Hardware Giveaway: 7,500 Comments Challenge!
Update: Thank you for your participation, folks! Unfortunately, we didn’t reach the amount of comments needed for the giveaway to take place (deadline was Monday, May 16th 2011!). Instead, we’re giving away a good number of Smashing badges and stickers.
The lucky winners are:
- Guisella Acuña from Lima, Peru.
- Andrew Griffiths from Chesapeake, USA.
- Noga Brienes from Jerusalem, Israel.
Congratulations and thank you to everyone who has contributed to this post. Maybe next time, folks!
We sincerely appreciate all the time and support our readers make to visit Smashing Magazine and participate in discussions in the comments, in your blogs as well as on Twitter and Facebook. Today, we’d love to give you something in return to show you our appreciation for your contributions. After all, why only get gifts for Christmas and your birthday? Here at Smashing Magazine, we love to give away things all year long. This time, you have the ultimate chance to win some nifty hardware.
And to make the giveaway a bit more interesting, let’s set on a small challenge! Let’s try to reach at least 7,500 comments to this post in order for the prizes to be given away. All you have to do is answer a question in the comment section below and you could be the one chosen among our three winners! Tell us: What is the first thing you do on a Monday morning?
If we don’t reach 7,500 comments altogether, the prizes will get torched. Well, not literally of course, but let’s kick the giveaway in once the 7,501st comment is submitted. It is actually not a random, unrealistic figure either; we got around 9,000 comments in our last giveaway two years ago.
Prizes That Were Part of The Giveaway
Zotac AMP GeForce GTX 480 1536 MB GDDR5 Graphics Card 384-bit (756MHz/3800MHz) ZT-40102-10P
This graphics card is a powerful asset for rich 3D gaming experiences. The card features superior anti-aliasing methods that render up to 32x sample rates for lightning-fast and high quality anti-aliasing that eliminates jagged edges for crystal clear visuals without sacrificing performance. Based upon NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 GPU, it has 1536 Mb GDDR5, 384-bit memory bus and 480 Unified Shaders.
Sennheiser HD 600 Stereo Audiophile Headphones
The HD 600 Avantgarde are audiophile-quality, open dynamic hi-fi/professional stereo headphones. The advanced diaphragm design eliminates standing waves in the diaphragm material. The HD 600 can be connected directly to hi-fi systems of the highest quality, in particular DAT, DVD, MD and CD players. Both developers and designers will appreciate the music quality the headphones provide when you need to fully focus your attention on your current project.
3D Mouse: 3DConnexion’s SpaceNavigator Optical Mouse
This mouse can be quite handy for your 3D design and visualization applications. It has a large controller cap to control all your 3D objects and boost your design speed. The mouse has an advanced 6 degrees-of-freedom optical sensor and allows you to simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate 3D models as well as browse through Google Earth and other similar applications.
To participate, just leave a comment in the comment section below and tell us: What is the first thing you do on a Monday morning? The giveaway lasts until Monday, May 16th 2011. You are allowed to submit only one comment. The three winners will be selected randomly. Good luck!
And please spread the word to your friends and colleagues! Let’s reach 7,500 comments, folks!
James Kyle
May 9th, 2011 2:03 amThe first thing I do is check my post and take my dog out, then it’s on to breakfast and work related stuff.
Leon
May 9th, 2011 2:03 amChecking Smashing Magazine; any giveaways today? ;-)
Mohamed Fasil
May 9th, 2011 2:03 amCheck My tweets …:)
Dave
May 9th, 2011 2:03 amI inject espresso into my eyeballs and emit an anguished scream.
John
May 9th, 2011 2:03 amCheck my emails and RSS feeds for anything interesting like this
Mike Lazell
May 9th, 2011 2:03 amWish it was Saturday again..
Matt
May 9th, 2011 2:03 amGo to a nearby park for a jog, while keeping a keen lookout for cute, hopping rabbits along the way.
Michel Bozgounov
May 9th, 2011 2:03 amThe question: “What is the first thing you do on a Monday morning?”
My answer: It depends! :)
1) On a Monday morning, at home? Kiss my girl, get out of bed, grab my bicycle and go to work!
2) On a Monday morning, at work? I make some good coffee, start my ThinkPad and check what’s hot/new on dribbble, SmashingMag and in the blogs I follow daily (incl. @molif‘s Friday Bunny — although, most likely, I have already seen the new episode on Friday, hehe).
3) On a Monday morning, but when not @ work? Most likely, a combination of 1) and 2) will happen + a nice breakfast (and minus the cycling)! :-)
Xavier
May 9th, 2011 2:03 amPet my cat!
It’s either that or having a clawy furball munching on my toes while I browse reddit.
Mark
May 9th, 2011 2:03 amCup of coffee, and check the baseball scores.
Niko
May 9th, 2011 2:04 amUse ‘snooze’ on alarm at least twice, then head to shower to wake up.
Đurica Bogosavljev
May 9th, 2011 2:04 amMake a gooood warm cup of coffee and read design RSS Feeds :)
Rodrigo Silva
May 9th, 2011 2:04 amWell, as usual in a Monday morning, I turn off the alarm and sleep a lil’ bit more :D
julienne
May 9th, 2011 2:04 ammake a list of things to do for the week
Michael
May 9th, 2011 2:04 amThe same thing we do every morning, Pinky – try to take over the world!
honki
May 9th, 2011 2:05 amtrying to destroy my alarm clock
CyberScyzor
May 9th, 2011 2:05 amDefinitely drinking coffee, then second coffee and checking Google Reader with subscribed blogs (SM as well) and Facebook
Foss
May 9th, 2011 2:05 amI get to work, boot up my PC, check my email and regret every choice I’ve ever made!
munky
May 9th, 2011 2:05 amDaddy needs new Sennheiser HD 600 Stereo Audiophile Headphones to enjoy his music even more :)
Robin
May 9th, 2011 2:05 amGet into the office, grab a cup of coffe on the way to my spot. Read my mail and check updates from the sites I follow (RSS in Outlook woho!). After that I look through what needs to get done this week and prepare for the Monday meeting.
Christian
May 9th, 2011 2:05 amWhat I do on a Monday morning? Trying to wake up after a wrong turned circadian rhythm, after that, some shower and breakfast – 3 eggs.
Ronan
May 9th, 2011 2:05 amSend my alarm clock to the other side of the room.
Antonio
May 9th, 2011 2:05 amDrink 2 cups of coffee and starting checking all the google’s service of my client’s web site. (adwords,adsense,analytics,webmaster tools).
Huy
May 9th, 2011 2:06 amI check the email first, and clean the many thing in Google Reader which has Smashing.
Natasha Hampshire
May 9th, 2011 2:06 amOn a normal Monday the first thing I do is go on Twitter! But this morning we were moving desks because its a new sprint!
DeiPardi
May 9th, 2011 2:06 amI damn myself for going to bed late
Mike
May 9th, 2011 2:06 amStumble downstairs and make some brekky, the most important meal of the day for budding designers!
Seo
May 9th, 2011 2:06 amRun over to the bathroom for a shower!
ricky
May 9th, 2011 2:06 amFirst thing I do on Monday morning, and every morning, is check email, Facebook, and blogs.
Giuseppe Bianco
May 9th, 2011 2:07 amPower on my stereo system. otherwise i can’t do anything
Sergio
May 9th, 2011 2:07 amLaunch Reeder on my iPhone and read latests news and feeds. Including smashing!
Katseas Savvas
May 9th, 2011 2:07 amHave some coffee — same as any other day.
Tommy
May 9th, 2011 2:07 amGoogle Reader.
RePta
May 9th, 2011 2:07 amthe same procedure as every morning:
have a cup of coffee and check mails :-)
Bucsa Silviu
May 9th, 2011 2:08 amFirst thing monday morning. Light up a cigarette (not healthy … i know) and drink coffee…
Tom
May 9th, 2011 2:08 amCry, as I realise it’s Monday. Then I commence wishing it was Friday.
daveP
May 9th, 2011 2:08 amI open my journal and (most often) report on the weather out of the window.
dunster
May 9th, 2011 2:08 amFirst thing is get a coffee, really I need that.
While drinking the coffee I will check my mail, which include also the Smashing Magazine blog. New ideas on Monday morning are always welcome.
Kunal Mamtura
May 9th, 2011 2:09 amThe first thing in the morning ..have coffee and start stumbleupon.com and then to work and visit blogs like sixrevison.com, smashingmagazine.com and masable.com
Cheers!
k
Alex
May 9th, 2011 2:09 amThe first thing I do is put a cup of coffee on, go and stand on the balcony outside my apartment and listen to the river for 20 minutes. Its my time of relaxation and reflection before a busy, busy day.
Raf
May 9th, 2011 2:09 amI stop the alarm clock…
ThinkSoJoE
May 9th, 2011 2:09 amI’ve usually just gotten to work at 11PM, so around midnight on Monday mornings, I’m usually firing up my laptop and starting a long night of getting paid to do about 15 minutes of actual work.
dave
May 9th, 2011 2:09 amAfter Breakfast and morning commute I make Tea in the office. Check Mails and dive into the daily grind.
Arnout
May 9th, 2011 2:09 amHaving a breakfast with my kids <3
Fredrik Björeman
May 9th, 2011 2:10 amStare at the alarm clock in disbelief, wondering how it can be both that time and day of week already.
walott
May 9th, 2011 2:10 ammonday morning, at the office : coffee. croissant. google reader.
Anelia kostova-Bozgounova
May 9th, 2011 2:10 amI stretch and reach to hug my husband. Then I go and switch on the computer. :)
bryan
May 9th, 2011 2:10 amThe first thing i do on monday morning aside from crying that the weekend is over is check smashing magazine for something to start my week off on a good note
eps
May 9th, 2011 2:10 amI check the Chive for FLBP.
Tim
May 9th, 2011 2:10 amIt’s Facebook. Booooring!
Mars
May 9th, 2011 2:10 ammonday morning is an ordinary weekdays here in Oman, so once I get to the office, I have to check emails
Chris Darnell
May 9th, 2011 2:10 amHit the snooze button. Then check the Google Reader feed. Find out if the world has changed while I’ve been sleeping.
Peter Tellgren
May 9th, 2011 2:10 amHave a cup of tea, check my reader for what’s up, start hacking away..
Alvaro Nistal
May 9th, 2011 2:10 amHave breakfast while I visit my Google Reader feeds, and write a post on my blog.
Orlando
May 9th, 2011 2:11 amJust watch the news for a bit while eating a cereal rich in sugar.
Kate
May 9th, 2011 2:11 amTry to wake up my boyfriend. Usually takes about 40-60 minutes :-)
doitJEFFSTYLE
May 9th, 2011 2:11 amlike many others.. coffee & RSS feeds. :) 7,500? let’s do this!
Paul Nicola
May 9th, 2011 2:11 amI press the snooze button on the alarm and wish it’s week-end :)
piotr
May 9th, 2011 2:11 amGet up, take a shower, dress and go home :>
Thimo
May 9th, 2011 2:11 amDrinking some coffee and realising the weekend is already gone.
Gerard
May 9th, 2011 2:12 amDread the Tube journey to work and wish it was the weekend already
Tuhin Kumar
May 9th, 2011 2:12 am1) Check mails while listening to the entire collection of Designer.mx that I have ported to Spotify (well the ones I liked)
2) Go through Twitter, Google Reader, FFFFound and other sources of daily inspiration.
3) Get to work.
scott
May 9th, 2011 2:12 amcheckout tweet deck on my phone.
Patrick Stadler
May 9th, 2011 2:12 amhaving a cup of earl grey and reading news online.
Azurati
May 9th, 2011 2:12 amwake up at half past 5, grab my bible to read and pray untill I fall back asleep.. zzZZz… half an hour later, when my alarm rings I get up again and prepare for university.
Laurence
May 9th, 2011 2:12 amOh hai ! The first thing I do on monday morning is watching the lolcats of the last week end on the Cheezburger network.
Dario Solera
May 9th, 2011 2:12 amI have a coffee obviously!
MeltingMIND
May 9th, 2011 2:12 amBathroom, orange juice, SM, in that order…
Pecul
May 9th, 2011 2:13 amWash my teeth and cry a little as i promise myself that the following Sunday I’ll be going to bed at a human-friendly hour!
dagomar
May 9th, 2011 2:13 amWhat I do every morning, drink a coffee and watch the news.
Ashish Bogawat
May 9th, 2011 2:14 amAs with most days in the week, switch on the wireless router and sync my phone to check new e-mails and RSS feeds.
Reinis
May 9th, 2011 2:14 amUsually I’m checking all the blogs and social networks :) with the assistance of big cup of green tea…
Cedric N.
May 9th, 2011 2:14 amDamned ! That’s the best SM post for a while ! :)
MiiaO
May 9th, 2011 2:14 amFirst thing I do is to reach for my phone and use it to check my email, Facebook and the news headlines… THEN I get up.
YNH Webdev
May 9th, 2011 2:14 amLets Win ;-)
Bartek
May 9th, 2011 2:14 amCoffe and blogs :)
antitrue
May 9th, 2011 2:15 amDrink a large cup of coffee and head off to the office.
Pedro Ventura
May 9th, 2011 2:15 amThis Monday morning, I woke up with the doorbell. Some Ikea guys delivered a nice Ikea sofa which I assembled effortlessly…
Actually it took 2 hours, 2 liters of sweat and the patience dose I had reserved for the rest of the week.
Jason
May 9th, 2011 2:16 amI double check that it is in fact Monday and then I usually have a quick peek at Twitter/Facebook on my mobile phone on the way to work.
broshing
May 9th, 2011 2:16 amI wake up…
Filip
May 9th, 2011 2:16 amHomework!
Slade
May 9th, 2011 2:16 amTurn on some neo-classical metal music and act like a designer.
Tendy Rusdiana
May 9th, 2011 2:16 amThe first thing i do in monday morning is realizing that today is monday!, time to set up another journey for the new week. Then turn on the computer, checking news, articles from favorite websites, and looking for any new chances. :) I wish it is sunday, but monday always give new hope…
Sean
May 9th, 2011 2:16 amFall asleep in a bowl of cornflakes.
NeosinneR
May 9th, 2011 2:16 amMail, Twitter, Facebook, RSS – in that order, on my iPhone, in bed.
Martin
May 9th, 2011 2:17 ami moan.
Steve Lee
May 9th, 2011 2:17 amDrink copious quantities of coffee and bitch at my laptop until it fires up.
Victor Jalbă-Șoimaru
May 9th, 2011 2:17 amI open my eyes, take a quick look at the time, then go right back to sleep…
tsvetkoff
May 9th, 2011 2:17 amUseful Articles & Great Resources… the only thing I believe would attract more visitors is more fun, more Smashing Cartoons.
Andrei Barburas
May 9th, 2011 2:17 amFirst thing I do on a Monday morning, is complain that it’s Monday (again). That pretty much happens every Monday.
Mental
May 9th, 2011 2:17 amWake up, get up, get coffee and then go trough my google reader.
Flavius
May 9th, 2011 2:17 amPreparing for another week of work, but not before I open my rss and drink a coffe.
Daniele
May 9th, 2011 2:17 amGet out with the dog :-)
mikz
May 9th, 2011 2:17 amOpen my MacBook and start reading through my RSS articles in Google Reader :)
Guirec
May 9th, 2011 2:17 amOn Monday morning, I hurry to take a shower in 10 minutes or less because I often have less time to get ready
Luca Degasperi
May 9th, 2011 2:18 amThe first thing I do monday morning is checking out all the RSS feeds I haven’t read during the weekend.
Ryan Jarrett
May 9th, 2011 2:18 amDefinitely make a strong cup of coffee!
Joni Chandra
May 9th, 2011 2:18 amI’d probably be looking at my Instapaper and clear up those lists.
Uncleserb
May 9th, 2011 2:18 amCoffee & Socialite ;)
Jonathon Valentine
May 9th, 2011 2:18 amCereal, Mashable, Smashing Magazine, Twitter then Dilbert…. Then I get out of bed.