Note: As always, our prize list can be found on our "
Stupid Prizes Page"Check it out to see past prizes and contest winners.
The items below show the prizes that you can win at Community-Credit this month(June 2007 ). You can have a chance at earning one of these prizes by contributing to the
development community this month. Simply log your contributions (points awarded for
close to 100 types) and the geeks with the most points at the end of June 2007 Contest will win one of the prizes shown below. You can also see the past winners and prizes on our
Stupid Prize Page.
But first... a word from our Sponsor: StupidCubicle.com
This month we are happy to have a brand new sponsor. It is our sister site,
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. The site only has a few products right now, but they are cool products. Be sure to give them some love. Drop us an email and let us know what you think.
Onto this Month's Prizes...
Grand Prize: 4GB R2D2 USB Drive
R2-D2 is the fourth character in the Star Wars mimobot Series 1! You've gotta figure, if he can handle the astromech duties for an X-wing, he can handle the data storage duties for you!
1st Prize: nuclear war USB hub
Had enough of being beaten into the submission by other USB Missile Launcher-wielding workmates? Just had a bad day with the boss? Then it's time to fall back on the ultimate sanction: the USB nuclear armageddon button. One push and... boom.
The unit - which conveniently doubles up as a four-port USB hub during peacetime - is equipped with a launch key, suitably military-looking toggle switches and, of course, the big red button, tucked under a protective flap to avoid an accidental apocalypse.
Should the balloon go up, however, and the button is pushed, the unit beeps out your four-minute warning to reach suitable shelter before... the end.
2nd Prize: Driving LED Emoticon
When you're driving your car there are times when a single finger gesture can perfectly express your sentiments to a fellow vehicle operator. Although this is a relatively efficient form of non-verbal communication, we would like to present a device that brings some technology to the table.
The Driving LED Emoticon is a battery powered, wirelessly controlled message sign that can be attached to the rear window of your car via the included suction cup. A remote control unit is kept in the front of the car (fixed to front window, dash, or laid in a storage compartment) to activate the messages by pressing one of its buttons.
It can display any one of five different messages - smiling face, frowning face, "Thanks", "Back Off" and "Idiot". We will, of course, leave it up to you to decide which of these messages suits your particular situation - but we do think it's nice to have a device that allows you to more clearly express yourself to other drivers.
3rd Prize: The "50 Minute" Freud Watch
"We have to Stop"
Those dreaded words. It's your therapist's way of telling you to go back out into the real world.
"Doctor, I just realized why I dream I'm playing shuffleboard with Princess Leah."
"I'm sorry. We have to stop."
Therapists don't live their lives in normal time. Their days are parceled out into 50-minute hours.
"Doctor, I'm not schizophrenic after all. It turns out I have a twin bro..."
"We have to stop."
It's ironic that the genius who gave us Ids and Oedipus Complexes, also shortchanged us ten minutes on our therapy sessions. This high quality watch celebrates that dubious innovation. The face of the watch shows Sigmund Freud along with numbers that stop at 50. (Nobody knows what therapists do with those extra 10 minutes.)
4th Prize: Green Laser Pointer II
This pointer is significantly brighter (about 50 times) than a red laser pointer and because of its unusual color it is much more noticeable. I mean come on, a 532 nm green laser wavelength is obviously superior to a laughable 650 nm red laser wavelength. And unlike a red laser, the green beam itself can be seen in mid-air in dark conditions, not just the laser beam dot. This allows the green laser pointer to be used for pointing to star constellations (skypointing) and also just generally look cool as hell. The green laser beam dot can be seen at much greater distances than with a red laser pointer.
Since green direct injection laser diodes aren't readily available, this pointer is based on the use of Diode Pumped Solid State Frequency Doubled (DPSSFD) laser technology. A high power IR laser diode at 808 nm pumps a tiny block of Nd:YVO4 generating light at 1,064 nm which feeds a KTP intracavity frequency doubler crystal to produce the green beam at 532 nm.
5th Prize: Esc Key Wall Clock
At work, do you stare at the clock every two minutes and wish you could just get out of there? Do you constantly suppress the urge to run... to quit... to ESCAPE?
Well, you know and we know that you're not gonna do that. But we want to help you with your little rebellious fantasy by offering this cool ESCAPE KEY CLOCK.
6th Prize: Solar Powered Ferris Wheel Sculpture
The Ferris Wheel Motion Sculpture Lamp is a unique decorative lamp, that provides soft, indirect lighting plus a whimsical, animated wire sculpture that is powered by directing a swiveling solar panel towards a sunny window. When the sun isn't shining, you can activate your Ferris Wheel Motion Lamp by plugging it into a standard 110 Volt wall outlet.
7th Prize: Tetris 3D
We've all played the video game so we won't bore you with the basics, suffice to say Tetris involves manipulating falling blocks to create a solid row - and so does the fantastic Tetris 3D Tower. The difference is you get to play head to head and actually drop the blocks into the playing area. By picking them up. Manually. By yourself. With your hands.
Basically, the next piece to be dropped in is indicated by a light on the side of the tower. Players must pick the corresponding piece out of a pile, manipulate it into the position they want and then drop it into the game. Once you let go, the piece is guided down by rails - like dropping pieces into Connect 4. Once a line has formed you flick a switch on the side of the tower to indicate if it's your line or your opponents.
8th Prize: Plasma Mug
Unleash playful interactive glowing light - from inside a drinking glass! The Plasma Mug with electronic coaster makes it possible. Utilizing advanced plasma technology, the double-walled glass mug works in conjunction with a specially designed electronic coaster to create this one-of-a-kind lighting effect!
Touch the outer glass with your fingertips, and watch as the colorful plasma magically follows your every move! Ideal for the office, parties, home bar or just for fun, the Plasma Mug will leave you baffled....and your friends glowing with envy...
9th Prize: Butt/Face Soap
Never again will you have to ponder which side of the soap did you just wipe your behind with in the shower. Even worse - who else was washing their butt with the soap? The Butt/Face Bar Soap solves this timeless problem once and for all. This fragrant bar soap will leave you clean and fresh, and free your mind of worry about where that bar of soap has been. One side is brown and is engraved with "BUTT", flip the soap over to reveal the white side, engraved with "FACE".
10th Prize: Sunshine Buddies
In a world where the buzz word seems to be Eco friendly, this prize can also be added to the list, the Sunshine Buddies. These sweet looking Sunshine Buddies are part of a fantastic range of Japanese toys, and run on environmentally friendly renewable energy, or sunlight, and are the perfect relaxation method.
Each Sunshine Buddy works on the theory of perpetual motion and can perform different movements. The Peaceful Sunshine Buddies' head sways silently from side to side, allowing you to relax your senses and enter into their calming little world.
11th Prize: Desktop Carnivorous Plant Set
We truly understand you have needs. Especially at work where minutes often last hours and hours become days. You need to be entertained, you don't want your neurons to prematurely atrophy. You crave stimulation. You crave a Carnivorous desktop plant set. Perfect for the casual office worker who delights in watching insects slowly meet their makers as they are painfully digested by an engaging variety of meat-sucking flora. Nothing quite like it.
So what's our recommendation? Grab a set and grow your own collection of feared and famous carnivorous plants. This deluxe set has seeds from over ten varieties of carnivorous plants! Watch these fascinating plants grow into bug-eating monsters and delight in creating your own authentic bog with the included peat planting mix, blue Swamp Rocks, three Bog Buddies and full color decals. This rare and unusual collection of carnivorous plants will flourish for years in this specially designed terrarium with proper care...
12th Prize: Airsoft Handgun with Laser Sight
Load up the clip with tiny plastic airsoft pellets, pull back the slide to *** and take aim with the included laser sight. This diminutive Airsoft Handgun is a little smaller than actual size but delivers tons of cubicle plinking fun. Just be sure to wear some kind of eye protection as the airsoft BB's tend to ricochet unexpectedly. This gun is mostly safe, but someone told us that the pellets sting a bit on bare skin... and you certainly wouldn't want to hit anyone in the eye... not that YOU would shoot any of your co-workers.
13th Prize: Annoy-a-tron
The Annoy-a-tron generates a short (but very annoying, hence the name) beep every few minutes. Your unsuspecting target will have a hard time 'timing' the location of the sound because the beeps will vary in intervals ranging from 2 to 8 minutes. The 2kHz sound is generically annoying enough, but if you really really want to aggravate somebody, select the 12 kHz sound. Trust us. The higher frequency and slight 'electronic noise' built into that soundbyte will make a full-grown Admin wonder where his packets are.
Assuming you have done your part in selecting a suitable hiding location for the Annoy-a-tron, it will do its part to drive your co-workers slowly mad with its short and seemingly random beeps. And when someone does locate the Annoy-a-tron, they're really not going to know what it is - which is almost as much fun as watching them search for it. Muahaha.
14th Prize: Triball 3D Puzzle Game
Triball is a 3 dimensional game where 3 players take turns to drop balls into the nine columns of the game box and compete to be the first to get 3 balls in a row.
The object of the game is to get three balls in a row including horizontal, diagonal and vertical.
The triball move is when you play 3 balls in a vertical triangle. If played correctly it sets up three winning lines and with only 2 players to block you guarantees a win.
Connect 4? Noughts and Crosses? No its Triball, an addictive game of clever tactics and strategy.
15th Prize: Gollum Keychain
This is simply the most beautiful, well-made keychain we have ever seen. The sculpting, coloring, and details are nothing short of perfect.
And as if that weren't enough...
IT TALKS!
Press the button and listen to poor Gollum hiss, "My precioussssssssssss!"
16th Prize: Nerd Glasses
Embrace your inner geek and don these clunky, coke-bottle spex. Suddenly you'll find that people will begin to see you as more well-read, computer savvy and completely uncoordinated! (though you may not be able to see them)