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I promised that after we made the front page on Digg for my recent article about the Top 100 Mac Apps, I would give away an Apacer USB stick. In order to win, you had to have Dugg the story, and be present in the chat room.

We used a GoToMeeting during this giveaway. I let one of the participants be there person to scroll through the names list, and my video encoder Kat told him when to stop scrolling each time via Ventrilo. GoToMeeting is a great way for you to get people together and have live meetings, share desktops and information, and the like. You can get a free 45-day trial by clicking the link at the beginning of this paragraph.

Ok so let’s get this show on the road! The first person chosen was Bughouse. Unfortunately, he didn’t answer our call, and was found to have been idle for 21 hours. On to the next person! Second up was nvista. He doesn’t show as idle, but he never answered us or provided a Digg link. The third person chosen was dontknowanything. Excellent! They’re present in chat! Wait, what? Ohhhh well dang. No Digg account. That’s a requirement for this particular giveaway. Let’s try again…

Finally! Neoyoshi1 was chosen, is present in the channel, and pasted his Digg account link immediately. We have a winner!! Congratulations!

Thank you everyone for continuing to support us, Digging those articles, and leaving so much feedback. I appreciate it more than you know.

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DANG IT I WHANTED THE USB STICK!!!!!

Looks like it, with the “Royale” theme, looks more shiny than the regular XP Luna.

hey guys, it was my screen you were all viewing. Im from the UK, and have a lame broadband connection. Which explains the lag. The audio on Chris’s stream was cutting out now and then so I never heard Kat say stop the second time lol.

I have Windows XP Media Center. Hence why it looks shiny.

geez just buy a 1gig ufd for less than 9$.

gotomeeting is fucking retarded

Couldn’t have said it any better! lol… jk

gee. I did not know about the chatroom presence. Oh well, I Dugg it anyway.

doesn’t that mean that you think Gotomeeting is retarded? because if it was retarded and you are trying to make it a derogatory comment, Gotomeeting must be retarded first. Now you know.

that’s cheating on Digg.

kat stop it :(

i hate you

Chris just gives away hand-me-down flash drives worth at most 5$…cheap bastard. Dont fuck with digg

GoToMeeting… I’ll definitely have to check that out. There have been a million times I wished I could see my dad’s computer desktop while trying to walk him through something on the phone…

Chris, you total dick! Why the hell would you game digg?

why does he keep getting sponsored by it? it’s shit software, there are several ways to control ones desktop for free (logmein), and you have to pay for go to meeting

how the fuck did this dipshit get on digg…

hey dipshit that must be against digg rules!!

don’t fuck wit digg

Nice video! my names Samantha, kinda feelin bored if any1 wants to join me on cam or wana chat i will be signed on at __ FriendlyFlirts(.COM) __ my user ID there is Samantha_mneojdrveo chat soon xx its FR33 to j0in! mwah

Nice video! my names Samantha, kinda feelin bored if any1 wants to join me on cam or wana chat i will be signed on at __ FriendlyFlirts(.COM) __ my user ID there is Samantha_mneojdrveo chat soon xx its FR33 to j0in! mwah

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