Engadget's 5th birthday giveaway, part 1: win an Optimus Maximus keyboard!

When you hit the ripe old age of 5, you start to look back upon the years with a certain wistful nostalgia. We'd be lying if we said we didn't get just a little bit misty-eyed thinking about the Optimus Maximus. Like so many of the gadgets we've seen, we followed this little guy from its early design stages, right up into a full hands-on with the quasi-mythical piece of gear. So, it's not without a small amount of sadness that we release this keyboard back into the wild, where it belongs, where a new user will be confused and frustrated with how hard it is to type on.

All you've got to do is let us know what your favorite post from the last five years has been in the comments below.

Note: We've bolded the above statement, since it seems like you guys aren't following the rules.

The rules:

• Leave a comment below. We want to hear what your favorite Engadget post has been from the last five years -- and feel free to be descriptive!
• 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 (1) Optimus Maximus keyboard. Approximate retail value is incalculable (or, something like $1692.31).
• 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 Friday, April 17th, at 11:59PM ET. Good luck!
• Full rules can be found here.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:19PM]

pick me!!~

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:12PM]

I want!!!

[Ivan34 Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:15PM]

Happy b-day!

[219 Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:16PM]

yes, please

[MadMax808 Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:19PM]

*Waves hands in air vigorously*

OH! ME!

Do want.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:19PM]

oh god yes.

[unebaguettesvp Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:20PM]

asdf

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:27PM]

Currently, the game boy iPhone case. So cool!

[el Capitan Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:23PM]

This is a good one!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:25PM]

I CAN HAS?!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:26PM]

I'd say it was turning me on to SecondRun.tv. That info really helped me to extend the usefulness of my Media Center

[Perez001 Posted Apr 23rd 2009 2:03PM]

This is my favorite engadget post!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:29PM]

Choose me!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:30PM]

Gotta be one of the apple keynotes liveblog, best liveblog I've seen.

[Piranha Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:33PM]

me please

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 8:49PM]

loooookin' good!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:03PM]

Me wanna shiny

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:35PM]

Me wants me wants, I love this site.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:36PM]

hard to pic my favorite post, but off the top of my head I thought that reverse-keyboard post was cool (It was that keyboard that you held like a game controller and typed with from behind the keys, hard to explain)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:37PM]

yay! gooo ENGADGET!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:39PM]

favorite by far is how raleigh can afford to put tv's on their buses when the economy is in shambles.

[pradster16 Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:35PM]

I love all the switched on posts....

[aarond12 Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:41PM]

Awesome! May I? Please? I heard it works on Macs... :)

Best post of the last 5 years? All the KIRFs. I love those!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:42PM]

Woo!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:45PM]

yes.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:56PM]

I want one.

[Erb Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:48PM]

ZOMG HAHAHA

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:50PM]

My favorite post in the past 5 years has been every single post about the iphone. =D

[Schmitty Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:50PM]

The Macbook Wheel Post! Even though its from The Onion, I wouldn't have seen it if it weren't for Engadget!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:52PM]

I liked the posts about the iphone line people. Buncha chumps they were.
Anyways please give me the keyboard.
Thanks.

[sethmo Posted Apr 14th 2009 5:53PM]

Any post mentioning Ben Heck. Because we all know Ben Heck is a stud and creates ingenious gadgetry from his fingertips!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:00PM]

one for me

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:01PM]

I'll take one!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:01PM]

wonderful

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 10:53PM]

this is it!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:05PM]

Can I sell it?

... you're not going to give it to me now, are you?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:06PM]

Definitely:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/01/hp-exec-cuts-birthday-cake-with-macbook-air/

[billmiller Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:05PM]

Yes!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 7:50PM]

My favorite post is the one where you gave me a free Optimus Maximus...

Congrats Engadget on reaching Kindergarten!

[White Noise Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:09PM]

My favorite post of all time would be this one since I am going to win this keyboard and use it to travel back to the future.

[Cupid Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:09PM]

Crikey Guv'ner, just look at that

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:12PM]

It would be inexplicably erroneous not to comment on this. That is one BA keyboard.

[littlebitstrouds Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:12PM]

Sadly my favorite has to be anything to do with the pre... Though I blame you for bringing it to my attention, and forcing me to watch message boards more closely than my health over the past 4 months.

[lamchops25 Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:13PM]

nice i like it

[shenlong77 Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:14PM]

The iPhone keynote of course!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:14PM]

This could be cool.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 8:53PM]

happy birthday! now gimme free stuff!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:15PM]

Favorite post was the Fallon pocket PC.

[asanford89 Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:16PM]

happy birthday!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 14th 2009 6:32PM]

my fav one would be that you turned 5 cant believe its be that long so quick keep up the great work its the best distraction from work ever