Comments on: Narrowing down the 371 contest entries http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26807 Julie Fri, 16 May 2008 01:22:57 +0000 #comment-26807 <p>gonz:</p> <p>To add your picture to your profie, just go create a <a href="http://en.gravatar.com/">Gravatar</a> and associate it with the email address you used when you created a profile here on the gadgeteer.</p> gonz:

To add your picture to your profie, just go create a Gravatar and associate it with the email address you used when you created a profile here on the gadgeteer.

]]> By: Darrin http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26806 Darrin Thu, 15 May 2008 20:11:13 +0000 #comment-26806 <p>Wow, I made the Top 25 with my cake!</p> <p>Unfortunatley, well for me, I know I didn't make the final "cut" (<--cake humor) as the round of 12 is now out. To those in the top 12, I wish you luck. </p> <p>I am rather sure that, if she could, Julie would have given everyone the HDX Dragon. But alas, her blessing is also her curse. Go easy on her and take your lumps like big kids.</p> <p>I appreciate that I had the chance to participate in this contest. I am proud of my entry; it wont end up in a landfill, it stood out as a unique medium among other entries and I followed the rules. I had a blast designing it and though I didn't win the top prize, I feel as if I have won something through this contest. The cake was huge, too big for me (and man can i eat cake) and my family, so, i donated it to a local non-profit, public service agency. Nothing makes new friends like cake!</p> <p>And speaking of new friends, I hope to make some here. Yes, I am setting up camp at the-gadgeteer.com! This site has a lot more to offer than just a chance to win a laptop. Pull up a chair and stay a while!</p> <p>That being said, in closing, I offer the following advice; If you win, be humble. If you lose, be gracious. If you competed, be thankful!</p> Wow, I made the Top 25 with my cake!

Unfortunatley, well for me, I know I didn’t make the final “cut” (<–cake humor) as the round of 12 is now out. To those in the top 12, I wish you luck.

I am rather sure that, if she could, Julie would have given everyone the HDX Dragon. But alas, her blessing is also her curse. Go easy on her and take your lumps like big kids.

I appreciate that I had the chance to participate in this contest. I am proud of my entry; it wont end up in a landfill, it stood out as a unique medium among other entries and I followed the rules. I had a blast designing it and though I didn’t win the top prize, I feel as if I have won something through this contest. The cake was huge, too big for me (and man can i eat cake) and my family, so, i donated it to a local non-profit, public service agency. Nothing makes new friends like cake!

And speaking of new friends, I hope to make some here. Yes, I am setting up camp at the-gadgeteer.com! This site has a lot more to offer than just a chance to win a laptop. Pull up a chair and stay a while!

That being said, in closing, I offer the following advice;
If you win, be humble. If you lose, be gracious. If you competed, be thankful!

]]> By: gonz http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26805 gonz Thu, 15 May 2008 19:27:19 +0000 #comment-26805 <p>the fortune cookie or the ice cream packaging...... as i mentioned before, i changed my mind, may the starbucks rule over all. </p> the fortune cookie or the ice cream packaging…… as i mentioned before, i changed my mind, may the starbucks rule over all.

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26804 Julie Thu, 15 May 2008 18:57:44 +0000 #comment-26804 <p>Cookie or ice cream one? Those don't even ring a bell...</p> Cookie or ice cream one? Those don’t even ring a bell…

]]> By: ryan hedger http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26803 ryan hedger Thu, 15 May 2008 18:56:12 +0000 #comment-26803 <p>yeah im with gonz!! take another look pleaseeeeee!</p> <p>-hagofago</p> yeah im with gonz!!
take another look pleaseeeeee!

-hagofago

]]> By: gonz http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26802 gonz Thu, 15 May 2008 18:37:55 +0000 #comment-26802 <p>How do I add a picture to my profile?</p> How do I add a picture to my profile?

]]> By: gonz http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26801 gonz Thu, 15 May 2008 18:36:59 +0000 #comment-26801 <p><b> may the cookie or the ice cream one be the winner!!! (gonz has spoken.....) </b> (I dont want to sound rude but, Julie, could you please have a sencod look to all the entries?....)</p> <p><em>[Edited at May 15, 2008 13:40:52 PM.]</em></p> <p><em>[Edited at May 15, 2008 13:41:05 PM.]</em></p> <b> may the cookie or the ice cream one be the winner!!! (gonz has spoken…..) </b>
(I dont want to sound rude but, Julie, could you please have a sencod look to all the entries?….)

[Edited at May 15, 2008 13:40:52 PM.]

[Edited at May 15, 2008 13:41:05 PM.]

]]> By: gonz http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26800 gonz Thu, 15 May 2008 18:33:37 +0000 #comment-26800 <p>yeah, must be hard to select a winner amongst all the entries.... anyway I had fun at the moment of taking my picture... oh yeah, my nintendo wii is working again so see you around.... congrats to the winner! </p> yeah, must be hard to select a winner amongst all the entries…. anyway I had fun at the moment of taking my picture…
oh yeah, my nintendo wii is working again so see you around…. congrats to the winner!

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26799 Julie Thu, 15 May 2008 18:31:21 +0000 #comment-26799 <p>I'll display the winning entry in a few hours... :o)</p> I’ll display the winning entry in a few hours… :o )

]]> By: chris bolt http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26798 chris bolt Thu, 15 May 2008 18:28:09 +0000 #comment-26798 <p>Good luck to everyone who made the final cut... cant wait to see who's entry won ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! will the winner be displayed on the website right at 12?</p> Good luck to everyone who made the final cut… cant wait to see who’s entry won ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! will the winner be displayed on the website right at 12?

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26797 Julie Thu, 15 May 2008 18:17:48 +0000 #comment-26797 <p>I knew there would be hard feelings (heck, I've even received one mad email already from someone...), but I didn't want to do a random drawing for this contest for a couple of different reasons. First of all, this isn't something that I'm actually giving away. I didn't go out and buy this $5000 laptop package. It's been donated by HP and Buzzcorps. I figure that they were kind enough to select The-Gadgeteer as one of the 31 sites in the contest, that I should really do something spectacular to deserve that. I'd feel pretty crummy if the winner turned out to be someone who wrote the-gadgeteer.com on a post it note stuck to the wall in their room. You know what I mean?</p> <p>While I appreciate each and every entry, some of you guys really were creative and spent a lot of time on your ideas. I wish I could reward all of your efforts, but unfortunately, there can only be one winner.</p> I knew there would be hard feelings (heck, I’ve even received one mad email already from someone…), but I didn’t want to do a random drawing for this contest for a couple of different reasons. First of all, this isn’t something that I’m actually giving away. I didn’t go out and buy this $5000 laptop package. It’s been donated by HP and Buzzcorps. I figure that they were kind enough to select The-Gadgeteer as one of the 31 sites in the contest, that I should really do something spectacular to deserve that. I’d feel pretty crummy if the winner turned out to be someone who wrote the-gadgeteer.com on a post it note stuck to the wall in their room. You know what I mean?

While I appreciate each and every entry, some of you guys really were creative and spent a lot of time on your ideas. I wish I could reward all of your efforts, but unfortunately, there can only be one winner.

]]> By: Timothy Hays http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26796 Timothy Hays Thu, 15 May 2008 18:04:11 +0000 #comment-26796 <p>Yeah there was alot of creativity demonstrated, the fortune cookie one was cool. I thought some of mine might make it apparently not. I think it would have been better to go to the ranomizer and just pick a number. </p> <p>Oh well good luck to those in the running.</p> Yeah there was alot of creativity demonstrated, the fortune cookie one was cool. I thought some of mine might make it apparently not. I think it would have been better to go to the ranomizer and just pick a number.

Oh well good luck to those in the running.

]]> By: gonz http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26795 gonz Thu, 15 May 2008 18:03:11 +0000 #comment-26795 <p>oh, d*mn, mine didn't made it to finalist.... :o(</p> oh, d*mn, mine didn’t made it to finalist…. :o (

]]> By: Jamie Jahnke http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26794 Jamie Jahnke Thu, 15 May 2008 17:43:03 +0000 #comment-26794 <p>I appreciate the chance to play, even if I don't win I'd like to say that I saw some incredible creativity from this contest and without question, it has been the most fun of any of the Dragon giveaways thus far.</p> I appreciate the chance to play, even if I don’t win I’d like to say that I saw some incredible creativity from this contest and without question, it has been the most fun of any of the Dragon giveaways thus far.

]]> By: Mike Amato http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26793 Mike Amato Thu, 15 May 2008 17:25:54 +0000 #comment-26793 <p>dang.... thanks for the op, Julie. Not up to me, but I like the guy w/fiddle or guy with bike ( a leg up). Def not the people with stuff on their vehicles! hahaha, j/k (since that was most of my entries and I didn't make the cut) Good Luck to the finalists : ^ )</p> dang…. thanks for the op, Julie. Not up to me, but I like the guy w/fiddle or guy with bike ( a leg up). Def not the people with stuff on their vehicles! hahaha, j/k (since that was most of my entries and I didn’t make the cut) Good Luck to the finalists : ^ )

]]> By: Kain http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26792 Kain Thu, 15 May 2008 17:25:32 +0000 #comment-26792 <p>None of my entries made it either. Oh well. Good luck to those still in the running!</p> None of my entries made it either. Oh well. Good luck to those still in the running!

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26791 Julie Thu, 15 May 2008 17:21:33 +0000 #comment-26791 <p>Sorry David. Judging is always a very tough job...</p> Sorry David. Judging is always a very tough job…

]]> By: David Imperato http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/05/15/narrowing_down_the_371contest_entries/comment-page-1/#comment-26790 David Imperato Thu, 15 May 2008 17:14:15 +0000 #comment-26790 <p>aw i didnt even make it into the finals!! T<em>_</em>T</p> aw i didnt even make it into the finals!! T_T

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