Today you even have more chances to win over $6000+ in prizes not only for you, but share with ones you may find in need as part of the HP Magic Giveaway Contest.
Note this is translated from Portuguese so it may not be exact for the full original contest head here.
First everything I would like to be thankful the HP for supplying to these hardwares incredible. This type of equipment in U.S.A. already is expensive, here in Brazil then nor if it speaks. In according to place, he would like to be thankful Microsoft for the offered products and the aid in the campaign. E clearly, the organizadores of the event! They are of congratulations. searching blogs in Brazil to reach a different public.
Now we go for what you are interested in, the rules of the competition:
- The prize will be delivers only for a winner.
I will select only one to winner. - This winner, following the spirit of magic of the Christmas, must share one or more products of the package with another person. This another person can be a friend, familiar, institution, etc. This does not matter, the important one is to share the package. We of the promotion cannot force the winner to make this, but we desire that this spirit of magic is kept.
To winner will share the package with others like family, friends, charity. We can't forces to winner you of that but strongly encourage you of only. It's Xmas and we want you spread the Magic! - The winner can be of any place of the world and he is not restricted only for Brazil. The organization of the event will go to sponsor the sending of the products and the winner will go to receive the prize in the door from its house!
The contest it's open worldwide. - Each participant must send an email for myspacemagicgiveaway@live.com with the heading “Wants to participate of the HP Magic Giveaway” answering two questions:
- As mine blog is come back toward Microsoft technologies, you answer must me how many times I wrote the Microsoft word in mine blog, since my first post until post previous to the announcement of the promotion. That is, valley to count the words of post Nokia Connect USP until my first post that wears was the Devil prada. and you donate Unified Comms.
It found that this was alone? Nãooo, senão went to be very easy! Not valley: Images (type soon of Microsoft or any product), link URL (www.microsoft.com not valley), heading of the topic or Tag of blog. Valley: command line (C:\Microsoft\test can), address web without link (microsoft.com valley), register entrance (HKLM \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft… can), name of the product (Microsoft Exchange Server can), copied text of another place (Microsoft is trying you.).
- Next question, which the name of the product of the Microsoft Research that is being vendido in the store online of the Microsoft, that for signal I already spoke on it. A tip, the product works with images! :)
You enter the contest you have you click on the link below (It uses this form.) and send me the email with only two lines. In the first line you have you tell me how many teamses I wrote the word Microsoft in my blog, from the post Nokia until Connect USP my first post The Devil wears prada. and you donate Unified Comms. And gets to better! (it's you think easy you win this hole package) You have you count only the valid words. Valid: command line (like C:\Microsoft\test), web page address with in link (like www.microsoft.com), windows registry entrys (like HKLM \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft), product names (like Microsoft Exchange Server), text in italic (Microsoft is trying you). Invalid words: images, links URL (like www.microsoft.com), title of the blog post, tag of the blog post, links you embed video (of course, it's link). In the second line you have you tell me what is the name of the Microsoft Research product that is on sale at the Microsoft web store. Tip: image publisher program;) - Please, he follows the instructions correctly. An email that will come with the field missed subject, will not enter in the election filter. Example of email:
Of: xx@yyy.com
It stops: myspacemagicgiveaway@live.com
Subject: I want to participate of the HP Magic Giveaway
Body of the email:
1024 Microsoft words
Microsoft Like Image 2003
It uses this form to send the email correctly!
Any email with lives than two lines with the answares will not be valid. Only please follow the rules. - Each participant will go to receive a number from the email as soon as I to export the Box of Entrance to an Excel (that it will be the number of the line of Excel). Later I will go to select the winner of fortuitous form, using some site in the Internet that generates random numbers. After to select the winner I will go to select more two people, case the winner I do not answer my email.
Each email will have to number when I export the Inbox you Excel sheet (to number will be the line to number of the Excel). Then I will select to winner at random using adds website like random.org. I will select three numbers. - As soon as selected the winner, I will go to send an email for it requesting some personal datas, therefore they are intent to the email as soon as the promotion to finish. In case that the winner does not answer my email in 24 hours, I will go to send a placed email to as, and so on.
I'll send the email you to winner. If he/she doesn't reply in 24 hours I'll moves on you the next to number I selected to earlier. - The winner will have to send me an email counting on who it divided the prize and for which reasons. This is not obligator, but it would be very legal to publish here in the site this email. If to come with photos, better still!
To winner will be asked you submit follow up email about how he/she split the package with others. Personal Pictures and experiences will be highly encouraged. - The requested personal datas are Complete Nome, Complete Address (cannot be alone P.O. Boxes) and Telephone (therefore it is necessary for delivery confirmation). Its data will be safe with me, I will only go to postar in blog nick of the winner.
I'll ask to winner about personal information you send the package. Real address ploughs required, in p.o boxes. - People who already had gained this competition in the others 49 sites automatically will be disqualified. (she goes to have luck thus back in….)
Who have won this prize at one of to other 49 blogger's websites involved in the HP Magic Giveaway will be disqualified. - If you are my friend you forgive, me. Familiar friends and my cannot enter in this promotion. But they are the will to particiar of the others 49 promotions in the participant sites.
If you're my friend I'm alone sorry but you cannot entry in my contest. But fell free you visit to other 49 blogger's site. - The packages that the winner will go to receive can have been open (for me), therefore are part of the promotion I to analyze and to write one review of the product. I am tranquilo, I did not break nothing!
Or adds boxes bags may have been opened you the write my review. Original Everything has of course been put back into its packaging. - My decision will be final and it does not have to be contested.
Final I will be the sole judge and my decision is. - They will only be accepted e-mails until day 9 of December (09/12/2008).
The deadline is Dec 9. - Important OBS: not yet I received some boxes that estao stops in the Federal Prescription. The winner tera that to wait this release. We are making the possible one to speed the process. E after the arrival of the boxes I still will have that to make review of the product and alone then to send to the winner.
PS: I don't have all the boxes yet but I'm working with BuzzCorp you find solution. This can causes adds delay you to winner. But HP, Buzzcorp and I can guarantee that to winner will receive all the package.
Many of you know from reading this blog, I am all about making this world a better place. So, I will make a reader’s world a better place by passing on this entire prize to one of you. I am asking you to do the same with others. The ONLY thing I get from this giveaway is the EXCITING THRILL to give it all away (and trust me when I say that I HONESTLY AM BESIDE MYSELF EXCITED TO DO THIS). I want you to feel that same thrill of “paying it forward.”
How do you enter? I am so glad you asked. Please read carefully. I will be STRICT about these rules and your entry. I wouldn’t want you to be disqualified.
- Send an email with the subject “Share the Magic” to hpmagic@dtemama.com answering the following questions. You may have to do some digging, but hopefully you will find some content you enjoy. Please organize these in your email to make it easy to read. (Feel free to comment to other posts as you read as well. I like comments! Just remember, your answers must be sent to me via email.) DO NOT comment to this post with the answers. They will be deleted.
- 1.) What was the name of the preying mantis that made my birthday one to remember?
- 2.) What did the Wise Guy say when attempting to say “cauliflower? “
- 3.) Tell me one thing I consider myself good at.
- 4.) Where else do I write?
- 5.) How did I teach Sweetie not to throw sand?
- Below the answers to these five questions I want you to write in 100 words or less why you want this prize, with whom you plan to share it, and why. In other words, the answers to these questions and these 100 words or less must be in the same email.
- You must write this first email before you can enter a bonus entry.
- Bonus entries: Write on a message board or your blog a post about how you have or plan to make the world a bit better. Have you volunteered? Are you planning to? The goal is to inspire those reading it to action. Paste the link to the blog or message board in an email headed “My Magic Bonus Entry” and send it to hpmagic@dtemama.com. This email must be sent this from the same email address as your initial entry.
RULES:
- This contest runs from midnight EST December 3, 2008 to 11:59 pm EST December 9th 2008. All entries MUST be received during this time frame.
- The winner will be chosen at random using random.org from all QUALIFIED entries. My decision is final.
- My friends and family are ineligible from entering, but are welcome to enter the other 49 HP Magic Giveaways that are running.
- The winner will receive an email upon winning the prize. That person will have 18 hours to respond to the email with a valid address (international readers are encouraged to enter) and phone number (needed for shipping purposes only…. I will not be calling you). I can not ship to a P.O. Box.
- If the person has not responded in 18 hours, I will move onto the next winner per list generated by random.org. I will repeat this as necessary.
- If you have won this prize per another HP Magic Giveaway site, you are ineligible from this giveaway.
Considerations
- I am asking that the winner consider emailing me or blogging a story, photos (you know I LOVE photos), and/ or a video when you receive the goods. I want to share in your excitement.
- I am also asking the winner consider emailing me or blogging a story, photos, and/or video of the people whom you decided to share your winnings. I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall for that!
- If you would like assistance in setting up a news story on your gift, I can certainly assist with that. Good news and happy stories this time of year are always great for the news outlets. Consider sharing this one!
There you have it! Go forth and enter. Share this with others so that they may enter too! I can’t wait to award this to one of you! Good luck!
The text below is also translated, the original contest can be found here.
To participate, you must answer the questions related to my site and write a sentence that links HP, Microsoft and my site. While this is a better phrase, you'll have even more chances of winning the lottery of Dec. 9.
The questions will be true to filter to my readers less fanatical. Anyway I wish you good luck!. The best sentence would have a score that will be useful to further the draw.
To receive the prize will be necessary to send a short video in which the sentence or say something entertaining.
Click here to participate.
HOW TO ENTER (these are my rules, and they only apply and qualify you for the giveaway here, at mooshinindy.com):
I want to know. Who would you share all this magic with and how would you do it?
- Compose a post on your own blog, telling me what you would do with $6,000 worth of the latest HP technology. Who would you share with and why? Creativity counts, but it’s not everything. I’m going to be awarding this prize package to whomever captures the magic of sharing the most. Don’t have a blog? Go ahead and compose your entry in 200 words or less and post it here in my comments section, leaving a valid email in the email field. Video entries on YouTube, posts on MySpace and Facebook will also be accepted.
- Somewhere in your post mention and link to HP’s Magic Giveaway along with a mention and link to this post on moosh in indy. When your post is published, leave a link to your entry, wherever it may be, with your name and valid email address in the comments section below.
- Contest is open NOW! and will run through 10 p.m. EST December 9th, 2008. Comments will close at 10 p.m. EST on December 9th, 2008. So get to it.
- That’s it.
THE NOT SO FINE PRINT:
- My family, friends and people I know in real life are not eligible. Sorry dudes. It’s just not fair. But you are more than welcome to enter any or all of the other 49 giveaways. (Although you can only win one.)
- Anyone who doesn’t fall into the above category, in any part of the world, is eligible to enter.
- All taxes will be taken care of by HP.
- You must SHARE part of the prize package with someone who isn’t you, preferably someone who doesn’t even live in your house. While I have no way to police you once the prizes leave my doorstep, I can assure you that if you don’t share, bad juju’s will follow you all the days of your life. Okay, so I can’t even promise that, just don’t be a selfish jerk okay? You’re a lucky fool if you win all this stuff. PAY IT FORWARD.
- The winner must provide me with a real street shipping address, P.O. Boxes will not be accepted. Items you choose to share can be shipped to the person directly at no cost to you (and is actually preferred. Who doesn’t love getting magic surprises in the mail?)
- By entering, the winner agrees to provide me, within two weeks of receipt of the prize, a 250 word story (at least) on what happened when they shared one or more of the products. Their story will be posted on moosh in indy. at a later date. Stories from those who were surprised with the magic would also be fantastic. Pictures optional, but strongly encouraged. I won’t post any personal information without permission.
- I have been using (reviewing, coveting, checking out) the hardware (dude, I don’t get to keep any of this stuff) but they will all be restored to factory/like new condition before I ship them.
- I will pick and announce a winner December 9th, 2008 at 12 a.m. EST.
I will be the sole judge and my decision is final. I cannot be bought with promises of cookies, lavish riches, goods, products or services. So don’t even try. Okay, so you can try, but just know it won’t work.
For more details on Casey’s contest head here.
Remember tomorrow some contests are ending so get your entries in now so be sure to check out all the 50 sites participating in the HP Magic Giveaway at HP's Magic Giveaway site.
Good luck entering the contests for today as well as entering the other contest from GottaBeMobile, I Started Something, The Gadgeteer, Hack College, here, Mediablab, Neowin, Morningside Mom, Thoughts on poetics & tech, Bleeping Computer, Gear Live, and Windows Connected.