In our own modest way, we believe that Woot-Offs are historic, epoch-making events, on par with presidential elections, presidential assassinations, presidential impeachments, and Katie Couric's move to CBS. Only time will tell if future historians will view the Woot-Off as the defining ritual of early 21st century culture that it is, but this weekend you can help make some Woot-Off history of your own. Your challenge:

Choose a historical figure and show us which product they'd buy from this week's Woot-Off and how they'd use it.

Abe Lincoln's dusty log cabin could've used a thorough going-over by the Koolvac Robotic Vacuum. Jean-Paul Sartre would be intrigued by the philosophical questions raised in the Ultimate Matrix Collection Limited Edition Collector’s Set. And if Wild Bill Hickock had had the World Series of Poker Wireless Plug and Play 15-in-1 TV Game, he could've indulged his card-playing jones with far less risk of being shot.

Here's the Gutenberg printer


source: http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/images/0020n055.jpg

So, wow... did you guys hear that the Hoff needed surgery after a bizarre accident in a London gym bathroom?

speaking of which.. I got this poster the other day, and it's pretty much the greatest thing ever.

wizard7926 wrote:So, wow... did you guys hear that the Hoff needed surgery after a bizarre shaving accident (hitting his head on a chandelier which sent broken glass showering into his arms)?

speaking of which.. I got this poster the other day, and it's pretty much the greatest thing ever.

I like your source's description of what happened better...leaves more to the imagination.

"...severing a tendon in his right arm in an accident in a London gym bathroom..."

Contest 79: Depict how David Hasselhoff may have severed his right arm tendon in a London gym bathroom using the Lexmark Photo Printer w/ Vivitar 5MP Digital Camera Bundle

killingtime wrote:Contest 79: Depict how David Hasselhoff may have severed his right arm tendon in a London gym bathroom using the Lexmark Photo Printer w/ Vivitar 5MP Digital Camera Bundle

hahaha, sweeeet... Toon, can you cut the crap and make this the official theme?

Contest 79: Party Time

by 1person Friday, June 30 12:00 AM

We love to party, and we know you animals do too. Why do you think we always start everything at midnight, because we know you're stll up. We know you will party hard in honor of our great nation's birthday. That is why we are giving you a few extra days to come up with a creative scene in which our latest digital-photography bundle is the life of the party. Now it could be any party scene, as long as the scene is not rated R or NC-17. You could place it at Dick Clark's New Years Eve party or even at that rotten nephew of yours 8th birthday party or even at a party that you may attend this weekend.

Imagine a scene in which our precious litlle digital-photography bundle is at a party. Whether it is the life of the party or just making memories of the party

You've got an extra couple of days this time around, in honor of the holiday that pays the mortgage for fireworks dealers everywhere, so take your time and don't expect to see the winners announced until Wednesday, July 5.

Post your entry here by by 11:59 PM CST on Tuesday, July 4, 2006. Prizes are $20/$50/$100 for 3rd/2nd/1st. The rules and criteria for winning: our panel of geniuses can and will make stuff up as it goes along. Use Photoshop, pen and ink, collage, MSPaint, Spirograph, iron-on transfers, whatever, but it’ll only be judged if it’s visible in our forums as a jpg, gif, or png. Try to keep your maximum width to 450px. If you need a place to host your pictures, try www.imageshack.ws or www.photobucket.com. We have no connection to either, but they seem free and easy to use. And if you want us to be sure your entry was indeed your work, post links to your source images. The more sure we are that you did your own work, the more likely we are to consider it for a prize.

Past money winners: If you'd like to nominate any entries from this week's contest, email your selections (with links to the individual post) to me at jtoon@woot.com by noon CST on Wednesday.






sources


And I would like to thank all of you for celebrating my errrr the country's birthday....

1person wrote:Contest 79: Party Time

by 1person Friday, June 30 12:00 AM
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And I would like to thank all of you for celebrating my errrr the country's birthday....

Happy berfday, Person. And how many candles will you be blowing out this year?

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zjr wrote:With the release of Superman this weekend, create a super hero out of all the digital-photography products Woot has offered in the last year.



Source: too many to list... 23 products

Fantastic post. I was gonig to do something pretty similiar using only the camera and printer, but yours has turned out much better than mine would have!

Great job!

hmm, extra time this week. . .

Theme: Beer



http://www.crystalimagesinc.com/mug_beer_darc15_ma3331.jpg
http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/IGS/IGS136/202_008.jpg
http://www.prodimarques.com/sagas_marques/heineken/img/collector.jpg
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/08/07/photos/dish-ICE.jpg

Theme: Switch using Lexmark Photo Printer w/ Vivitar 5MP Digital Camera Bundle.



Remember: Content and skills!

http://www.elbenwaldforum.de/photopost/data/500/9838elrond_profil.JPG
http://www.warofthering.net/quintessential/movieshots/elrond_rivendell.jpg
http://www.horizons-lointains.net/sda/persos/images/Elrond.jpg
http://www.all-pictures-photos.com/images/hugo-weaving/hugo-weaving-028-img.jpg
http://www.patriotresource.com/lotr/pics/things/palantir.jpg
http://www.artistsuk.co.uk/acatalog/mini-Palantir_of_Osgiliath_Beard_Jnr.JPG
http://www.1worldglobalgifts.com/images/Awards/Bronze&MarbleGlobePedestalLG.jpg

Jason Toon wrote:

OK. So here we are on the very brink of another extended holiday weekend. Frankly, our minds have been on other things besides coming up with ideas for the this contest, or even work in general for that matter, since oh ... about Tuesday. In light of the fact that we got nothing, and because you know our favorite contestant Welderstew, excuse me, Wonderstew is going to win anyway, here's your mission:

Document the creative process that overtakes the core of Stew's very being beginning at 12:01 AM every Friday morning. How DOES he do it. Show us.

You've got an extra couple of days this time around, in light of the fact that we've already got one foot out the door, and beers in both hands, so take your time and don't expect to see the winners announced until Wednesday, July 5. It might be kind of late on Wednesday, depending on how well this weekend goes, if ya know what I mean ... wink, wink.

Post your entry here by by 11:59 PM CST on Tuesday, July 4, 2006. Prizesare $20/$50/$100 for 3rd/2nd/1st. The rules and criteria for winning: our panel of geniuses can and will make stuff up as it goes along. Use Photoshop, pen and ink, MIG, TIG, heliarc, oxyacetalene, whatever, but it’ll only be judged if it’s visible in our forums as a jpg, gif, or png. Try to keep your maximum width to 451px.If you need a place to host your pictures, try www.imageshack.us or www.photobucket.com. We have no connection to either. Honest. And if you want us to be sure your entry was indeed your work, post links to your source images. The more sure we are that you did your own work, the more likely we are to consider it for a prize.

Past money winners: If you'd like to nominate Stew, email your selections (with links to his best post) to me at jtoon@woot.com by noon CST on Wednesday.

Thanks for free hosting WonderShack


Sources:
Welder
Photoshop screenshot
Wonderstew's first entry in this contest (Yes, it contains the printer...)

Contest: get off your lazy bum and do something more useful than the Woot Photoshop Content.

Entry attached.

McGuffy wrote:

Happy berfday, Person. And how many candles will you be blowing out this year?

31

CONTEST: In the sprit of Superman Returns opening this week, incorporate the printer and camera duo with the following theme: "WOOT! makes your photos... SUPER!"

Oh, by the way, while Breandon Routh makes a good Man of Steel, Christopher Reeves will always be the true Superman, so make sure to pay proper homage in the entry too!



Source Files:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/philippe.lemieux2/images/ReevesSuper.jpg
http://files.geeklife.com/photos/Woot/the%20new%20woot%20logo(s).jpg

1person wrote:
31

Congrats!

Show us what a technically challenged person could do with this camera/photo bundle this vacation

It's the start of the holiday season! And no, we aren't talking about the 4th of July, we're talking about that other joyous season... Christmas in July! So many retailers use this scheme to play on our deepest childhood love for christmas. But who do they think they are kidding??? There's no snow, no vacation, no relatives coming to visit (wait, that one is actually ok...)

Anyway, your task this week is to show us just how disappointing this "Christmas in July" really is!



Sources

killingtime wrote:

Congrats!

thanks

Wow, I haven't entered in a while...

Create an explosive scene incorparating the following items:
- Fire
- A symbol of the liberation, from the country in which you were born
- A couple that will break up in the near future
- And the lexmark printer from woot


Full Res

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Theme: Show the Lexmark/Vivitar photo bundle in a historical scene. Or not. It's up to you. We don't care if you really do it or not. Just buy our stuff. Or not. We don't really care about that, either. Our feelings won't be hurt . . . we're always depressed anyway and you'll just make it worse. So go ahead. Heartless bastards.



:secruos
http://www.uab.edu/english/hone/etexts/edb/edb-images/engravings/08-ancient-printing-office.jpg

EDIT: Ya know, I always go through all the entries before I submit so I won't duplicate something. I swear I didn't see the one at the top of this page. So . . . similar theme, but different execution.

majit wrote:"Igor, would you give me a hand with the bags?"
"Certainly, you take the blonde and I'll take the one in the turban."

Why are we quoting a classic movie line? Yes, we know it's our country's birthday... and yes, we know that a lot of people will be celebrating it, too. However, the genius' here at Woot are taking note of another birthday celebration; one that could be, with your help, greater than that of a stupid fireworks display. We are referring to the birthday of a great American, Mel Brooks.

"Would you like to roll in ze hay? Roll, roll, roll..."

No, thank you, not a roll in ze hay today. It's the birthday weekend of Mel "Mr. Awards" Brooks, himself. You know who he is and you either love him or you hate him. Either way your entry for this week's Photoshop contest should be very interesting:

Photoshop a famous scene from that great Mel Brooks hit movie, "Young Frankenstein" and include the Lexmark Photo Printer w/ Vivitar 5MP Digital Camera Bundle. Extra points awarded for including Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory assistant, Igor. Points taken away if you make the Printer Bundle his hump. Whatever you do do, make it real, make it good, make it really good.

Post your entry here by by 12:59 AM EST on Wednesday, July 5, 2006. Prizes are $100/$50/$20 for 1st/2nd/3rd. The rules and criteria for winning: our panel of geniuses can and will make stuff up as it goes along. Use Photoshop, pen and ink, collage, MSPaint, Spirograph, iron-on transfers, guitar tablatures, whatever, but it’ll only be judged if it’s visible in our forums as a jpg, gif, or png. Try to keep your maximum width to 550px. If you need a place to host your pictures, try imageshack.ws, photobucket.com, or wootimagehosting.net. We have no connection to the first two, but they seem free and easy to use, especially the last one (phenominal donation required). And if you want us to be sure your entry was indeed your work, post links to your source images. If you want us to be sure your entry was indeed copied from someone else, post links to the original image. The more sure we are that you did (or did not do) your own work, the more likely we are to consider it for a prize (or permanently ban you from the site).

Dr. Frankenstein: "What a filthy job."
Igor: "Could be worse."
Dr. Frankenstein: "How?"
Igor: "Could be raining."

Past money winners: If you'd like to nominate any entries from this week's contest, email your selections (with links to the individual post) to me at jtoon@woot.com by 1:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday.

Past monkey winners: If you'd like to nominate any entries from this week's contest, email your selections (with links to the individual post) to me at jtoon@woot.com by 1:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday.

"Put ... the candle ... back..."

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Not that it means anything to anyone, but this one has my vote. I rolled on the floor when I saw this. The printer should be slightly more out of focus though to look realistic.

Ecrofirt wrote:
Fantastic post. I was gonig to do something pretty similiar using only the camera and printer, but yours has turned out much better than mine would have!

Great job!

Thanks! I was originally going to only use this week's printer and camera combo, but I felt so limited. Thanks again... and good luck.

Woot Samaritan

Its 4th of July, well at least it is soon to be, and while we here at woot.com are kicking back and relaxing with our friends and family for this joyous occasion we need not to forget that things don't always go as planned. We are talking about the moments in history where freak accidents happen, 3 twisters come out of no where, a power plant melts down, or the pet shop runs out of puppies! The puppies man, the puppies! But anywho, take comfort in knowing that the stuff we provide here at woot.com can help you overcome any obstacle or hardship, yes even our Blinged out Cabbage.

So show how you can use today's woot item: Lexmark Photo Printer w/ Vivitar 5MP Digital Camera Bundle, as a mean to set things right for the wrongs that can happen in our great country.

Its time to stand-up and to go beyond using woot items for our own personal satisfaction and reach out to help someone in need. Whenever a child has lost her dolly, woot will be there. When a mother is dealing with a stressful child, wine.woot.com will be there. When Puppies go missing from the pet shop, woot will be there. And when ____________________ happens, the printer and camera bundle will be there!

The winning entry for Contest 79: w00t Samaritan


Sources:
Corkboard
Family
Red Cross Photo

so uhh... i dont think anyones done this yet!

Contest 79: Choose your own contest
Use today's digital photography bundle in one of those classic Choose Your Own Adventure Books, and let someone else write the story.



now THIS is an adventure... =o


sources:
http://www.arielarchives.com/brett/CYOA39.jpg
others from http://www.arielarchives.com/brett/CYOA.html

Theme: Show us the Woot as the next internet legend



Sources:
Camera


Enjoy the long weekend!

Greeface wrote:Theme: Show us the Woot as the next internet legend

hahahahahahaha!

dcdc wrote:so uhh... i dont think anyones done this yet!

Contest 79: Choose your own contest
Use today's digital photography bundle in one of those classic Choose Your Own Adventure Books, and let someone else write the story.
http://s91718717.onlinehome.us/img/cyoa.jpg

now THIS is an adventure... =o


sources:
http://www.arielarchives.com/brett/CYOA39.jpg
others from http://www.arielarchives.com/brett/CYOA.html

That is awesome!! I hope you win!!

Greeface wrote:Theme: Show us the Woot as the next internet legend

this one freakin rules!

Theme: Show the bundle working together to create something "artistic" enough for their MySpace.



Sources
Bathroom (Background)
Woot! Product Page
Thanks Slibe for image hosting.

"Don't forget to tell us what your theme is along with showing us your entry:"

Theme: Lexmark printer+Garfield=Garfmark. Look Garfield isn't funny. But if Garfield was a printer? Then yeah that would be funny...I think.






Sources

Contest: Create an entry showing the printer and camera being used as a kitchen appliance

<img src="http://user.pa.net/~rlhm/printerpizza.jpg">

Contest: Create an entry showing the printer and camera being used as a kitchen appliance



This is my first entry and my first time using photoshop... hope u like it!

Crappy entry removed out of shame and embarrassment.

geek4god11 wrote:Contest: Create an entry showing the printer and camera being used as a kitchen appliance



This is my first entry and my first time using photoshop... hope u like it!

Great concept. The printed pizza isn't looking quite as appetizing as the source, but I'd be happy to print myself out a double-cheese pepperoni.

Oh, terrific! Another junky printer and substandard camera? What were we thinking?

Well, this week it's your job to guess at what we were thinking when we bought today's Lexmark printer/Vivitar camera bundles. How do you think we we tricked into purchasing these items?


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Sources
I am half asleep... my apologies for the substandard chop. Source materials for nigerian scammers aren't exactly taken with high quality cameras... wait, could they have really used the Vivitar to take this??? Hrm...

geek4god11 wrote:Contest: Create an entry showing the printer and camera being used as a kitchen appliance

Lol, you will get some free shipping for this entry!

Contest 79: Come up with semi-humorous product labels involving today's Woot which nobody ever reads, but really should.




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