Comments on: Contest: Win a $50 Amazon Gift card and Goodies from Digital Innovations http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Sun, 27 May 2012 00:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27338 Julie Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:26:37 +0000 #comment-27338 <p>You may thank <a href="http://random.org">random.org</a> :o)</p> You may thank random.org :o )

]]> By: Barbara Baker http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27337 Barbara Baker Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:01:52 +0000 #comment-27337 <p>Oh Wow Julie...THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! This is so cool!!!! </p> <p>I appreciate it so much!!!!</p> <p>-barbarabaker :)</p> Oh Wow Julie…THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! This is so cool!!!!

I appreciate it so much!!!!

-barbarabaker :)

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27336 Julie Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:59:02 +0000 #comment-27336 <p>The winner of this contest (by a random drawing) is:</p> <p>Barbara Baker</p> <p>Congrats Barb! :o)</p> <p>For everyone else, I have another contest starting tomorrow that you'll all definitely want to try to win... Be sure to check back!</p> The winner of this contest (by a random drawing) is:

Barbara Baker

Congrats Barb! :o )

For everyone else, I have another contest starting tomorrow that you’ll all definitely want to try to win… Be sure to check back!

]]> By: Barbara Baker http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27335 Barbara Baker Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:39:32 +0000 #comment-27335 <p>I'm always up for easy-peasy contest entries too...Thanks Julie!!!</p> I’m always up for easy-peasy contest entries too…Thanks Julie!!!

]]> By: Edd Twilbeck http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27334 Edd Twilbeck Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:29:26 +0000 #comment-27334 <p>Thanks for the chance - love the blog and love the prize! Keep up the good work here! hope this works!</p> Thanks for the chance – love the blog and love the prize! Keep up the good work here! hope this works!

]]> By: Penelope Pince http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27333 Penelope Pince Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:57:49 +0000 #comment-27333 <p>Hope this works. Thanks for the opportunity and Happy Holiday! :) P</p> Hope this works. Thanks for the opportunity and Happy Holiday! :) P

]]> By: Renee Roberts http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27332 Renee Roberts Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:52:08 +0000 #comment-27332 <p>So, this is interesting... I need to incorporate this into my site... Thanks for the contest entry, and a wonderful education on Gravatar, Julie. I would have never played with it unless you told us about it. :-)</p> <p><em>[Edited at December 10, 2008 15:53:17 PM.]</em></p> So, this is interesting… I need to incorporate this into my site… Thanks for the contest entry, and a wonderful education on Gravatar, Julie. I would have never played with it unless you told us about it. :-)

[Edited at December 10, 2008 15:53:17 PM.]

]]> By: John Kes http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27331 John Kes Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:08:19 +0000 #comment-27331 <p>I like this kind of contest!</p> <p>Thanks for the opportunity.</p> <p><em>[Edited at December 10, 2008 13:08:48 PM.]</em></p> I like this kind of contest!

Thanks for the opportunity.

[Edited at December 10, 2008 13:08:48 PM.]

]]> By: David Hernandez http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27330 David Hernandez Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:39:03 +0000 #comment-27330 <p>Thanks for the opportunity to enter the Giveaway!</p> Thanks for the opportunity to enter the Giveaway!

]]> By: Darrin http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27329 Darrin Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:58:50 +0000 #comment-27329 <p>vance,</p> <p>its magic, thats how!!</p> vance,

its magic, thats how!!

]]> By: mellon http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27328 mellon Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:36:22 +0000 #comment-27328 <p>I like easy contests...and I won't complain or ask for lengthy explanations on why my gravatar did not win!!</p> I like easy contests…and I won’t complain or ask for lengthy explanations on why my gravatar did not win!!

]]> By: Rob Tillotson http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27327 Rob Tillotson Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:07:03 +0000 #comment-27327 <p>The secret to Gravatar is that it's not actually on our site at all... your avatar here or on other sites where it appears is just an embedded image link with your email address in it (hashed to prevent spam harvesting), pointing to gravatar.com. Their servers do all the actual work of resizing, filtering by rating, making geometric icons for people who don't have a Gravatar yet, and so forth.</p> <p>From a system implementation standpoint, it is almost embarrassingly simple... far, far less work than adding a site-specific avatar system here to let you upload and store it on our server. And this way, you get to use the same avatar on lots and lots of blogs and forums too.</p> <p>--Rob</p> The secret to Gravatar is that it’s not actually on our site at all… your avatar here or on other sites where it appears is just an embedded image link with your email address in it (hashed to prevent spam harvesting), pointing to gravatar.com. Their servers do all the actual work of resizing, filtering by rating, making geometric icons for people who don’t have a Gravatar yet, and so forth.

From a system implementation standpoint, it is almost embarrassingly simple… far, far less work than adding a site-specific avatar system here to let you upload and store it on our server. And this way, you get to use the same avatar on lots and lots of blogs and forums too.

–Rob

]]> By: vance http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27326 vance Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:11:11 +0000 #comment-27326 <p>so, how does it follow you to other blogs?</p> so, how does it follow you to other blogs?

]]> By: Ned http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27325 Ned Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:39:38 +0000 #comment-27325 <p>Contest entry for a gravatar pic... works for me. Good blog btw...</p> Contest entry for a gravatar pic… works for me. Good blog btw…

]]> By: OHRassi http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27324 OHRassi Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:37:49 +0000 #comment-27324 <p>too much hoop-jumping....arrrgh!!!</p> too much hoop-jumping….arrrgh!!!

]]> By: Rob O'Daniel http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27323 Rob O'Daniel Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:05:20 +0000 #comment-27323 <p>It's nothing flashy - same image I use on forums & such, but here's my Gravatar. Thanks for the opportunity to enter this contest, Julie!</p> It’s nothing flashy – same image I use on forums & such, but here’s my Gravatar. Thanks for the opportunity to enter this contest, Julie!

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27322 Julie Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:33:00 +0000 #comment-27322 <p>Ken:</p> <p>Your gravatar is tied to the email address that you used to register for an account here on The Gadgeteer. So, you should sign up on the gravatar site using the same address. If you need to know the address that you used here, email me and I'll let you know... I don't want to post it here for obvious reasons :o)</p> Ken:

Your gravatar is tied to the email address that you used to register for an account here on The Gadgeteer. So, you should sign up on the gravatar site using the same address. If you need to know the address that you used here, email me and I’ll let you know… I don’t want to post it here for obvious reasons :o )

]]> By: Joe Kim http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27321 Joe Kim Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:49:05 +0000 #comment-27321 <p>Love the contest and hope to win!</p> Love the contest and hope to win!

]]> By: Ken Gedgaud http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27320 Ken Gedgaud Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:46:51 +0000 #comment-27320 <p>I wasn't sure how the Avatar got from the gravatar site to The Gadgeteer, so this took longer than I thought it would. I was looking for some setting I needed to change here to get the gravatar to show up. I used the one I have on sites that allow personal avatars. I had 3 ferrets before I got married, so I thought of using this a long time ago. Thanks for the introduction to Gravatar. Now I have to see what other sites I'm registered on use Gravatar.</p> <p>Thanks for the fun Julie.</p> I wasn’t sure how the Avatar got from the gravatar site to The Gadgeteer, so this took longer than I thought it would. I was looking for some setting I needed to change here to get the gravatar to show up.
I used the one I have on sites that allow personal avatars. I had 3 ferrets before I got married, so I thought of using this a long time ago.
Thanks for the introduction to Gravatar.
Now I have to see what other sites I’m registered on use Gravatar.

Thanks for the fun Julie.

]]> By: Ravi http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27319 Ravi Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:38:10 +0000 #comment-27319 <p>Here is my gravatar. Hope it looks good.</p> <p><em>[Edited at December 09, 2008 12:38:38 PM.]</em></p> Here is my gravatar. Hope it looks good.

[Edited at December 09, 2008 12:38:38 PM.]

]]> By: Sean Smith http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27318 Sean Smith Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:24:47 +0000 #comment-27318 <p>Well, I got a gravatar, I hope it works! I would love to win the contest!!</p> Well, I got a gravatar, I hope it works! I would love to win the contest!!

]]> By: Daryl Spitzer http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27317 Daryl Spitzer Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:45:38 +0000 #comment-27317 <p>Keep using Twitter Julie. (I fall behind on reading blogs at times--even The Gadgeteer--but I do a better job of keeping up with Twitter.)</p> <p>Thanks for the contest.</p> Keep using Twitter Julie. (I fall behind on reading blogs at times–even The Gadgeteer–but I do a better job of keeping up with Twitter.)

Thanks for the contest.

]]> By: Darrin http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27316 Darrin Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:30:06 +0000 #comment-27316 <p>i have 4 kids, my three youngest are 5, 3 and 2. you can imagine what happens to DVD's and CD's around my place.</p> <p>the only thing worse than shelling out for a Barney DVD is buying the same one twice, LOL.</p> <p>my gravitar was created after the 31 days of the dragon contest earlier this year and i have been using it ever since. i enjoy this site and its content, not to mention it's awesome contests. </p> <p>that's why my gravitar "plugs" the-gadgeteer.com </p> i have 4 kids, my three youngest are 5, 3 and 2. you can imagine what happens to DVD’s and CD’s around my place.

the only thing worse than shelling out for a Barney DVD is buying the same one twice, LOL.

my gravitar was created after the 31 days of the dragon contest earlier this year and i have been using it ever since. i enjoy this site and its content, not to mention it’s awesome contests.

that’s why my gravitar “plugs” the-gadgeteer.com

]]> By: Bryan Sherman http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27315 Bryan Sherman Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:26:32 +0000 #comment-27315 <p>Thanks, interesting feature</p> Thanks, interesting feature

]]> By: J.P. http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/12/09/contest_win_a_50_amazon_gift_card_and_goodies_from_digital_innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-27314 J.P. Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:22:44 +0000 #comment-27314 <p>Don't have an LCD TV, but the parents do. And I could always use an Amazon gift certificate :-)</p> <p>-- J.P.</p> Don’t have an LCD TV, but the parents do. And I could always use an Amazon gift certificate :-)

– J.P.

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