Enter our “Love is in the Air” Mimobot Valentine’s Day giveaway!
This contest is closed. Congrats to faithful Macenstein reader Adri.
Well, that didn’t take long. Yes, just 1 day after finally ending our 12 Days After Christmas Giveaway, we’ve once again we’ve teamed up with our good friends at Mimoco to bring you yet another awesome contest! What makes this one so awesome? Well, aside from giving you a chance to win cool stuff, THIS one might actually save your relationship!
Admit it, you totally forgot that Valentine’s Day is less than 1 week away. I know I did. Well, here’s your chance to make up for being such a callous oaf and actually give that special someone in your life something they’ll truly appreciate… portable storage! Yes, nothing says “I Love You” like a USB flash drive, and we’ve got a set of 4 GB tokidoki™ Adios and Ciao Ciao Mimobots up for grabs (that’s 8 GB of love total!), one for you, and one for that special lady in your life. Or, if you’d like to keep being a callous oaf, TWO for you! (What did she ever give you anyway?)
To Enter: We’re taking a slight detour from our usual “Just leave a comment” thing here today… we’re actually going to make you work for these. So here’s the deal. We want you to write a love poem about your favorite Apple product. Entries must be a minimum of 15 words long, and the winner will be picked from our esteemed panel of judges on February 13th. Open to all readers world-wide. Good luck! (oh, and these won’t arrive before Valentine’s Day, so you might want to picks something else up, just in case).
six foot cord or brick mode
mag safe connector with green and red lights
how i love my 85 watt adapter
Every day your smiling face
Your cheerful beep
Began when I turned you on
You were colorless
However you helped me
Express myself for a decade
Other Macs have come since
Bigger, faster, more colorful
Yet none matched your personality
Your grit in spite of your tiny screen
I’ll always remember my “Macintank”
My first Mac
my Mac SE
oh great mac
in you how i believe
for working, surfing, playing
oh great mac
How I love thee, my MacBook and iPhone
Let me count the ways
You come with me everywhere; I’m never alone
With you I can stay connected for all my days.
with out flash
some of the web
looks like trash
with no ir transfer
and bluetooth that’s really
of no use.
But apps galor
from the App Store
true love is an iphone
that’s jailbroke
making it truly my own.
‘Cause of MacBook Pro,
My productivity soars
Anywhere I am.
One haiku alone
Does not total fifteen words,
So here is one more. 🙂
My MacBook Pro is so nice,
I’m looking in his 15.4 inch eye.
I see the rainbow, stars and clouds,
I feel green grass below my toe.
O, Mac.!
You truly make me feel alright.
My love for you will never die!
Sleep little MacBook,
for in the morning I shall wake you.
Recharge you little battery,
for in the morning we shall play.
Sleep my little Mac Book,
for this love will never die!
iPad, full of beauty and mystery. glossy, with curves, impenetrable visage, capable of being a window or a closed door. Why no camera? Why no Flash? So full of mystery.
Darling iTouch
master of media and music and such
thou art the button less savior
of mine once oft music less behavior.
How droll those hours in hindsight be
Wherefore was I, dearest, without thee?
-My Lappy love-
iBook G4 taken straight from two thousand and four
You are the apple of MY eye…
Your glossy texture holds fingerprinted memories from long ago and your
1.2Ghz power core makes videos look as if filmed in a 1984 post war
Simple and mysterious, non double-finger scrolling, but serious
Who needs a working right arrow key when you have the other three…
Not me.
Over the hill battery with a limited four light marque
Power plug keeps the power sedated like a prescription drug, connected by a non magnetic hug – this is true Lappy love
Ode to my new iMac:
Beautifully bezeled you sucked me in
Reminiscent of Reese Witherspoon with an oversized chin
The OS that never breaks, it’s so easy to use
If I boot you up will you turn me on too
With a price tag this steep I will use you for years
Bootcamping to Windows always brings me to tears
I love you my new iMac and you should always know
I am your computer geek and will never let you go
The Ballad of the iMac G5:
R.I.P. my old G5 iMac, you served me so well
Now you sit in a corner, like a giant you fell
No built in WiFi or bluetooth connection
Still I loved you and showed you affection
You converted my family, my friends and my neighbors
I felt like I abandoned you when my wife was in labor
You were part of the family, you should have been there
Still you welcomed your brother and pictures you shared
Your life ended abruptly, WiFi was necessary
But you were as outdated as my grandmother’s Blackberry
Go iPhone!!
darling macbook
your shell is so brushed
you help my work
that’s why i love you so much
You booted up and touched my heart.
I knew right then, we’d never be apart.
We walked, talked, Googled and realized you were made for me.
I knew right then, I’d saved enough to make you mine.
You’re the closest to perfection I’ve ever known,
and I want to thank-you for the love you’ve shown me,
my lovely iPhone.
Did I win?
There once was a man with a PC
who fought with it unceasingly
so it happened one day
he threw it away
and brought home an aluminum iMac
Oh sweet iPhone, sweet precious iPhone!
The way you browse
The way you entertain
The delicious aroma of your fresh packaging
The silky touch of your gentle touch screen,
All cause me to soar
on the interweb’s wings.
Please don’t ever leave me,
Don’t ever make me cry
No worries though, sweet baby,
I will never leave you for a stupid Blackberry.
Whether working in the day
or playing in the night
my fingers dance on Keyboard White
when I wish to bring my ideas to life
I bask in the glow of
My Macbooks power light
roses are red
violets are blue
only fifteen words
and i could have a Mimobot.
You are so beatiful, I go crazy with your curves, I love to touch every part of your body, I love to stay with you all night, I just simply love my Unibody MACBOOK PRO!!
Max…
iMac, iMac screen so bright
Programs running through the night
Safari and Mail, you keep me up to date
With Address Book and iCal I’ll never be late
Always so useful with no viruses to rid
I love my imac, with black and silver trim.
Oh, how I love you, iPhone dear,
You’re more than music to my ear.
Your apps my heart they do entwine,
And waste almost all of my time.
Alas you can not run the leopard of snow
but you are certainly far from slow
some may sneer
and turn their rear
at this subtle nod
to my faithful G5 quad
I still remember fondly the first time I lay eyes on you. Your gentle lines seducing my hand. Your soothing whispers inside my ears, taking me closer to bliss. Inside of you resides the soundtrack that gives my life meaning, the pulse that makes my heart pump. You comfort me when I am down. You alone know my deepest desires, my guilty pleasures. A companion for life in you I have a found, oh velvety red iPod of mine! Thank you for being a light in my once radio hostage world.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
The iPhone is sweet
And his apps are great too!
woo hoo… I made it to 16 words!
I loved you while I was waiting,
I hated you when you came to me,
I hate that i love you,
iPad, don’t let the children cry…
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Snow Leopard is amazing.
But Windows 7 is poo.
You never let me down oh mighty Leopard of Snow.
But Windows 7, you just simply blow.
iMac oh iMac,
thou art a beaut.
I know ’tis a feeling not fact,
Yet sentiment runs hard abut.
The spacious screen,
Makes me want to scream
In joy an d happiness
IMac, godbless!
You go everywhere with me
and that makes me love you
and I know you really love me
because you are always there…
even when I pee.
To my beloved iPhone
Oh to win a Mimobot
It’s something I don’t got.
To wax poetic is something of courage
To gain a simple thing of digital storage.
All this effort is really silly
There are more important things… like Free Willy
(to the tune of the Oompla-Loompa song. more or less)
iPhone, iPhone,
What did I do,
Before I had the pleasure of working with you?
iPhone, iPhone,
I know you love me.
Why else would you be all that I want you to be?
You give me many apps and games to adore.
I can play my tunes, or I can check the game’s score.
I think you’re pretty great. Oh, how could I want more?
When’s your next version out?
iPhone, iPhone
Give me a call.
Do you like the ring tones that I installed?
iPhone, iPhone,
You bring me such bliss.
Please never go away, because you would so missed!
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
P.S. I love you, iMac 🙂
No copyright infringement intended 😛
first was the iPod sound
then was the iPhone touchy
now is the iPad walk-around
aren’t we just a big happy family
Oh, how it’s flashing beacon of life reminds us all,
we haven’t shut it down at all.
Upon the pushing of the button on the front,
my macbook pro starts with just one grunt.
But it’s only after flapping open the screen,
the bright white light of God can be seen.
Each time a piece of Heaven,
my macbook pro is eight, of what the world already has got seven.
the ipod touch is so very fun,
but don’t try and play it in the sun,
you can play it most anywhere,
but sometimes the games might give you a scare.
From Flight Control to Pakoon 3
the ipod touch is for you and me
from Dizzy Bee to Doodle Jump
the Ipod touch will make your heart pump
From Cooking Mama to Bejewled 2
the ipod touch will be fun for you!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
gleaming white outside
brilliant glossy LCD
wonderful keyboard
multitouch trackpad
passable sound quality
oh, love my macbook
Yes – it’s a two verse haiku. Couldn’t figure out a single verse one long enough to meet the minimum requirement…
MacBook is black
Folders are blue
iCal keeps me on track
of all my to-dos.
Pick me! I’m completely out of Valentine’s Day ideas for the Mrs.
whistle while you work
hitler was a jerk
mussolini bit his peenie
now it doesn’t work
Oh Ipod Classic We have been through it all
Break ups make ups with women short and tall
even you weren’t prone to this
I just ditched you and made the Itouch switch
Did I win yet?
There once was a luxo iMac
He is so great he is almost like crack
He sits on my desk all pretty and white
whenever I look at him he makes my night
Who won? Were they notified yesterday? I want them so badly 🙁