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contributing your
knowledge and experience to the development community. A new contest will begin
each month.Yes, one of these prizes can be yours simply by
contributing to
the development community.
Catapult. With this wonderful toy from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, you can give your own interpretation of the infamous phrase "Fetchez la vache!" Never before seen, this is the first time the Pythons have permitted anyone to see what the famous "Cow Catapult" looks like. With this rubber-powered catapult, you can fling cows, sheep and ducks (all provided), as well as a large Trojan Rabbit, across castle walls or across your office or bedroom. The catapult is fully functional! Blister card packaging.
Winner: TBA
A devious hide-and-seek game
The Mind Molester is an instrument of creative electronic harassment. It is an electronic device that can drive your victims a little crazy trying to figure out what it is and where it's located. Your friends/enemies will become obsessed, awaiting the next chirp trying to determine its location, completely disrupting their normal activities.
Just connect this device to a 9-volt battery and plant it in an appropriate location. It produces a one-second electronic chirp about once every 3 minutes. Due to the chirp's duration, frequency, and sound characteristics, it's a very difficult, time-consuming, frustrating and maddening task to locate the unit. And even if they find it, they'll have no idea what it is. The number of effective locations to plant the Mind Molester is limited only by your imagination. Of course, this device is for use on deserving subjects only.
Winner: TBA
For those with a lot of free time, PixelBlocks are the perfect time investement. They are tiny, translucent blocks/cubes that come in a dozen different colors. Simply connect them (either horizontally or vertically) and you can instantly build visually stunning creations in either 2-D or 3-D. The number of colors available to you means you can even create photo-realistic designs, commonly referred to as 'digital stained glass' (DSG) in the PixelBlock community.
Why PixelBlocks? The tiniest dots of color you see on your computer or television screen are called picture elements, or simply pixels for short. Together they make up an entire picture. PixelBlocks are pixels made physical and set free from the computer screen. It's an innovative, but ultimately very simple design that enables you to build some really amazing objects and scenes.
How do they work? PixelBlocks come in a single shape, featuring a peg-and-hole combination for stacking top-to-bottom, and a unique tooth-and-groove combination on the other four sides. The unique shape allows PixelBlocks to be connected in three versatile ways that enable you to build effortlessly in 2-D or 3-D. The blocks themselves are approximately 3/8" (0.9 cm) translucent cubes.
Winner: TBA
Mini Marvels of Micro-Manufacture
If you were as tall as a human hair is wide, MYMICROBOTS Brand Robots would tower over you. They’d be gigantic statues of your prefabricated overlords, or something like that. But since you aren’t that small, you’ll be able to get your MYMICROBOTS Brand Robots to do your every whim – so long as all your whims involve not moving and looking cool.
MYMICROBOTS Brand Robots are actually just static statues of really slick robot designs. Each one is around 500 microns in size, with some features as small as 10 microns (an average human hair is about 150 microns in diameter). Each robot comes in a space age plastic case (approx. 3.5" in diameter), with an integrated low power magnifier for tempting glimpses into their microscopic world. And, every robot is meticulously crafted from a different material. Using precision fabrication technology, MYMICROBOTS Brand Robots are made using the same procedures and equipment used to make micro-fluidic bio-sensors, capillary electrophoresis chips, and electro-statically actuated resonant amplitude grating structures (among other things). But don't worry, MYMICROBOTS Brand Robots don't let that pedigree go to their heads; well, not too much.
Winner: TBA
Evil Rotten Spud
Unable to resist the force of the Tubers, Anakin succumbed in the fields and
became the evil Darth Tater. In the process he lost his Jedi roots and became
spud ugly, although powerfully well rounded. He ruled with fear and mashed
through all those who would challenge him. Except for one Jedi that was
mightier than he, and more of a spud with the ladies too. Luke Tuberwalker. In
one of the finest battles in Force history, Luke Tuberwalker sliced up Darth
Tater with his saber and created a Dark Side of fries which the entire galaxy
enjoyed. Some with Mayo. Still others with Ketchup. Both with salt. Ok, we'll
shutup now...
It was just a stroke of sheer genius to combine two of the greatest things in
life, Mr. Potato Head, and the sith lord Darth Vader. Enjoy this great moment
in history. It may never return again.
Each Darth Tater includes the Tater himself plus thirteen mix and match pieces
(helmet, nose, cape, shoes, teeth, face plate, eyes, tongue, ears, arm and arm
with light saber) to build your Tater up the way you wanna. Store the spare
parts in Darth Taters behind when you aren't using them.
Winner: TBA
The Thinking Persons Putty
The Ultimate Stress Reduction office toy is here. Of course you remember playing with putty as a kid. Welp, this aint your kids putty. Adult sized, and as feature-rich as your favorite Operating System, the Smart Mass putty from ThinkGeek makes living life fun all over again. Like to fidget while sitting in front of the monitor? Enjoy being the envy of all those who surround you? Trying to make an impression on that new coder down the hall? Smart Mass putty will help...
Winner: TBA
This prize consists of 4 sheets of binary wrapping paper. Each sheet is 20" x 30". Many trees *were* harmed to bring you this unique creations, but it was all for a good cause for this very cool prize.
Winner: TBA
Durable black plastic license frame holder. "WILL WORK FOR BANDWIDTH" written in bold letters across the bottom. You never know when this may come in handy?
Winner: TBA
Tired of listening to the gabbling marketing dweebs down the hall? Fed up with
your micro-managing incompetent boss? Have co-workers that are smarter than
you? Challenge them all to a game of RC shocking laser tag, beat them, and then
become the office legend you've always wanted to be.
How does it work? Simple. Each set comes with two R/C controllers and two tanks
on different radio frequencies. Simply turn them on and try to shoot your
opponents tank with your infra-red cannon. The tanks move forwards, backwards
left and right just like any other tank. Each time you successfully hit your
opponents tank, they will receive a shock from their controller. Winning a
match requires five successive hits to your opponents tank. LEDs built into the
tanks indicate the score. Handy wrist straps are built into each controller so
that when you shock your boss and he freaks out and drops his controller, it
won't hit the floor!
Winner: Mai Nguyen 56,000 points
New Feature - Now Displays Time In True Binary As Well As Powers Of Two Binary
Mode! Woohoo!
It's easy for any self-respecting geek to figure out how to read this clock in a
few minutes. Check out the image below for the details. Still don't get it?
Then maybe you should be changing careers, shouldn't you?
Computers use on/off switches to tell the time, now you can too! Win one of
these puppies and you are on your way to truly becoming one with the binary...
Winner: Mer Gilmartin with 15,000 Points
Everyone knows that the path to world domination begins with building a droid.
At least we hope everybody realizes that. So get started today with the
CanDroid, which includes seventeen pre-assembled and interchangeable parts
allowing you to create and morph this mechanical desktop marvel. Candroid's
hinged jaw opens and closes to devour loose change, nuts, bolts or anything
else that looks appealing.
Winner: Ty Gossman with 15,000 Points
Mini Marvels of Micro-Manufacture
If you were as tall as a human hair is wide, MYMICROBOTS Brand Robots would
tower over you. They’d be gigantic statues of your prefabricated overlords, or
something like that. But since you aren’t that small, you’ll be able to get
your MYMICROBOTS Brand Robots to do your every whim – so long as all your whims
involve not moving and looking cool.
MYMICROBOTS Brand Robots are actually just static statues of really slick robot
designs. Each one is around 500 microns in size, with some features as small as
10 microns (an average human hair is about 150 microns in diameter). Each robot
comes in a space age plastic case (approx. 3.5" in diameter), with an
integrated low power magnifier for tempting glimpses into their microscopic
world. And, every robot is meticulously crafted from a different material.
Using precision fabrication technology, MYMICROBOTS Brand Robots are made using
the same procedures and equipment used to make micro-fluidic bio-sensors,
capillary electrophoresis chips, and electro-statically actuated resonant
amplitude grating structures (among other things). But don't worry, MYMICROBOTS
Brand Robots don't let that pedigree go to their heads; well, not too much.
Winner: Chris Caputo with 14,500 Points
After months of sleepless nights at ThinkGeek Labs®, Timmy finally came up with
something we could bottle up and sell to the masses. A hot sauce (very hot
btw) that tastes great and has caffeine in it! How did he do this? And more
importantly, why did he do this? Only the monkeys know...
Tim-my, proper noun. [Geek: of monkey]:
1a. ThinkGeek's fearless code monkey mascot, possessing serious powers of kung
foo.
Tor-rid, adj. [Latin: torridus, from torreo, to roast.]:
1a. Parched with heat especially of the sun: Hot. 1b. Giving off intense heat:
scorching 2. Violently hot; burning or parching.
Ton-ic, adj. [Greek: tonikos from tonos tension, tone.]:
1a. Increasing or restoring physical or mental tone: Refreshing. 1b. Producing
or adapted to produce healthy muscular condition and reaction of organs (as
muscles).
Put 'em all together and what do you get? Timmy's Torrid Tonic! We like to call
it TTT or simply Triple T. No matter what you call it though, it's the world's
first habanero hot sauce constructed from quality ingredients and infused with
caffeine. And unlike many of your average caffeine-free hot sauces, Timmy's
Torrid Tonic actually tastes delicious! A must for anybody on the proper end of
a cluestick (or a tortilla chip).
Winner: Cris Pace with 5,000 points
This prize consists of 4 sheets of emoticon wrapping paper. Each sheet is 20" x
30". Many trees *were* harmed to bring you this unique creations, but it was
all for a good cause for this very cool prize.
Winner: Janice Pickron with 4,000 points
This is a geek's dream gadget brought to life!!! The Swiss Memory USB is the perfect marriage of technology, practicality, materials, and quality design. It perfectly pulls together four important tools that no geek should ever be without (USB flash drive, LED light, Swiss Army knife, ballpoint pen). These functions have been skillfully integrated into this single super tool. Along with all these great features you also get the legendary construction quality and materials that Swiss Army knives have become famous for throughout the world. The USB flash drive portion of the knife can easily be removed, for safe airline travel (and successful passage thru security).
Winner: Mai Nguyen - 31,000 Points
Designed to illustrate the chaotic and random forces that effect us all, ROMP is also just plain fun. ROMP's swinging pendulum darts and dodges through magnetic force fields that you setup using the included magnets. These periodic energy 'tugs' cause the pendulum to erratically drift through the magnetic fields thus exhibiting total chaos (random systems, by nature, are unpredictable). Can you make order out of this chaos? If so, you could probably write a bestseller or do something important enough to not be sitting at your computer reading this very paragraph right now. If not, try anyways and, more importanly, have fun trying
Winner: Ty Gossman - 21,000 Points
Win your choice of a Cubes Playset
Bob - Employee #021871138, Infractions: 11/20/1995 – Level 9 Conduct
Violation (Sleeping in cubicle, 1st offense) 03/01/1999 – Level 6 Conduct
Violation (Improper use of company email system -sent digitally altered image of
supervisor to coworker)
Ted - Employee #000272319, Infractions: (record corrupt)
Ann - Employee #004967751, Infractions: 04/12/1997 – Level 3
Performance Violation (Software fluency not up to company standards) 05/18/2001
– Level 1 Performance Violation (Three data entry mistakes in one week)
Winner: Duray Akar - 6,500 Points
Four little Ninjas. Waiting. Waiting for just the right moment. The moment when all the elements say, “The time to strike is now.” And then, they spring into action. One by one, they are loaded into the Ninja Attack warrior deployment device. And one by one, they fly through the air into battle.
Silently landing on their target's desk, Eric, Roger, Al, and Takashi will do that special thing Ninjas do. You'll just have to stop by to pick them up when the mission is done. The Ninja Attack launcher is a basic catapult (5 ¾” long), with a cover to hold a Ninja securely in the loaded position. Always have a Ninja ready – you never know when you'll need one. You'll get 4 different, 1 ¼” warriors; your target will get a giant Ninja spanking
Winner: Brian McGannon - 5,000
Most folks never realize how cute microbes can be when expanded 1,000,000 times and then fashioned into cuddly plush. Until now, that is. Keep one on your desktop to remind yourself that there is an "invisible" universe out there filled with very small things that can do incredible damage to much bigger things. Then go and wash your hands. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Since its discovery in 1976, Ebola has become the T. Rex of microbes. Share the love!
Winner: Lola Ogunkoya
Billions of people a year catch the cold. Now you can get one too -- without getting sick! Learn all about the Common Cold with this cuddly companion.
Most folks never realize how cute microbes can be when expanded 1,000,000 times and then fashioned into cuddly plush. Until now, that is. Keep one on your desktop to remind yourself that there is an "invisible" universe out there filled with very small things that can do incredible damage to much bigger things. Then go and wash your hands. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Winner: Cris Pace
Yesterday's propeller-headed geeks are today's trillion-dollar titans. Your grandmother just launched her own website. The revolution will
not, in fact, be televised - it will be webcast. And forget about those corporate suits upstairs in the corner office, because it's the techies who hold all the real business power today. It's a strange new world - and nobody embodies the high-tech zeitgeist more thoroughly, more knowingly, or more hilariously, than...Helen,
sweetheart of the Internet! It's her universe, we just live in it.
Peter Zale's Techies Unite is a merciless, dead-on, and effortlessly hip send-up of the modern-day digital office. And Helen is an unforgettable creation - a sarcasm-laden smart bomb waiting to explode, a wry observer of technology's myriad drawbacks, and an irony-dripping fusion of geek savvy and cyber-punk attitude. That our Helen and she's no sweetheart.
Winner: Neville Kissoon - 5,000 Points
Evil Rotten Spud
Unable to resist the force of the Tubers, Anakin succumbed in the fields and
became the evil Darth Tater. In the process he lost his Jedi roots and became
spud ugly, although powerfully well rounded. He ruled with fear and mashed
through all those who would challenge him. Except for one Jedi that was
mightier than he, and more of a spud with the ladies too. Luke Tuberwalker. In
one of the finest battles in Force history, Luke Tuberwalker sliced up Darth
Tater with his saber and created a Dark Side of fries which the entire galaxy
enjoyed. Some with Mayo. Still others with Ketchup. Both with salt. Ok, we'll
shutup now...
It was just a stroke of sheer genius to combine two of the greatest things in
life, Mr. Potato Head, and the sith lord Darth Vader. Enjoy this great moment
in history. It may never return again.
Each Darth Tater includes the Tater himself plus thirteen mix and match pieces
(helmet, nose, cape, shoes, teeth, face plate, eyes, tongue, ears, arm and arm
with light saber) to build your Tater up the way you wanna. Store the spare
parts in Darth Taters behind when you aren't using them.
Winner: Robert Hellestrae - 5,000 Points
Everybody loves a sarcastic, galactically saavy, cigar smoking, prank prone, selfish, beer drinking robot. Enter Bender. Bender was his mothers 1729th son. His father killed by a can opener, Bender went on to college and majored in Bending and minored in Robo-American studies. This Unit 22 Bending Unit is proof positive that every desktop needs a tin metal, intriguing wind-up robot before it can be considered complete. Yep.
8.5" tall wind up die cast interactive Bender, from Futurama (fully licensed). Twist the antenna on top of his head and his expression will change from 'normal' bender to 'angry' bender. Perfect to fend off unwanted visitors. Optionally insert an included cigar into his mouth for those times when Bender just needs to mellow down. Wind up key to make Bender walk inserts into side and is removable (his arms will also swing while in motion!). Open up Bender's ribcage compartment and see what's going on inside! Or just wind him up and let him walk all over your TPS reports. He doesn't care. He's bender, you new best desktop friend with an attitude.
Winner: Mai Nguyen - 36,500 Points
Dressed for intense classroom action, this Albert Einstein Action Figure stands with a piece of chalk in his hand, poised to explain relativity or do battle with the forces of entropy. Fits in nicely with any office, cube or dorm decor and features realistic disheveled hair! Very few people on this planet have ever had the ability to go as far as Einstein has in comprehending the fundamental principles of the Universe. So we here at Sherlock think of that as sort of a super power worthy of the title 'Superhero Action Figure'. Sure he might not have been able to fly, breathe underwater or emit spider webs from his wrist - but he could melt your mind in a heartbeat with just a single attempt at explaining the Universe to you. Now that's power!
Winner: Wayne Magnum - 12,000
Commander of the corridor, bigwig of the boardroom, the manager wields his power through meetings and memos. Leading a brave crusade to reach objectives, through an open door he empowers, incentivizes, implements change and captures mindshare. Yet, this hero has a dark side. In worship of mysterious core competencies he rightsizes, conducts blamestorming, and turns boardrooms into bored rooms.
Winner: Cris Pace - 7,000
Win you choice of a Cubes Playset
Bob - Employee #021871138, Infractions: 11/20/1995 – Level 9 Conduct
Violation (Sleeping in cubicle, 1st offense) 03/01/1999 – Level 6 Conduct
Violation (Improper use of company email system -sent digitally altered image of
supervisor to coworker)
Ted - Employee #000272319, Infractions: (record corrupt)
Ann - Employee #004967751, Infractions: 04/12/1997 – Level 3
Performance Violation (Software fluency not up to company standards) 05/18/2001
– Level 1 Performance Violation (Three data entry mistakes in one week)
Winner: Abbas Hanza - 6,000 Points
Caused by the same microbe responsible for strep-throats, Flesh Eating can put you on a diet -- fast.
Most folks never realize how cute microbes can be when expanded 1,000,000 times and then fashioned into cuddly plush. Until now, that is. Keep one on your desktop to remind yourself that there is an "invisible" universe out there filled with very small things that can do incredible damage to much bigger things. Then go and wash your hands. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Winners: Duray Akar and Luis Malchalsky - 5,000 Points
Four little Ninjas. Waiting. Waiting for just the right moment. The moment when all the elements say, “The time to strike is now.” And then, they spring into action. One by one, they are loaded into the Ninja Attack warrior deployment device. And one by one, they fly through the air into battle.
Silently landing on their target's desk, Eric, Roger, Al, and Takashi will do that special thing Ninjas do. You'll just have to stop by to pick them up when the mission is done. The Ninja Attack launcher is a basic catapult (5 ¾” long), with a cover to hold a Ninja securely in the loaded position. Always have a Ninja ready – you never know when you'll need one. You'll get 4 different, 1 ¼” warriors; your target will get a giant Ninja spanking
Winners: Andrew Owen and Pierre Donyegro - 4,500 Points
Win a TackleBox full of books. What a better way to further your IT skills than a whole tackle box full of books. I guess you can go fishing when you are not reading. Compliments of Joe Healy from Microsoft. Thanks Joe!!!
Winner Mai Nguyen - 59,000 Points
Bill Gates playing in money!: This one is a
hoot! Bill frolicks and plays amid his piles of gold bars and cash... no doubt
some of it yours! Includes our exclusive gold "coin" glitter and tiny green
"bills"!
Winner: Cris Pace - 14,000 Points
Win you choice of a Cubes Playset
Bob - Employee #021871138, Infractions: 11/20/1995 – Level 9 Conduct
Violation (Sleeping in cubicle, 1st offense) 03/01/1999 – Level 6 Conduct
Violation (Improper use of company email system -sent digitally altered image of
supervisor to coworker)
Ted - Employee #000272319, Infractions: (record corrupt)
Ann - Employee #004967751, Infractions: 04/12/1997 – Level 3
Performance Violation (Software fluency not up to company standards) 05/18/2001
– Level 1 Performance Violation (Three data entry mistakes in one week)
Winner: Janice Pickron - 13,000 Points
Too bad you cant use SQL queries in the real world. We suppose it's also too bad that reality (whatever that is) doesn't have a command line mode. Or does it? And if it did, would we also have access to replication from this all encompassing command line? Go find out.
Winner: Wayne Magnum - 12,000 Points
Feeling homesick? Spend too much time in Oz fixing other people's computer problems? Just close your eyes, click your heels, don this fine t-shirt and all your troubles will flow by the wayside just like those luser files piped into /dev/null.
Winner: Bill Dever - 8,500 Points
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