Macgasm

In a very short period, Apple has definitely changed the way we listen to music. iTunes will quickly be reaching one billion downloads. I was sitting here trying to calculate the percentage I’ve contributed to that billion, and it’s pretty high.

To reward users for this milestone, they are giving away a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook Pro.

Users are entered automatically upon completing a download, or you can enter without a purchase here. I have a few songs I’ve been meaning to download, so I will definitely throw my name in the hat and cross my fingers to win, and also watch to see how quickly the counter reaches 1 billion.

The official rules of the contest are listed here. If you win anything, be sure and come back here and rub all our faces in it and/or thank us for sending you over there to enter!  Good luck!

It’s that time again — time for another Macgasm giveaway. Mophie is providing one of our readers with a free Mophie Juice Pack. Josh recently took one on vacation with him to Europe, and had some positive reviews, which you can read here. All you have to do is join the Macgasm Facebook group and post the link to the giveaway in your profiles. The winner will be randomly drawn and posted to the Macgasm Facebook group on March 6.  Good luck!

Update: THIS GIVE AWAY HAS ENDED. IT WAS FOR THE 2008 CALENDAR YEAR.  We’re in the process of setting up a 2009 giveway.  Stay tuned.

With the holidays approaching, we wanted to plan a special holiday giveaway for all Macgasm readers. This month, Santa dropped off a great sack of goodies! We expect Santa to make it back before the end of the giveaway to add more to the list. If so, we will let you know. Some of the giveaway items include:

• An 8 GB Silver Ipod Nano (Donated By: Alpha-one.ca)
• Nano Sleeve (Donated By: eco-TAV)
• Bento 2 (Donated By: FileMaker)
• SkullCandy Hesh Headphones (Donated By: EastScene)
• Fabrix Laptop Case (13.3 Macbook)
• KidzGear Headphones (Donated By: Thomas Public Relations)
  
• Newer Technology Computer Took Kit and Case (Donated By: Thomas Public Relations)
• Unibind PhotoBook Creator Program and Blank Books (Donated By: Thomas Public Relations)

To enter, leave a comment on this post or link this post on your favorite social media site and leave the link in the comments here. If you post to Twitter, please add the hashtag #macgasm to your entry. One entry per day, per person. The last day to enter is midnight, December 31, 2008, Eastern time. Winners will be announced on or around January 1, 2009.

Good luck, and Happy Holidays from Macgasm!

We recently held a contest for the following question: What happens when you cheat on Mr. Windows?

The winner is Don Judd, for the following response: First it’s a headache, then it’s “Not tonight honey, I need to defrag.”  Next thing you know, midlife has hit and she has spyware problems . . . no man could put up with that.”

Congratulations, Don! We will be contacting you to get shipment info for your t-shirt. Thanks to everyone who commented for your witty and creative responses. Check back soon for the next Macgasm giveaway.

ATTENTION CREATIVE GENIUSES:  It’s time for another giveaway.  This month’s giveaway will feature a free copy of Squirrel. Squirrel is a personal finance application for Mac OS X. It helps you track and plan your finances with ease. Powered by Mac OS X Leopard’s most recent technologies, Squirrel features a powerful set of tools to allow you to manage your money from within a beautiful interface.

The contest is easy. Come up with the most creative response to the following sentence:

Mac is _____________.

Please leave your entries in the comments of this post.  Multiple entries are allowed. This contest will run through September 15, where the writers of Macgasm will pick a winner from the various entries in the comments.  Good luck!

We all know that geeks are the new black, right? Women like geeks. Forget those muscular football players and the chiseled faces of the hot movie stars. I am here to tell you a little secret: Women dig big brains. Some male geeks have already discovered this secret but a lot of you are still polishing your techniques. Before the explosion of technology, a lot of guys who had to rely on their brains to get women would use things like the infamous “mix tape.” We are forever grateful to a hot geek who can fix our computer, hook up our wireless network, and sync our iPod without blinking. Of course, many of us can do these things for ourselves, but what’s the point in admitting this when we can find a cute, geeky Mac addict to do it for us?

So here is your opportunity to tell us your best geek pick-up line. “Got Mac?” just isn’t that original, really. Any geek with a big brain knows that creativity, combined with individual wit and humor, goes a long way. And who says this is limited only to men? Come on all you female geeks, surely you have a few witticisms up your sleeve (or stored in your iPhone) to impress those not-so-geeky men.

Leave your submissions in the comments, along with your email address and website address (if you have one). Originality and sense of humor will go a long way. In fact, our comments section will accommodate Seesmic videos, so put your geek talents to work. The summer TV schedule is a little slow right now, so video entertainment is desperately needed.

We will select two winners from the submissions (and I’m not above taking bribes from the cuter geeks but I can’t speak for the male members of the crew here). The winners will receive an iPod case of their choice from Fabrix Cases. We will also choose 5 submissions to be made into t-shirts that will be offered to Macgasm readers in the future.

Get your geek on. The contest runs through July 25, 2008, with the winners announced on July 31, 2008.