Engadget's recession antidote: win a Kensington SlimBlade Trackball!

This whole global economic crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We here at Engadget didn't want to stand helplessly by, announcing every new round of misery without giving anything back -- so we decided to take the opportunity to spread a little positivity. We'll be handing out a new gadget every day (except for weekends) to lucky readers until we run out of stuff / companies stop sending things. Today we've got a Kensington SlimBlade Trackball on offer. Read the rules below (no skimming -- we're omniscient and can tell when you've skimmed) and get commenting! Check after the break for some photos of the prize!

Special thanks to Kensington for providing the gear!

The rules:

• Leave a comment below. Any comment will do, but if you want to share your proposal for "fixing" the world economy, that'd be sweet too.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.)
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you'll be fine.
  
• Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don't make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
  
• Winner will be chosen randomly. The winner will receive one Kensington SlimBlade Trackball. Approximate value is $129.
  
• If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
• Entries can be submitted until Tuesday, March 10th, 11:59PM ET. Good luck!
• Full rules can be found here.

[Elliot Bridgewater Posted Mar 13th 2009 10:05AM]

Wouldn't mind one of these!

[patburk Posted Mar 11th 2009 10:43AM]

nice ball....

[sirreal Posted Mar 11th 2009 10:47AM]

Engadgie!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 12:47PM]

I never win

[shanoboy Posted Mar 11th 2009 11:29AM]

I'm not going to win.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 12:01PM]

You wouldn't believe it if I hadn't told you, but this gadget here is ergonomically designed to get the most HPS (headshots per second) in TF2.

[jv1n Posted Mar 11th 2009 12:07PM]

Wish me luck

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 12:32PM]

Pinky: "Gee Brain, what do you want to do tonight?"
The Brain: "The same thing we do every night, Pinky—Try to take over the world."

[nimrodblack Posted Mar 11th 2009 12:41PM]

Again....why not!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 12:44PM]

I would like to win this Kensington SlimBlade Trackball.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 1:43PM]

I love roller balls

[telforl Posted Mar 11th 2009 1:00PM]

want

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 1:06PM]

gimme!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 2:06PM]

I dig.

[usb1 Posted Mar 11th 2009 2:04PM]

for me one

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 2:16PM]

me! me! me!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 2:06PM]

me! me! me!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 3:54PM]

First order of business, fire all the lawyers...

[austinmcraig Posted Mar 11th 2009 3:58PM]

I accept your offer. Thank you much.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 3:09PM]

mine mine mine

[Bouttree Fiddy Posted Mar 11th 2009 3:19PM]

I need something for the laptop, my mouse hates my couch...

[zebtron Posted Mar 11th 2009 3:36PM]

ooh! i miss my old trackball.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 3:47PM]

Pi

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 4:02PM]

The world just needs a little more common sense. Especially America. Spending money like water doesn’t sound like a good plan to fix economic problems. When my budget gets low, it usually means I need to stop spending and get back to earning/saving for a while, and paying off debts. I don’t see why the US economy needs to be any different, especially when our debt is in the trillions.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 5:01PM]

I love trackballs

[SS2010 Posted Mar 11th 2009 11:45PM]

Everyone needs to cash in there penny jars and there'll be plenty of money for everyone.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 7:31PM]

I need winnings.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 7:51PM]

comment

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 9:41PM]

I always wonder who actually ends up winning

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 11:16PM]

I want one. Free would be good.

[btbluesky Posted Mar 12th 2009 12:12AM]

I want it!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2009 1:34PM]

Oh please, oh please. I'd get on my knees for one of these under my tree...s. (begging, of course, not anything else)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2009 3:50PM]

yes sir!

[aetius9090 Posted Mar 12th 2009 5:56PM]

Trackballs ftw.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2009 6:09PM]

Kensington

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2009 6:54PM]

I want one.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 12:40AM]

My mouse is about to go Tango Uniform, fire this bad boy my way. :D

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 10:00PM]

sweet trackballz

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 15th 2009 3:00PM]

I'm a track-ball fan, would love this!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 17th 2009 11:22AM]

I love my old serial Expert Mouse. But a nice new USB optical would be nice. :)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 18th 2009 2:57PM]

I want it.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 21st 2009 7:25PM]

I have been waiting for this to re-appear for years!

[fairyfay Posted Mar 24th 2009 2:30PM]

thease are so nice to use. Engadget you guys are the best!

[Johann Posted Apr 2nd 2009 4:20PM]

I like these for editing video.