{"id":200,"date":"2008-06-01T22:52:53","date_gmt":"2008-06-02T03:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/honorable-mention-woot-photochop-contest-174\/"},"modified":"2008-06-27T16:12:44","modified_gmt":"2008-06-27T21:12:44","slug":"honorable-mention-woot-photochop-contest-174","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.leucht.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/honorable-mention-woot-photochop-contest-174\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorable Mention: Woot PhotoChop Contest #174"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ive been a Woot (woot.com<\/a>, what is Woot<\/a>) customer since May of 2006, buying cheap electronics here and there whenever I saw Woot offering something that I really needed. When I subscribed to the Woot RSS feeds (so I wouldnt forget to check the daily sale) I noticed that they were holding weekly Photo-chopping contests<\/a> there. And they were actually giving away monetary prizes too, or at least monetary credit for purchases on Woot! Ive got a little bit of Photo-chopping experience, so I started keeping my eyes open for a contest theme that I would enjoy working on. Then Woot Contest 174<\/a> caught my eye.<\/p>\n

The Challenge: Show us how we can get rid of thousands of unsold Sandisk Sansa Media Players. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The idea that immediately came to mind was to use thousands of these cheap little electronic devices to build a supercomputer … or actually a not-so-super-computer.<\/p>\n

Here is the Sansa image I used from Woot:<\/p>\n

.\"original<\/a><\/p>\n

And here is the super computer image I used from Mississippi State University:<\/p>\n

.\"Super<\/a><\/p>\n

And here is my contest entry (http:\/\/www.woot.com\/Forums\/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=2265560<\/a>):<\/p>\n

.\"my<\/p>\n

I spent probably 2 hours on this entry. A pro could have probably done it in 20 minutes, but I’m not that experienced … plus the TV was on while I was working on it. It was fun, though. I especially enjoyed turning the SUN microsystems logo on the side of the rack into Sandisk. I think it turned out rather well.<\/p>\n

I didn’t win a monetary prize, but I was honored with an “Honorable Mention” which is worth free shipping on my next Woot purchase. Here are the complete results for Woot Contest 174<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kurt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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