It's our birthday, and we're giving you the presents

Hey, it's our first birthday today and to celebrate we're having our biggest giveaway ever. Here are all the prizes:

A year's worth of Vonage's broadband telephone service.

Five 250 CD-to-MP3 conversion packages courtesy of RipDigital.

From Lexar, two of their brand spanking new 1GB JumpDrive Expression USB flash drives.

And the biggie, a Treo 650 from Cingular courtesy of the folks at ImportGSM.com.

Winning one of these fine prizes is easy: just tell us what's your favorite Engadget post of the past year. It can be anything, a regular post, an interview, a how-to, a review, or whatever, just paste up a link to it along with a couple of lines about why it's your fave and we'll pick nine winners at random from among the entries (and it'll be random who gets which prize). You have until noon on Sunday to enter, ok? Oh, and you can't enter more than once, and as usual, prizes can only be awarded to American residents. Good luck and happy birthday to us!

UPDATE: Contest closed! Thanks to everyone who entered, we'll announce the winners later this week.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

My favorite post was the "how to" on converting your existing iPod to an iPod shuffle -- by putting a Post-It note over the screen. Somebody needs to keep the marketing machines honest. Keep up the great work.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000240027115/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://ask.engadget.com/entry/7044941173883695/

The first ask engadget post. A somewhat simple idea returns a wealth of information from a broad specturm of users; giving a better review and coverage of items that are out there for consumers to buy.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

My favorite blog is always the next one...that's what keeps me coming back.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/9817026379381125/

the Gear Eye on the Sager 3790 laptop. Convinced me immediately!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000573034243/#comments
is definitely my favorite.

At least until the next post with presents pops up.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/8658889455598645/

This post has everything - a cell phone, a reference to The Shining, pepper spray, and a murderous teen. Minor complaint: what make/model was the phone?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

The posting that I really loved from last year is the �World�s tallest building has own cell network�. I think this is a great story because it shows that a bunch of gadgets that you have featured on your website can be used in a private network with in that one building. Also the addition of your very well known humor to the article makes it fun to read. Not only that, but also that link to a picture of the �engadget building� at the end was great.

http://engadget.com/entry/1234000000025244/

Happy birthday to the whole Engadget team

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

I like the hack to turn an iPod into an iPod Shuffle:

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000240027115/

Great sense of humor.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

While I loved your CES coverage like everyone else. I mean who doesn't like an update EVERY 30 SECS! :) But my favorite post/subject was your HOW TO on getting music off the ipod after the iTunes 4.7 one of them was here:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/7166385640773718/
You guys kept us updated on new ways to do it when old ways went down as well.

Why you ask? Because it would have been just as easy for you guys to not mention it and remove posts of people who did bring it up to appease the Apple and the RIAA. You guys chose to stay true to the fans, us gadget lovers who plopped down good money for our ipods, and help us get back the features you and us all agree we should never have lost in the first place. For that you guys will always be very cool in my book. :)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000840033208/

my wife loves hello kitty. i love my wife. free treo, please.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

Hey,

This is my favorite posting for the year! Having a sweatshirt whose "hair" stands on end when the wearer is feeling threatened sounds too cool. I'd add the growling sound effect too that gets loouder the closer the threat becomes until finally when touched...the shock and awe begins!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000980024404/

I really got into figuring out how to put video onto my Japanese PSP. I even went as far as to hook up as a tester for the Mac version of iPSP. Such a great product from Sony - your article made me want to import a PSP. Good job gang.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

my favorite post was/is http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000517034303/

i'm a sprint user so it is always good to hear news about what they are doing.

Happy Birthday!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000543032228/

firewire nerf goal 8-)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/5843952395227141/

Found the article on Google when I was trying to figure out what Podcasting was all about. It was a very indepth peice, but the real kicker: it led me to the site and I've visited it several times daily ever since!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

Ok i'll go with this one

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000573034243/

again much like evryone else it shows what a cool giving site you are for giving back to your gadget loving hordes. Happy birthday, happy birthday!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/2116781680277657/

because what dog doesn't need a little upgrading

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

My favorite article was entitled "How-To: BroadCatching using RSS + BitTorrent to automatically download TV shows" http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000167021291/

I've found the process described in this article to be extremely useful in my daily life, because I just don't have the time to watch some of my favourite shows when they are on and this allows me to watch high quality recordings of my favourite shows when I have the time.

In fact, I would just like to say a big THANKYOU to everyone there at engadget for making life a little better for all your readers. I know I read this site more than any other site out there, so keep up the good work.

Happy Birthday Engadget, may there be many more!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

This post is my favorite http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000743034159/ just because it's so crazy-silly to think of Bill Gates as a knight!

One question (which I doubt will ever get answered, but it would be fun): Why do you look for people to enter this contest by posting on a Swedish web site? I'm an American living in Sweden, so I apparently don't qualify for this contest, but I don't understand why you posted for entries on 99mac.se.

Thanks for a great weblog anyway!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

Favorite Store was the 25% of Hong Kong cellphone owners are under 13?

Because it shows how even the great editors of Engadget sometimes miss the boat completely (read through the comments and you'll understand.)
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000973032817/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

First off, happy b-day, you are among the few sites I read religiously =)

Well, I wouldn't say it's so much my favorite post as it is my favorite genre of posts, that is the ones about all the odd gadgets from around the world, particularly East Asia. Without you, I would never get to see all these (dare I say clever?) gadgets, because I know they will never make their way over to me in the States. A dialy dose of humor to boot, as you guys generally have some great sarcasm to accompany the posts.


http://household.engadget.com/entry/1234000010033944/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

Poor girl.. she has had a rough life.. giver her a break already...

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000547032961/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

This one. The PSP is hot, and still is.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/5181188220921633/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

This one, from not that long ago caught my attention. Will my wife let me get a kit to spout flames from my car's arse? I can imagine not. But the idea is pretty hilarious anyway.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000233032982/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

So much has happened this year, and you have pointed me to so much great stuff like... Buck the Animated Deer and the Cathartic kitchen Voodoo knife rack, but my favorite thing of all is ...
http://household.engadget.com/entry/1234000703027691/
My new son seems to like to test his vocal cords and this sure would help!

Keep the suff coming!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

The gear eye of the OQO. Amazing!

http://www.engadget.com/entry/9535533665475287/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

The iPod firmware hack, i.e., the "original" Hello Kitty mp3 player :)
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000610023097/

This was the first story I read at Engadget (linked via Hack-a-day), and now I read the site religiously every day. Thanks for being informative, intelligent, and humorous, all at the same time. Happy birthday!

-Jordan

P.S. Woo for free stuff

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000803032660/

The arrival of the s710a. I had been waiting for the phone to come out for a LONG time and you broke the story for me. Thanks!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/2116781680277657/

because what dog doesn't need a little upgrading

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000480032155/

Simply put, it's one of the most hilarious stories I've ever read :)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

Happy Birthday! This is a sweet site. My Fav post was an ask-engadget
http://ask.engadget.com/entry/3586262161548137/
Helped me pick out a bag

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

I am an engadget junkie - Happy Birthday and thanks for the constant supply of geeky news. Here's my link:
http://transportation.engadget.com/entry/1234000800026233/
The Patriot Act can take our lives but it can never take our Armitrons.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000477033038/

Why didn't I think of this, I could have made millions of dollars. DAMM you Tikimac!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

Canadian = no prizes -(

... but Happy Birthday nonetheless!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

I look at this site daily and am very interested in the Media Center PC evolution. My favorie post was http://mediapcs.engadget.com/entry/1234000303024184/ since I used it to build my own computer.

Thanks

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

Awww, Pick just one post? They are all so dear to my heart. But, really any post having to do with robots will do. Especialy http://www.engadget.com/entry/5067531429786164/
The Artical about Prince Charles fearing nano bots... Classic.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

The one I enjoyed the most was the TV-B-Gone. Just a fun havoc wreaking gadget. The video was inspirational.
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000470021242/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000927021062/

Always fun to see.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

Since I like giveaways and I like birthdays, this post has got to be my favorite! C'mon randomness, work for me once!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1905670680278779/

Blowing the whistle on a crappy phone and crappy customer service.... MMMM me likey!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000640033887/

I dig this use of GMail

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

I think the best how-to was where they taught us how to use the iPod as a universal remote.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000540032549/

Paris... It only gets better...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

How-To: Podcasting (aka How to get Podcasts and also make your own)
http://www.engadget.com/entry/5843952395227141/

That is my favorit post because it was my first introduction to podcasting. I now listen to podcasts all the time and plan on soon to make my own. Thanks and happy birthday.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000510024287/

This is basically the article that got me started on engadget.com and it is still my all time favorite.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

A block of wood when its not plugged in and a block of wood when it is plugged in, and it still costs $250!! Had me lauging, and dont forget 6 out of 4 people cant do fractions!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

My fav cause you were wrong about the ass handing!!! Love the site Happy B-day!

http://www.engadget.com/entry/8389631206341596/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://cellphones.engadget.com/entry/1234000443034062/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

sex sells. but how did she take those photos of herself? for not asking the question, and instead having faith in paris almighty, i nominate
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000540032549/

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:11AM]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000057028826/

I thought of this the minute the Mac Mini was announced. I knew you guys would have something up detailing how it could be done.