Winner announced for Spymac Dashboard widget contest
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Spymac iPod photo contest winner
announced
Spymac iPod photo contest winner
announced
12/19/2004 02:50 PMBack in November Spymac conducted a brief survey to help better
understand its audience. By simply filling out the survey, Spymac
members received an advertisement-free account for a week and were
entered in a draw to win a new 40 GB iPod Photo worth $499.00.
Congratulations to justingo1 who won the iPod photo, courtesy of
Spymac!
Note: Please respond within 7 days to claim the prize
PixelMania: Spymac Easter logo winner
announced
PixelMania: Spymac Easter logo winner
announced
03/24/2005 02:38 PMThe third PixelMania contest of 2005 asked members to create an
Easter-themed Spymac logo. Entries were submitted and voting has now
been closed. The lucky winner of a Mastering Color DVD (with Ben
Willmore, author of best-selling Adobe Photoshop CS Studio
Techniques), a one year Wheel account, and his logo displayed on
Spymac for the Easter weekend is vladu with his entry, Happy `Spymac`
Easter!
Congratulations vladu and thanks to everyone who participated!
View all entries here.
Winner announced for iPod Limerick
Contest
Winner announced for iPod Limerick
Contest
03/31/2005 12:25 PMSpymac's limerick contest asked members to create an iPod-themed
limerick. Voting has now closed and the winner of Dr. Bott's iPod
Universal Connection Kit with Tape Adapter is lette_applejuice!
There once was some iPod headphones,
and the left was emitting strange tones,
In the blink of an eye,
I had realised why,
it was Radiohead weeping their drones!!
Thanks to everyone who participated and congratulations
lette_applejuice!
View all entries here.
Winner announced for Holiday Song Lyric
Contest
Winner announced for Holiday Song Lyric
Contest
12/29/2004 02:21 PMThe Spymac community now has voted for the winner of the Holiday Song
Lyric Contest.
Congratulations to Howard_W_Berry for his winning entry, Fairytale of
Spymac.
Read all entries here.
Dashboard: Widget (In)Security
Dashboard: Widget (In)Security
06/05/2005 10:56 PMMacworld:
Dori Smith: “A new Web page documents an issue with Mac OS X
v10.4 Tiger’s new Dashboard feature that, left unchecked, could
potentially be exploited by malware developers, according to the
page’s author. The exploit is described and demonstrated on a
page called Zaptastic: Blueprint for a widget of mass
destruction.”
Let's Build Another Dashboard Widget
Let's Build Another Dashboard Widget
06/17/2005 03:51 PM
Even though no real development environment exists now, there are
some tricks and techniques that can be used to make Dashboard widget
development easier. Andrew Anderson explores some tricks and
techniques and presents a widget that uses JavaScript's XMLHttpRequest
method to retrieve spelling suggestions from Google.
Seattle Traffic Dashboard Widget
Seattle Traffic Dashboard Widget
06/05/2005 10:57 PMRhonabw
y: “It’s completely unfancy, and doesn’t do half
the nice things you’d expect a proper ‘widget’ to do
really, but it’s there and available for those of us in Seattle
who want to see how the traffic is doing on the bridges.”
Vote for your favorite Dashboard Widget
Vote for your favorite Dashboard Widget
06/06/2005 12:10 AMOver at DashboardWidgets, voting is now open for their Mac mini
contest. Vote for your favorite widget, and the winner gets a Mac
mini. Can't decide which to vote for? Then please allow me to suggest
this one....
Dashboard widget site launched
Dashboard widget site launched
04/12/2005 08:36 PMThought I'd get the word out about a new site for news, tutorials,
downloads, and discussion about Dashboard and Widget development.
It's a free resource (AdSense-supported) I put together because I
thought Dashboard could use something like this.
Check it out:
http://www.dashboardexposed.com/
Exclusive: interview with Mr. Sun about
the OS X Weather Dashboard widget
Exclusive: interview with Mr. Sun about
the OS X Weather Dashboard widget
06/24/2005 07:20 PMOne of my favorite Dashboard widgets is the Weather widget. It's been pretty hot and sunny for the last
few weeks here in NYC so I've been seeing quite a few pictures of my
favorite yellow celestial object depicted on the widget. I recently
had a chance to sit down with Mr.
Sun, a long-time resident of both our solar system and the
blogosphere, and I asked him about his Weather widget representations.
Here's a portion of our interview:
Jason: How did the Weather Dashboard widget project come
about?
Mr. Sun: Funny story. I'm kicking back, combustin' some
rhymes, and this spacecr
aft approaches me. I'm about to throw a flare upside its
flimsy-ass hull, when I notice it is sending a message out into the
heliosphere.The damn thing is in Apple format, and I have Windows - so
I have to download a special viewer. I finally decode the thing, and
it's from Steve Jobs about an "insanely great" idea. I vaguely knew
about him, because I'd been doing some advance work for Satan on how
best to burn Gates for eternity. I'm a special consultant, basically.
Anyway, I figured -- what the heck? So, that's how it started. Look,
what network are you with again? I don't recognize you.
Jason: Is this the type of work you want to be doing at this
point in
your 4.5 billion year career?
Mr. Sun: Look, I'm not going to radiate sunshine up your
you-know-what. I'm struggling. Back in the day, I had a great agent --
Nicolaus. Not
the brightest guy in the cosmos, but totally devoted to me. He made me
feel like I was the center of the universe. I remember I worked with
Frank Capra on Our Mr.
Sun. Just between you and me, that guy was a little too sunny even
for me -- ringing bells and angels wings -- whatever. Then, there was
the "Pee-wee incident" involving an unfortunate
choice I made in a public setting. I know it's no excuse, but I've
warned you people to wear those glasses. I was
in a slump. I started to get mean, sloppy, and pathetic. I wasn't combusting properly -- I
had
bad gas. So yes, I agreed to lend my likeness to the OS X weather
widget. Is it where I want to be right now? No. Is it an honest gig?
Yes, I think so. I've been thinking about starting a blog anyway;
someone needs to let those other Sun Shadys know
they are just imitating.
Jason: But do you really need any more exposure? You've got
the most prime advertising position in the world -- 5 or 6 billion
people a day can see you by just looking up -- what more are you
looking for?
Mr. Sun: Eyeballs. Is that all you Internet types ever think
about? You want to know who had a lot of eyeballs on him? Mahir. Do you want to be that guy
for even one minute? I KISS YOU !!!!! You ask me how I can want more.
Let me tell you a story that may help you understand. When I was
younger, I watched Daedalus and his son
fly just beneath me, soaring out of captivity on wings made of
feathers stuck with wax to a flimsy wooden frame. Drunk with freedom,
Icarus looked directly at me. I felt the panic of his watchful father,
but I was mesmerized by his youthful passion. I met his gaze. He moved
toward me and the rest they call myth. I made a vow that day to never
stay still. Yes, I am fixed in the sky -- but not at my core. The fire
that sustains me is fueled by the memory of what it took for Icarus to
make his way to me, and the debt I owe for my part in his fall to
earth. I can't repay that debt from 93 million miles away, but sitting
on your desktop, I can at least start. I am also told the Internet is
basically just one gigantic Porn Delivery Device, and I haven't had
any good jacking material since the Soviets from Mir jettisoned their
garbage. Did you ever say where you are from? Was it the Wall Street
Journal? I'd love to have one of those stencilled sketches of me.
Jason: The photography in this shoot looks more candid than
in past shoots by NASA, ground-based astronomers, or vacationing
amateurs. In one photo, it looks like you're crying and in another you
appear to be surrounded by a haze of marijuana smoke. Are we finally
seeing the real you?
Mr. Sun: Looks can be very deceiving. In this case, however,
they are not. Last year, I cried nonstop for three of your earth
months. I cried because I burn anyone who comes close to me. I cried
because I shine alone in the blackness of space. I cried because just
once, I'd like to feel pretty and I know that will never happen. As
for the haze of smoke around me, I am made of
gas. If I wasn't churning gas around, you'd all be as frozen as Ted Williams
head, so maybe you should think twice before demoting me from
life-sustaining star to orbital stoner. Look, I've been around the
block a time or two when it comes to humanity. At first, you were
fearful of me. Later, you worshipped me as a god. Now, you ask me
these cynical questions. Fine, no problem. I'll be around to see the
cycle repeat itself a few thousand more times. I'm just a star, an
ordinary star. Deal with it.
Thanks for joining us, Mr.
Sun.
News: Dashboard Widget store opens
News: Dashboard Widget store opens
06/17/2005 04:34 PMMac OS X Tiger’s Dashboard has caused a flurry of designers and
coders to make Widgets of all shapes and sizes and with a variety of
applications. While Apple’s Web site offers a comprehensive
listing of available Widgets, Phillip Ryu decided to open the
Widget Machine to help
designers sell their products. There are currently a couple of
shareware Widgets on the site as well as several free Widgets.
News: Evite releases Dashboard Widget
News: Evite releases Dashboard Widget
06/22/2005 02:33 AMEvite on Monday released a Dashboard Widget allowing its users to keep
up-to-date on all of their planning needs. Evite is an Internet
destination that helps users plan their social engagements. Evite
features free online invitations, local hot spot recommendations,
event listings, recipe suggestions and more. The Evite Widget is
currently for free from
Apple’s Web site.
Widget Wars: Thoughts On The
Konfabulator-Dashboard Brouhaha
Widget Wars: Thoughts On The
Konfabulator-Dashboard Brouhaha
07/06/2004 10:06 AMThe Konfabulator-Dashboard issue is a public relations nightmare for
Apple. The company should have seen it coming and did nothing to
diffuse it. By Dennis Sellers, Macsimum (via MyAppleMenu)
Spymac 2005 Calendar Contest!
Spymac 2005 Calendar Contest!
08/27/2004 01:50 PMSpymac's 2005 Calendar Contest is now open! Enter your original
images to the Contest Gallery and have the chance to have your image
chosen for the Spymac 2005 Calendar. The entrant with the highest
number of votes will have their image featured on the cover of the
calendar and receive a one-year subscription to MacDirectory along
with a Hooded Spymac Sweatshirt.
The Spymac administrator team will assemble a PDF file of the winning
13 entries (one cover and twelve months) from the contest. The file
will be available for download from the site by November. Spymac
members will be able to enjoy the calendar on their computer, print
off a copy at home or take the file to a copy centre to have it
professionally printed.
Entries can be previous contest entries (such as PixelMania), pictures
of hardware, pictures of people in the Spymac clothing, or anything
that may be fitting for the Spymac 2005 Calendar. You may also choose
to enter pictures with monthly themes (St. Patrick's Day, Easter,
etc).
Maximum one entry per member. The pictures should be at least
1024x768. All entries can be judged by the Spymac community in the
Gallery after the contest closes on September 30, 2004.
Pictures can be uploaded <a
href="http://www.spymac.com/gallery/show_pics.php?catid=19359&quo
t; target="_blank">here</a>.
Enter the Spymac Haiku Contest!
Enter the Spymac Haiku Contest!
09/15/2004 11:20 AMSpymac's Haiku contest is now open! Enter your original
technology-related haiku to the contest thread and have the chance to
win a <a
href="http://www.spymac.com/shop/index.php?artid=13"
target="_blank">Spymac.Cap</a> and a <a
href="http://www.spymac.com/shop/index.php?artid=5"
target="_blank">Spymac logo embroidered
t-shirt</a>. The haiku can be about anything technology
related. Entries may include such topics as "New G5",
"My cell phone", "iPod mini" or "I hate my
printer".
A haiku is an unrhymed Japanese poem generally consisting of three
lines with five, seven, and five syllables, respectively.
Traditionally the poem concerns nature, the seasons, or an aspect of
the natural world, but we are going to focus on technology for this
contest.
Example 1:
I love my iPod
Sounds, oh so sweet to my ears
Play me some music.
Example 2:
Cinema display
electronic glowing abyss
eyes never lost
<b>Maximum one entry per member.</b> Contest closes on
September 31st. Those who entered will then have their entries judged
by Spymac members (one vote per person!) up until October 15th when
the winner will be announced. Entries should be posted in the <a
href="http://www.spymac.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=118211
" target="_blank">discussion thread in the
Lounge</a>.
Prize information:
<b>Spymac T-Shirt</b>
The Spymac T-Shirt is made in Greece from 100% high-quality cotton and
features an embroidered Spymac logo on the chest.
<b>Spymac.Cap</b>
The Spymac.Cap is constructed of cotton twill and peach skin, and
utilizes a
hidden adjustable size-strap that features the Spymac logo. A silver
Spymac
Smoking Man is embroidered on the front of this comfortable and
stylish cap.
Spymac sponsors new Mac game contest
Spymac sponsors new Mac game contest
06/05/2005 11:20 PMFor the next 21 days, Spymac and iDevGames invite Mac developers to
pay homage to our OS of choice by creating a game which places the
player at the top of the food chain in the new 21 Days Later: Predator
game contest.
Carlos Camacho of iDevGames says be it teeth, claw, poison, horns,
cunning, blade or ballistics, it's time to make the predators prey in
the new "mini" contest. First place prize is a free one-year
subscription to Wheel and the Spymac Set. Second place will receive a
free one-year subscription to Wheel and the Spymac Pack and third
place will get a one-year subscription to the Wheel and any item from
the Clothing Line at the Spymac Shop.
Deadline for applications is June 16, 2005 and the game entry deadline
is June 23, 2005. The contest is open to all developers, regardless of
location and age, except for where prohibited by law.To enter the
Predator contest, follow the instructions on this page:
http://www.idevgames.com/forum/showthread.php?p=88435
iDevGames is a website committed to promoting the development of Mac
gaming. The site hosts an annual developer contest and several "mini"
game contests throughout the year.
=Vote= Spymac Holiday Lyric Contest
=Vote= Spymac Holiday Lyric Contest
12/19/2004 02:50 PMLatest contest winner
Latest contest winner
03/30/2005 03:52 AMLatest contest winner
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PC Case Mod Contest: The Winner!
PC Case Mod Contest: The Winner!
08/17/2004 11:36 AMGmail Contest: Everyone's A Winner
Gmail Contest: Everyone's A Winner
06/28/2004 04:38 PM
So I'm over a week late, because, uhm ...
but I have good news. Everyone who entered the Gmail contest is a
winner! I still only have three invites on that account, but I'll make
you a deal: for those of you who have already entered, I'll continue
to push out invites as I get them (on the gizmodo@ account and a
couple others) until everyone gets the hook up. I'm sorry I'm so
slack, but I think that's a fair trade. The only thing I would ask is
that if you get any spare invites, let me know on the gizmodo@ account
so I can pass them on to those in need. We'll get this whole damn
battlestation on Gmail if it's the last thing we do!
There are of ton of you who entered, though, so please be patient.
I'll try to rustle up extra invites as fast as I can.
There were a couple of exceptional entries, though, and they will
be getting the first invites, including these two fabulous Photoshop
jobs that put Gizmodo right in my favorite place on 42nd and Broadway
in the whole world, Times Square.
Congratulations Jonathon Robinson and Isaac Epp, and thanks to
everybody who entered!
Look - Jonathon Robinson [Gizmodo]
Look - Isaac Epp [Gizmodo]
Update: I absolutely want to have each and every one of you
inside of me. You all, within 15 minutes, provided enough Gmail
invites to cover every, single entry. Just awesome, thanks! (You can
stop sending invites now).
Gadget Desk Contest Winner
Gadget Desk Contest Winner
08/16/2004 04:18 PM
I'd like to announce the
winner of last Friday's Niveus PC Remote Control contest, Eric
Antonow. So I did.
Not only did he get the most entries correct (although there were
about five or six others that came very close), he took such wild
stabs at accuracy on the ones he missed that I just had to give it to
him ("42. 1/2" Plywood, GS1 Pine, probably Canadian from the knots"
was a personal favorite).
Perhaps someday I'll give you all the correct answers, but not
today (I may want to try this contest again soon, and surely some of
the items will reappear - especially the ones nobody got). Here's a
few hints, though: there were no Lego on the desk; No PalmOS devices;
and the rug you all so generously complimented me on was purchased at
local retailer Dee & Dee for the grand price of one
American Dollar.
I mean, seriously, hand-woven by a Mexican shaman?
Read - Niveus PC Remote Product Page
[NiveusMedia]
Related
Contest: Guess What's
On My Gadget Desk, Win Niveus PC Remote Control [Gizmodo]
Firefly Caption Contest Winner
Firefly Caption Contest Winner
07/16/2004 08:46 AM
First, I want to thank you all for being
incredibly unfunny. I used to feel badly about getting paid to write
dick jokes, but you have all shown me what an elusive skill it truly
is. More specific thanks to the hundreds of you who established that
old computers look like refrigerators, Windows sucks, three men in an
office will invariable have hot, brown-suited sex, and that Douglas
Adams once wrote a paragraph featuring the number "42."
I braved permanently crippling my ability to "fun" to bring you
these highlights:
• New from Ikea - The Vacüm line of office
furniture!
• While still fighting time restrictions, the Half-Life 2
code staff works diligently on their state of the art, completely
secure vacuum computers.
• 10 PRINT "I HATE YELLOW" 20 GOTO 10
See the rest of the runners-up, plus the winning entry, inside.
Google Code Jam Winner Announced
Google Code Jam Winner Announced
11/15/2003 02:22 PMWild-eyed Visionary writes "According to the San Jose Mercury News,
Jimmy Mardell, 25, of Stockholm, Sweden, beat out more than 5,000
coders to win $10,000 in ...
Ethernet compo winner announced
Ethernet compo winner announced
02/13/2004 11:59 AMWe'll put you out of your misery
Science Fiction Case Mod Contest: The
First Winner!
Science Fiction Case Mod Contest: The
First Winner!
06/05/2005 11:43 PMCase Mods: Our first weekly case mod winner is 23-year-old
David Barry, of Brooklyn, New York. David's Star Wars TIE Figher mod
blew us away. David gets 50 free downloads from
eMusic.com4th Annual Assclown Award Winner
Announced
4th Annual Assclown Award Winner
Announced
01/01/2005 02:08 AMTechfocus Jan 1 2005 5:43AM GMT
Vote for the Free Site Giveaway Contest
winner!
Vote for the Free Site Giveaway Contest
winner!
08/19/2004 12:24 PMWinner of Second Life contest to design
Cory's book
Winner of Second Life contest to design
Cory's book
06/22/2005 01:50 AMCory Doctorow:
On July 24, I'll be appearing in the online world
Second Life to do a book
signing/launch for my new novel,
Someone Comes to Town, Someone
Leaves Town. The Second Lifers have been conducting a contest to
see who can come up with the coolest in-game programmed book-object to
decant the novel into, and they've picked a winner:
Falk Bergman was the first to bring me by to have a look at his
prototype in development, a giant book positioned next to a seat.
Sitting on it automatically fixes your camera position in place, to
give you the best possible view of the book.
"The viewer in-world itself is very simple," Falk tells me modestly.
"It is basically a shopping agent with two displays that hooks into
Page Up and Down [on the keyboards] for changing the pages."
Li
nk
(
Thanks, Ernest!)
Update: Dragonpage radio have recorded a
podcast with me about the book and it went live today. Here's the MP3 link
Keynote design contest winner gets a
Cinema Display
Keynote design contest winner gets a
Cinema Display
05/18/2004 07:30 AMApple has posted details of a
Keynote Design
Contest that will award a 23-inch Cinema HD Display and gift
certificates to the top three entrants who create winning
presentations using Apple's own Keynote software. The presentation
must contain 20 slides or less, and can include text, audio, video and
images. The deadline for submissions is June 27, 2004 at 11:59PM
Pacific Time.
"G5 liquid cooling mishaps and
modifications" winner announced!
"G5 liquid cooling mishaps and
modifications" winner announced!
09/03/2004 12:22 PMPixelMania Winner announced: If Apple HQ
was Santa's shop
PixelMania Winner announced: If Apple HQ
was Santa's shop
12/30/2004 12:05 PMVoting for the final PixelMania contest of 2004 is now closed. Using
their favourite graphics program, this contest asks members to show us
what they think Apple HQ and Santa's shop would look like if they were
combined.
Congratulations to Lunged for his winning entry, Santa and Jobs with
iPods, who will receive a one-year MailPro account.
View all of the entries in the gallery here.
Only hours left to pick the winner of
the iCompositions 5th Best Song Contest
Only hours left to pick the winner of
the iCompositions 5th Best Song Contest
04/09/2004 04:00 PMHelp
choose
the winner of iCompositions' fifth contest for the Best GarageBand
Song! Voting ends midnight tonight (EST). Only you can choose who will
get 250MB of upload space (up from 50MB).
PC/104 Design Contest Winners Announced
PC/104 Design Contest Winners Announced
04/09/2004 04:01 PMThe PC/104 Embedded Consortium has
announced
(PDF format) the winners of their 2004 design contest. The winner in
the
commercial category was SavantSense, a
multi-channel data acquisition, processing, and storage unit. More
interesting was the winner of the research category: the USC AVATAR
Project. The
AVATAR UAV is a robot helicopter designed around dual PC/104
stacks that provide GPS waypoint navigation, autonomous vision-based
landing, autonomous sensor-based take-off, and image processing.
Judges at this year's contest included Steve Ciarcia and our own Roger
Arrick.
.Mac Creativity Contest Winners
Announced
.Mac Creativity Contest Winners
Announced
03/13/2003 10:16 AMApple has announced the winners of its HomePage Creativity Contest.
The contest featured 3 categories, Creative Page, Humorous iMovie, and
Incredible Pets, with winners and runner-ups each receiving iPods.
Congratulations to the winners!
'Rock with Rapidweaver' contest winners
announced
'Rock with Rapidweaver' contest winners
announced
07/19/2004 10:03 AMRealmac Software has announced the winners of its "Rock with
RapidWeaver" competition...
Zend's PHP 5 Coding Contest winners
announced
Zend's PHP 5 Coding Contest winners
announced
12/17/2004 06:33 PMCongratulations to Qiang Xue, whose application 'PRADO' earned high
votes both from the public and from the judges' panel! There are 49
other prizewinning applications in Zend's contest gallery - too many
to list here. Some of them are ongoing projects, bringing PHP 5 a
small armoury of useful open source tools. The top 50 applications
will remain on display until the end of this year, giving you the
chance to take a leisurely look through the code and see how the new
features in PHP 5 should be used.
Unified Site Contest III Winners
Announced
Unified Site Contest III Winners
Announced
04/21/2004 10:24 PMThe third installment of the
Unified Site Contest is over and
the winners have been announced. Find out if you are lucky and just
where WERE all of those hidden pieces?
Perl Haiku Contest Winners Announced
Perl Haiku Contest Winners Announced
02/14/2004 01:14 PMMoving Images Contest Winners Announced
Moving Images Contest Winners Announced
03/06/2004 01:53 AMWe're happy to announce the winners in our GET CREATIVE!: Moving
Images Contest. Last fall, we asked aspiring filmmakers and flash
artists to create a short film that explained the mission of the
Creative Commons. Our panel of
judges has selected the top three entries and they're all terrific. We want to
thank everyone that entered, everyone that helped spread the word, our
judges for taking time to help us with the contest, and most of all
thanks and congratulations to Justin Cone, Sheryl Seibert, and Kuba &
Alek Tarkowski.
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