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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we are giving away (yes giving) iPod Mini cases from Slappa. That’s right, take your glasses off, clean them with your shirt, and reread that last line. Slappa and LIVEdigitally will be giving away thirteen Slappa Shockshell iPod Mini cases. Your response: “How do I get one!?!”

Each week we (LIVEdigitally) will post between one and four “contest posts”. Your mission should you choose to accept: find the “contest post” of the week (there may be more than one) and leave a comment. As long as your comment has a valid email address, that you have access to, then you are an eligible candidate for the hot, sleek, protective, Shockshell case.

The content of your comment is not required to contain anything specifically iPod, Slappa, LIVEdigitally related. A haiku written strictly about how good looking I am is just as eligible as a paragraph explaining how your ex-girlfriend now dates your exbest-friend.

Winners will be chose at random, and contacted via email.

There are two posts that have gone up today which qualify as “contest posts” so keep your eyes peeled and your browsers open, LIVEdigitally is going to hook you up!!

You remember Slappa, don’t you? They make a line of CD and DVD cases which, in my experienced opinion, are the best way to protect the hundreds or thousands of dollars you’ve invested into plastic 5-inch diameter discs. In case you don’t remember, read our original review for a Slappa case refresher. Well, now they are back, this time with a unit capable of storing 600 of your favorite CDs! This thing looks awesome. You can pre-order it now from Slappa.com now for $129.99. Tell them livedigitally sent you (literally!). Here’s Gary walking through the streets of China sporting the new Slappa 600 CD case. Notice the confidence in his stride, a definite coolness factor increase. Not only is he hip, but in the event of hot coffee, raw eggs, re-proving F=1/2mgh (force due to gravity at certain height), or a 5 minute fireball, all 600 discs are completely out of harms way. by the way, this is a “Contest Post“!!

Women are beautiful, a piece of true art. They come in different shapes and sizes, each of their curves appear to have been perfectly formed by a master craftsman. There’s a certain elegance that one experiences when a woman walks into the room.

iPods are beautiful, a piece of true art. They come in different shapes and sizes, each of their curves appear to have been perfectly formed by a master craftsman. There’s a certain elegance that one experiences when an iPod walks into the room (or is pulled out of a pocket).

iPods, like women, cannot just waltz around the city naked. The thought of exposing such fragile artistry in today’s hazardous environment would be insane. Slappa knows this, and has produced a spiffy yet solid protective shield for iPod Mini’s everywhere.

At first look the Shockshell case looks like a colorful piece of rubber wrapped around the iPod Mini. There’s much more to it than that! There are three layers to the Shockshell case. Inside is a smooth, soft cushion for your iPod to snuggle up against. In the middle is a tough aluminum core that provides a rigid form and ultimate protection. The outermost layer is a rubberized hypergrip that not only functions for protection but aesthetics as well.

I like my women and iPods art to be naked exhibited as much as any other man. Without proper protection however, neither would be able to leave the house. The Slappa Shockshell will solve any issues you have with the iPod Mini. As for women… Slappa does not make any cases that house actual women.

This is a “Contest Post“, so leave a comment!

From the maker of montage-a-google comes a new Google based game called Guess-the-Google.

I wouldn’t recommend any game that I haven’t tried out myself and after a few rounds I can safely say this is a fun little pick-me-up. It’s almost the exact reverse of Montage-a-Google. For Guess-the-Google, a group of pictures are provided and you have to guess the keyword that they are all related to. Some can be a bit of a challenge. I tried really hard to get in today’s top scores, so I could show off here, but alas, I am not a Google image expert.

Check out this virtual image of Berkeley (my old college stomping ground).

Avideh Zakhor and her research team made this virtual map of the city in 4.5 hours. That’s 30 minutes of driving time, with a high powered laser strapped to your car, and four hours of data processing.

If you ask me, it kicks the crap out of Google’s Satellite images, if only because its up to date. This New Scientists article, however, makes it sound like the application of this mapping won’t be to amuse yourself in the cubicle, but to help soldiers conduct urban warfare.

I love modern art which not only recognizes, but is inspired by, technology and how it has changed our lives. Another guilty pleasure of mine are emoticons. As dorky as I feel whenever I use them, I can’t help but place an animated smiley face to emphasize my point. It makes me wish I had emoticon stickers to use in real life.

Web Are You comes pretty close. Leave it with a friend and update them with your current state through the Internet. You can let them know when you are happy, sad, upset just like in real IM conversations!!!!

Sony’s PSP has been spanning the internet since its release date of 12:00am March 24, 2005. Numerous hacks have been made so far: web browsing, RSS reading, irc client, running code, and now extracting the ISO image of PSP games onto a memory stick. Where is this all going? This gadget freak projects 30 days maximum for a PSP game to be played via memory stick. If you can currently play TiVo shows on your PSP then I don’t see how “copying” games to your memory stick and playing them can be avoided. It’s taken over a month for us to get this far, what will we have the PSP doing in six months, placing VoIP calls from your PSP while powering it by means of a solar power adapter?