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Happy Birthday to Us: SCI FI Tech turns 1 — and we're giving away presents!
Yes, it was exactly one year ago today that SCI FI Tech made its first splash into the vast digital ocean that is the Internet. Since then we've aimed to bring you a nonstop cavalcade of juicy technology news, hands-on gadget reviews, and delicious high-tech eye candy. It's been quite a ride, and things are only going to get faster, cooler, and more fun. We've got big plans for 2007 to bring you more stories more often, with the same down-to-earth perspective and reality-check attitude that we're known for.
None of it would be worthwhile if it weren't for you faithful readers out there, and we know we're pretty blessed to have such a smart, talented, and — let's face it — good-looking audience. We really appreciate your points and clicks, and now it's time for them to pay off for one lucky reader…
Win DVDs! We're giving away a hot property here at SCI FI: the first two seasons of Battlestar Galactica on DVD. This is the whole package, people, including Season 1 (with the miniseries), Season 2.0, and Season 2.5. To win, all you have to do is come up with a haiku praising your favorite gadget — be it Treo, iPod, or email-reading plastic rabbit. Post your poetry in the comments section below, and we'll pick the winner of the contest next week.
Thanks, folks — it's been a great year, and here's to many more to come!
CONTEST CLOSED: Okay, that's all the entries we'll take. We'll announce the winner in a separate post. Thanks, all!
By PACYCI at 4:24 PM ON 01/25/07
iPod - (I'm assuming iPod is a two syllable word - i-pod)
Life without iPod
So sad not worth thinking of
Do not die iPod!
Seat heaters (in cars!) -
Oh my seat heater
My butt would be frozen through
Were it not for you
By raiderh8r at 5:12 PM ON 01/25/07
Trusty friend TiVo
Time shifting my favorite shows
Watch on my schedule
By scottkingd at 5:13 PM ON 01/25/07
The Viteo Outdoor Shower
Hot half bunny girl
Makes me feel dirty. Upside
Down shower makes clean.
By trinity343 at 5:21 PM ON 01/25/07
heated mouse in hand
warms like a nice summer wind
blowing through my skin
By Tyryt at 5:25 PM ON 01/25/07
"I'm not bitter"
Useless but pretty
With a dent in it's hard shell
My i-pod nano
By jaboud at 5:29 PM ON 01/25/07
Battlestar Galactica
It was the end on the night,
When the Cylon's started the fight.
The Twelve were gone,
and before they new, it was dawn.
The last of the survivors were few,
The lone Battlestar with its brave crew,
was in search of something new.
With the Cylon's searching too.
As the Thirteenth was near,
The fear of death was here.
By jaboud at 5:42 PM ON 01/25/07
Driverless Bus
This bus is without a driver,
Like gadgets and MacGyver.
Buses comes and buses go,
Whether in sleet or snow.
The only thing that will stop this bus,
Is a (sub-atomic) particle of dust.
By Etherfreak at 6:06 PM ON 01/25/07
Bread is unadorned!
Toast printer blazes image.
Yum, Toasty Logo!
By Renim23 at 6:44 PM ON 01/25/07
On streets...in subways,
My iPod's aural bolthole.
Alone with many.
By Murcielago05 at 7:14 PM ON 01/25/07
-Job-
have to go everyday
only to recieve minimum pay
ask the boss for a raise
he looks at me then walks away
was that a yes, or a no
one things for sure, the paycheck will show
By sithspit at 7:26 PM ON 01/25/07
my D S L R
drained all the cash from my bank
none left to make prints
By PhyrePhox at 7:32 PM ON 01/25/07
Vista Beta - really!
Media Center is great.
Wish it got SciFi...
By beschizza at 7:53 PM ON 01/25/07
Blinking lights entice,
But the bloody thing's broken.
Shrieks of rage, then tears.
By SuperflyMD at 8:18 PM ON 01/25/07
such heartbreak in space
violent pursuit distracts
need my own cylon
.
.
.
Also
.
.
.
video iPod
love Battlestar and Heroes
not bored on the plane
By BastionKilgore at 9:37 PM ON 01/25/07
iPhone, I know love
goliath meet your david
mocked by service requisites
By cosmowayne at 9:52 PM ON 01/25/07
iPod
sound never so sweet
my pocket a symphony
life never without
By raemil at 10:00 PM ON 01/25/07
"Why have Sun?"
H.D.P.V.R.
you give me excuse to be
away from nature
By cosmowayne at 10:01 PM ON 01/25/07
Treo
phone to make a call
not just cellular
key for Realtor
By Frothyleet at 10:29 PM ON 01/25/07
My watch is solar.
I hope the sun keeps burning,
otherwise I'm screwed.
By ChuckLeChuck at 12:03 AM ON 01/26/07
red LED glow
bathes us on the sofa
bricked my 360
By VxPhobos at 2:51 AM ON 01/26/07
Were it not for thee
Bored out of my skull I would be
My ever trusty MP3
Cold devours the abode
Handslike stumps can feel not
Must get a usb mouse
And one for the PS3 (a special adaptation of an old proverb)
The mountains quake
Conqueror is coming to show the future
A mouse is born
By nitsujiku at 3:46 AM ON 01/26/07
With my D S Lite
I waste Japanese pre-teens
In my M Kart Dust
By valour at 6:09 AM ON 01/26/07
[ApWiiciation]
Tiny plastic box
You are the future of games!
Slayer of TVs!
[Ode to Segway Rider]
Ride like the slow wind
Gyroscopically balanced
Can it handle stairs?
[Eau de Zune]
Excrement coloured
Oh! Welcome to the social
humiliation.
[Save us, Lucky-Goldstar!]
Blue laser flashes
over battleground, begun
the format wars have.
By gaiamark at 8:24 AM ON 01/26/07
that shiny black screen
too poor to pay for cable
black, it shall remain
By BastionKilgore at 8:31 AM ON 01/26/07
I ctrl-V the wrong bit earlier. iPhone should have read:
iPhone, I know love
goliath meet your david
mocked by requisites
And another on the same subject:
Ma Bell titan fell
Monopoly drawn, quartered
Apple?s Frankenstein
By rodgerhdtv at 9:33 AM ON 01/26/07
H.D.T.V.
The picture so clear
Can not believe it is here
Blue ray is the way
By MadRobot at 10:08 AM ON 01/26/07
Songs on my iPod
Soothing tepid beats for my head
rain from Spring showers
By Datalis at 10:25 AM ON 01/26/07
Blackberry sweet nectar of life
Organizer of my day to day strife
Of birthday’s, dress size’s and anniversaries
Remembrance of my wife
Creator of a happier life.
Destructor of adversity
By hhype at 11:36 AM ON 01/26/07
beautiful vista
crappy Treo camera
still I mobile blog
By hhype at 11:42 AM ON 01/26/07
shiny new Treo
movies, music and fast web
does it make phone calls?
By jmax3000 at 11:42 AM ON 01/26/07
I'm lost without you.
Travel with me near and far.
My shiny white i-book.
By gumbyrox at 12:12 PM ON 01/26/07
Expensive dolphin submarine
Out of the water you bound
Yum tasty fish
By adubular at 12:28 PM ON 01/26/07
my sennheiser pxc 300 noise-cancelling headphones have saved my life on long flights.
roaring of airplane
eliminated at last
finally i sleep
By dokkendude at 12:41 PM ON 01/26/07
I-pod
Alone with my tunes
Videos and music play
Who needs radio
By SifuD at 12:54 PM ON 01/26/07
following a link
winning B-S-G seasons
Greatest site ever!
By SifuD at 1:03 PM ON 01/26/07
OK, so the last one wasn't really about a gadget but here you go:
My Wii in my hand
I shake and move it around
It makes me Happy!
By SifuD at 1:07 PM ON 01/26/07
And my other favorite gadget:
What did he just say?
Let me rewind live T.V.
tiVo simply rulz!
By BastionKilgore at 1:54 PM ON 01/26/07
about more of my favorites. . .
360 addict
Can stop anytime I want
Yet one achievement
My HDTV
Pixels tickle retina
DVDs inept
Wii Flail and Wii Flog
Forehead glowing now panting
Lazy gamer loathe
PS3 pompous
Better than 360, Wii?
summative by cost
By EnOne at 3:52 PM ON 01/26/07
Seeing these gizmos
makes Christmas more interesting
Gifts come UPS
By EnOne at 4:14 PM ON 01/26/07
My TiVo guesses
What shows I would like to watch
It knows me so well.
My Axim reminds
Me of all the important dates
Less sofa sleeping
My phone plays music
1 gig microSD card
Sixteen hours of sound.
By AndrewOrtolano at 6:53 PM ON 01/26/07
Beloved TiVo:
Not barking dogs, nor sirens
make me miss punchlines.
By cpmaster at 7:45 PM ON 01/26/07
Tivo brings such joy
'Cept when it stops recording
One minute before...
By danofearth at 8:34 PM ON 01/26/07
Ode...to my HDTV:
Oh, HDTV!
You display my BSG,
So incredibly!
Sweat on Starbuck's brow,
Fierceness of Adama's scowl,
Everything is "wow"!
Six is so darn hot
Baltar is a little snot
I love both a lot!
Don't forget Helo!
And Athena too, you know!
Gods, I love this show!
This show is superb...
In HD...it's beyond words!
So great it's absurd!
I love you HD!
Showing in 1080p
It's heaven for me!
By Murcielago05 at 9:58 PM ON 01/26/07
- Zune -
I bought it just the other day
my friend said get an ipod
but I said no way
I dont like steve jobs
because I dont like stuck up snobs
Apple thinks its the cream of the crop
Hey, Apple, Wake up.......your not.
By ackthbbft at 2:00 AM ON 01/27/07
SlingBox and TiVo
mean I can watch BSG
any place or time
By trekie1701 at 9:25 AM ON 01/27/07
"The out-cry"
The White Glossy shell
Immersing game play of Wii
I Cry out for You
By tjm65 at 10:37 AM ON 01/27/07
My Bluetooth and I
Bio-mechanical mix
Guess I'm a Cylon
By fileclerkman at 5:46 PM ON 01/27/07
old school in action
is the best description of
my cd player
By avidclick at 7:20 PM ON 01/27/07
The Pocket PC
Though Microsoft sucks, alas
It does meet my needs
By eternity21 at 11:19 PM ON 01/27/07
I love my TiVo
Never miss another episode
Of Lost, Bones or House
By nrhysling at 11:49 PM ON 01/27/07
the poor vcr
now sits dusty and alone
my tivo is here
By dawg34 at 10:49 AM ON 01/28/07
Ode To My TomTom GPS
My traveling pal
You keep me on the right path
Your name is Tom twice
By jalterixnar at 11:30 AM ON 01/28/07
Ode to the Thumb drive:
U S B flash drives,
Taking my files to and fro,
Made the floppy die.
Catastroph-Wii:
Swing the Wii remote
Making Zelda's sword go clang
No! My T V's Cracked!
Isn't Technology Grand:
Printout from mapquest
Telling me just where to go.
Why am I still lost?
By sarahbear at 4:10 PM ON 01/28/07
Panasonic Toughbook
Cat Pee. Spilt Coffee.
Big falls. Earth quakes. Bring it on.
Toughbook keeps working
By swangdb at 6:20 PM ON 01/28/07
Satellite Dish
My satellite dish
My TV is dead without
My satellite dish
Distortion Pedal
For Rock Blues Metal
My strat loves my screaming loud
Distortion Pedal
Cell Phone
Don't turn off your phone
My darling wife says each day
Electronic leash
By cubby643 at 9:14 PM ON 01/28/07
My love flat panel LG
How beautiful the hi def pictures are
How did I live before?
By tdeflyer at 12:45 AM ON 01/29/07
Pc slow
slow connecton
no dsl available inrounted.
By tdeflyer at 12:47 AM ON 01/29/07
Pc slow
slow connecton
no dsl available inrouted.
By puhl64 at 10:04 AM ON 01/29/07
For "Best bike lock ever?"
Transportation Theif,
'Bring back my bike you b*stard!'
Wish I had "bike lock"...
By ZombieBear at 1:45 PM ON 01/29/07
Nabaztag is cute
It glows while I surf the web
It makes me happy
By randy2724 at 1:46 PM ON 01/29/07
Nabaztag rabbit
Can read email and the news
Does not look at porn
By randy2724 at 2:00 PM ON 01/29/07
Look! A brown Zune!
A really neat Christmas gift
Is brown the new black?
By randy2724 at 2:02 PM ON 01/29/07
My HDTV
I see all with great detail
Your pores are so big!
By randy2724 at 2:03 PM ON 01/29/07
Got me a plasma
Will watch Superbowl in style
Return after game
By randy2724 at 2:09 PM ON 01/29/07
I love my iPod
White, black, grey, silver or red
Don’t like the brown one
By randy2724 at 2:59 PM ON 01/29/07
Nabaztag rabbits
Silly Networking bunnies
Fornicating hares
By randy2724 at 3:08 PM ON 01/29/07
Broken VCR
Star Trek on VHS tape
Will have to TiVo
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