Bag O’ Schwag Contest Winners
Posted on: February 22, 2009Author: Cali Lewis
24 comments so far (is that a lot?)
We have a contest winner! Actually, we have five since there were too many good ones. Thanks to everyone who entered!
Our Grand Prize Winner is Moxie Mo. He’ll receive the Bag O’ Schwag from Brief 514.
I may be moxie, but I still need this wonderful bag of schwag. It’s my birthday on the 21st too.
So here’s my poem:
Geekbrief oh Geekbrief, the best show, my muse,
Without my Geekbrief, my moxieness would lose
Although Cali is loved by all, she’s surely taken,
And we all know how crazy she is for some bacon.You always give me shiny and happy tech talk
That gives me the confidence to walk the walk
Robots and lasers and Apple oh my!
Whenever I watch you, I feel I’m THE guy!Neal’s lucky to have you, Cali, it’s very true
And lets all face it, we’d be devastated without you.
You’ve made my Moxie Mo Show a true success
And without the Geekbrief, I’d be lost in a mess.So in closing, I’m saying, Geekbrief is the best
With all the podcasts, it stands outside the rest
May the Moxie Mo get your bag of schwag,
And if not, that’s okay, you shiny happy hag.HAAHAHHA!
The second prize winner is Mike Dowden. He’ll receive a second bag of schwag that we pulled together from our gadget closet.
I need to give most of this schwag to my wife. Since GB200, when early on I forced her to watch GB before we fired up some other TiVo show, she has slowly begun to learn a lot more about Tech with each GB show.
But I didn’t realize how much she really paid attention until a couple of weeks ago when we were at the grocery store and she asked the cashier if she could use GB1, GB2, or GB3.
I looked at her a little puzzled (as did the cashier) and she said, “Cali says to use one of those codes at checkout. I wanted to see if they worked.”
I’ll have to show her the Go Daddy site :)
Our third winner is Brett Nordstrom. He’ll receive an EWOO eFizz Travel. It’s one of our favorite travel docks.
3 Reasons –
1. I married my high school sweetheart who is not into technology even a little bit. I have been watching you for about a year and I make her watch. She says and I quote, “Nothing good can come of you watching someone so cute that likes technology as much as you do.” Of course she is very tongue and cheek with the jealousy play. She is 34 and I am 35 and we have been married for 15 years (still madly in love) and I am almost never right. This would make me right for once!
2. We are taking our 6 and 10 year olds to Disney World for the first time on March 15th and I really, really, really would like a hi-def camcorder.
3. I hate to play more of the sympathy card but my Birthday is February 25th and my wife is making me choose between a Kindle and a new camcorder. Can you believe it, choose between hi-definition memories of our children or my continuing literary education. You must be weeping.
ZeroCool wins my pre-production Chumby prototype.
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Congratulations to all the winners! Please send me an email with your real names and addresses!
February 22nd, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Congrats to you all! :) Great entries!!
February 22nd, 2009 at 12:41 pm
ZeroCool’s entry is my fav!
Well done!
February 22nd, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Congrats to the winners!
February 22nd, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Five Cali? I only count four. Unless I’m a winner for being able to watch Geekbrief.
February 22nd, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Hmmm. Five winners, but only four listed…
I don’t remember ticking the “No publicity” box on my entry.
:-)
Well done everyone.
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Great entries! And ZeroCool, I’m loading your code into the system at work tomorrow and seeing what wonders come of it! (Not my fault if the west coast power grid goes down…)
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Hmmmmm. Five winners, but only four listed.
I guess I must have ticked the “No Publicity” box for my entry.
;-)
Alan.
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Uhm, who’s the 5th winner?
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Ok. I get the poem and it is good (except for the Hag thing. Tired that on my wife about 10 year ago and there was silence for about a day). Still it seems a little strange the grand prize winner is a Podcaster. Its like you two are networking each other and used the competition as a way of sharing audiences. Comps are normally to help grow your audience and help them feel more connected to your show. Not connected to another show. As for the funniest I think out of the winners it would have to be Mike Dowden. The prize should be addressed to his wife after that most excellent presenting at the checkout. I must try that sometime. “Excuse me do you take Geekbrief discounts?”
February 22nd, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Your rules said to give three reasons. FAIL
February 22nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
The winner had nothing to do with WHO it was or what they did. That entry continued to be the one that made us laugh the most and was the most creative out of all the others. We were looking for humor, creativity and humor.
February 22nd, 2009 at 2:44 pm
who’s #5?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Entry said to give THREE reasons. Not writing a poem, or a haiku or a youtube showing off your dancing skills. Im pretty sure people can understand if he won, because GeekBrief was asking for a POEM. But it wasn’t. This really stinks! Next time Geekbrief asks for something, make sure you make it totally off what the rules say. Maybe you might win.
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Entry said to give THREE reasons. Not writing a poem, or a haiku or a youtube showing off your dancing skills. Im pretty sure people can understand if he won, because GeekBrief was asking for a POEM. But it wasn’t. This really stinks! Next time Geekbrief asks for something, make sure you make it totally off what the rules say. Maybe you might win.
February 22nd, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Blimey! Chill out, folks. It was only a bit of fun.
:-)
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Thanks Cali for your reply to Paul.
Paul, you may also want to know there are a TON of podcasters who are on this contest as well as who watch her show. Geekbrief is the first podcast I have ever listened to and subscribed over 2 years ago AND is the sole reason I decided to take my own venture, the Moxie Mo Show. In no way are we networking with each other or helping each other out – trust me, Geekbrief needs absolutely no help.
I created an entry just like everyone else and I am absolutely surprised and humbled that I won.
Jeff
February 22nd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
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February 23rd, 2009 at 6:39 am
none of those are funny apart from the gb1, 2 and 3! It said that they had to be funny.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Six Reasons Why I Didn’t Win
1. I didn’t follow directions and put five reasons.
2. I shamelessly mentioned her dogs.
3. I unabashedly used guilt and sympathy in my entry,
4. She likely knows I already have an HD video camera.
5. I will always support The Big Trip anyway.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY….
6. The Moxi Mo entry was much better than mine. :)
February 24th, 2009 at 4:38 am
I would just have been happy if I saw her read my entry on Ustream.. Lol. Congrat’s winners!!!
February 27th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Congrats to all the winners!!! Cheers and a big Thank you to Cali for making a few peoples life a little more cheerful and happy even if for just a moment in time!!!
Best Wishes!!
March 4th, 2009 at 10:06 am
I love the complaints. Let’s make sure that she doesn’t want to do this again. Come on people.