:26 amGreetings from Lucerne, Switzerland!
Suddenly it’s partial cloudy and just 2° celcius. Hopefully winter’s over soon…
Maria
February 27th, 2009 12:31 amI’m in Barcelona, Spain
Here the weather is sunny!
Armand Megens
February 27th, 2009 12:31 amDen Dungen
Noord-Brabant
The Netherlands
Bit cloudy, bit windy… pretty much dutch weather…
Mihai
February 27th, 2009 12:37 amCluj, Romania Fogy, light snow, 0 degrees celsius
Melanie Hall
February 27th, 2009 12:40 amHi from Chesterfield. UK
Dull. cold and windy again!
Riza
February 27th, 2009 12:45 amPhilippines
Its Hot and Its Cold
Tom Verhoeve
February 27th, 2009 12:47 am* Where in the world are you currently located (country and city), and
>> The Netherlands, Nieuwegein
* How is the weather outside? Rainy? Sunny? Foggy?
>> boring, as ever: Little rain, gray, not cold, not warm. Like I said: boring :)
(nice to be no. 8900 :) )
Jordi
February 27th, 2009 12:48 amHi from palma de mallorca. It’s sooo sunny in here…
Tasos
February 27th, 2009 12:55 amWhere in the world are you currently located (country and city)
Greece, Halkida
How is the weather outside? Rainy? Sunny? Foggy?
Sunny with some clouds
Denise
February 27th, 2009 12:55 amGravesend, Kent, UK
Partly Cloudy
Temp: 8°C
Anthony Blears
February 27th, 2009 1:04 amLondon, UK
Sunny
Han Smeets
February 27th, 2009 1:05 amHello all!
Live and kicking from Maastricht, the Netherlands (or Holland)
The weather really isn’t that interesting here. Cloudy, temp: 8 °C
Patricio
February 27th, 2009 1:13 amPortland, Oregon, USA
Cold and Clear
Ionut Popa
February 27th, 2009 1:15 amI’m in Bucharest, Romania, and it’s a sunny day today.
Linda
February 27th, 2009 1:17 amI’m Linda from Melbourne, Australia.
It’s night time and I could feel a light breeze outside the window.
Daniel Gutierrez
February 27th, 2009 1:18 amHi, I’m from Quezon City, Philippines.
It’s going to be sunny for a few months here, because it’s summer and it’s so dang hot.
pagano maria
February 27th, 2009 1:22 amNapoli, Italia
Cloudy and cold
Ryan Lim
February 27th, 2009 1:24 amI’m from Malaysia, kuching and it’s sunny today.
Tomas
February 27th, 2009 1:24 amOslo, Norway.
Pretty good weather. Sunny and I guess about 1 degree :)
Tq
February 27th, 2009 1:27 ambagdad, iraq
gloomy, cloudy day, rain maybe possible
Azman Md Diah
February 27th, 2009 1:28 amI’m from Malacca, Malaysia and it’s cloudy today ;)
mrki_81
February 27th, 2009 1:32 amI am in Austria, Vienna
it’s sunny today
Jette
February 27th, 2009 1:33 amBerlin, Germany…very cloudy, a little bit of rain aaaand *surprise surprise* cold, jeeeha :(
Constantin
February 27th, 2009 1:34 amRomania, Bucharest
It is sunny, but cold, -2° Celsius
Jonathan Liew
February 27th, 2009 1:35 amI’m from Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching and it is sunny today.