02.29.04:
-Steve
Happy Anniversary to me! Getting married on a day that comes only once
every four years is cool.
02.28.04:
-Steve
Congratulations to Omprakash Munshi
who won the raffle system. Not a bad deal to get a complete top of the
line system for the $40 he spent on tickets! We are making arrangements
now to ship the system. To everyone else, a heartfelt thank you for
making all of this possible. For all the other people who have contacted
me wanting to donate to Brian and his family, we will be doing a follow
up to this in a few short days so that others wanting to contribute can
contribute.
So, just to be clear, we
will announce another benefit for the Smith family on a larger scale
very soon. I truly underestimated the amount of response this would get,
and we truly do want to make sure everyone who is wanting to help can.
So stay tuned. Again, my sincerest thanks to everyone who helped Brian's
family. We sent the proceeds of this to Brian today along with our
thoughts and prayers.
02.27.04:
-Steve
I am amazed at the way all of you guys continually come together to help
others that are in need. I am compiling a list of names ( names
only, no e-mail addresses or personal information
) to forward along with the raffle donations to Brian Smith and his
family so he can see who is responsible for this enormous outpouring of
support and caring. Any donations that come in after the close of the
raffle, as usual, will be returned to the senders unless otherwise
specified.
What you guys have done here
in a matter of just a few hours is remarkable and I am extremely proud
to have you all as friends / readers. The bottom line is that what we
did here today will help ease a huge burden in an already devastating
situation. You should all be very proud of yourselves for the way you
have come together as a community, I know I sure am proud of you.
Computer
Raffle: -Steve
Most of you know Brian Smith from ProCooling.com.
During the delivery of Brian's brand new baby girl, his wife suffered a
stroke and the outlook isn't good. Brian now has 4 children to take care
of while his wife is laying in the stroke ward at the hospital. I am
personally donating a complete 3GHz computer system to be raffled off to
benefit Brian and his family. There will only be 400 spots open at $5
each to give all of you a good chance of winning at the same time
donating to a worthy cause. Check out the raffle if you are interested
in helping and want to win a complete custom computer ( follow the link
to see the specs ).
RAFFLE
IS NOW CLOSED
"Just
got back from hospital with my new daughter but I didn't get to bring my
wife with us. Hemorrhagic stroke in the right basal ganglia and she is
in the stroke ward. This means that she had some bleeding in the right
side of the base of her brain. This made her lose some motor control on
one side and have a difficult time moving, talking and thinking."
02.23.04:
-Steve
Busy, busy, busy. I have a whole slew of cool stuff coming up for you
guys that I think you will really like. I am also in the process of
procuring a handful of GameBoy Advance SPs for an upcoming "One A
Day". Some of the fellas over in the Penny Arcade forums suggested
I do a cool GameBoy Advance SP giveaway, so I am busy rounding up the
hardware and trying to snag some games & peripherals to go with
them.
New "A
Day" Giveaway: -Steve
After the last contest being somewhat of a downer (41%
of our regular entries) I
concluded that you guys just weren't too interested in the 400/533 FSB
stuff anymore...so I pulled a bunch of strings and got six
new 2.8GHz "C" 800MHz FSB processors for this next
giveaway. Now I KNOW you guys will dig on these bad boys, so click the
damn pic and get in it to win it!!!
Just as a reminder, I do
these giveaways for you guys...I don't get anything out of the deal, no
one sells names or addresses or any of that other crap. I keep banners
to a minimum, no pop-up ads or anything like that. The companies you
guys see here are top notch companies that BELIEVE in
giving back to the community. I'm not too bummed out, when I get low
turn out...it simply means that you guys weren't into the prizes I had
up for grabs that's all. 
02.18.04:
-Steve
Winning notifications were sent out last night, if everyone responds, we
can open a new giveaway. I have some 800MHz FSB Pentium4 processors
ready for our next giveaway, so that should be exciting. Also, many
thanks to all of you who sent condolences for Freddy, I certainly
appreciated it.
02.16.04:
-Steve
I apologize for not having the winning notifications sent out today. My
longtime pet Freddy, whom most of you know as the iguana
that ate the 3GHz Pentium4 in 2002, died yesterday and we
spent most of the day dealing with that. I am not a "pet
person" but Freddy was my pal and we spent a lot of time together
over the last few years and he will be sorely missed.
Remember to check your
inboxes to see if you have won, I will have notifications out soon.
02.14.04:
-Steve
I am letting the current giveaway ( the FIC
ICE-Cube IC-VG61 barebones ) go through the weekend, I will
draw all winners on Sunday night...be ready, and keep entering until
Sunday! Good Luck!
02.12.04:
-Steve
We will be doing another video card giveaway next week. Oddly enough,
this barebones small form factor PC giveaway has been our most unpopular
( haven't heard me say that in a
long time...now have you )
giveaway in a long time. The good news is, lower numbers of people
entering = better odds for those of you who did. Oh by the way, these
will be NVIDIA cards this time around...trying to spread the love around
and our last few big giveaways have been ATi.
Xbox Bundle
Winner: -Steve
I almost forgot, The winner of the Xbox Gaming Bundle finally claimed
his prize yesterday. There is still time to get in on the FIC
ICE-Cube IC-VG61 barebones giveaway we have going, and be
sure to keep checking back with us because next week I have some really
cool contest stuff coming. Really cool.
New Contest:
-Steve
We have a handful of FIC
ICE-Cube IC-VG61 barebones up for grabs in our latest
giveaway. These are awesome little boxes, these little Socket 478
400/533 systems come with everything you can think of 10/100 LAN, AC'97
6CH audio, USB 2.0, Firewire, 220w PSU and more. Just drop a CPU, hard
drive, DVD and memory in these babies and they are ready to roll. Get in
it to win it.
02.06.04:
-Steve
Still waiting to hear back from our Xbox Bundle winner...if you entered
the giveaway, check your e-mail box!
02.03.04:
-Steve
Congrats to Hypothermia / [H]ardOCP reader, A. Henlien of Los Angeles,
California, for winning the Killer Gaming Rig #10!! We
still have the Xbox
Gaming Bundle up for grabs, I will draw a winner for it
tomorrow...so get your last minute entries in NOW!!!
02.02.04:
-Steve
I will be drawing the name of the winner of the Killer
Gaming Rig #10 giveaway tonight...make sure you get your
last minute entries in. Remember, you can enter until the winner is
announced ( in case the 1st place
winner does not respond ). A big
huge thanks goes out to my local CompUSA
for their special contribution of two 18.1
Viewsonic LCD monitors for the Killer Gaming Rig. Have no
fear our normal monitor sponsor, Monitors
Direct, is still with us....we just like to spread our begging
around a little bit!!! 
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