Presently, we've got 3,100+ hours of volunteer time pledged and growing -- at the California minimum wage ($8.00 per hour) that alone is over $24,800 worth of donated work. But considering the high level of skill found in our volunteers, that number is about as conservative as possible.
We're still taking volunteers, but with less than two weeks until the deadline, we're not going to be able to place you in time to win some awesome prizes. But we're not stopping FEEDaNEED. In fact, we've got an exciting announcement to come.
Erik and I have been keeping track of shoutouts here -- thank you for generating so much attention and let me know if we missed your blog entry, tweet, or FEEDaNEED tattoo.
And finally, our partners list has grown quite nicely, too. We've got some very awesome partners who've generously given to this project. The rest of this entry will be used to shower praise on them. Thank you, awesome partners.
partner | prize |
The Daily WTF | If you've ever felt bad about checking-in a barely-test kludge, you can now code guilt-free (without having to refactor, test, or even log a bug) with WTF-Code Offsets! |
Your Electronics Open Source | Voucher of 100 ($ or € or £ - it depends on the winner country) to spend in the Farnell catalog! |
Aviary & Worth100 | Signed schwag and 10 free Aviary pro accounts (worth $100 each)! |
I Wear Your Shirt | Jason wears your shirt - whatever shirt you want - on February 18th, 2009 to be broadcast to the world! |
Cyanide & Happiness | Signed merch! |
Fark | Headline shirts, old school shirts, and possibly having Drew Curtis buy you a beer (provided you two happen to be in the same town at the same time) |
Stuff White People Like | Signed books and hot new shirts |
Dinosaur Comics | Assorted schwag and a signed book, too |
Sex Panther | Sex Panther cologne with some Sex Panther-branded awesome goods |
Duck Duck Go | Schwag! |
Pwned | Schwag, 15,000 Pwned Points (roughly equiv. to a free game), and a Nintendo Wii or Xbox 360 Arcade |
dawdle | Game of your choosing (US$60 or less) for PS3, 360, Wii, PS2, XBOX, GameCube, or DS |
Fogbugz | Kiwi schwag and Flip MinoHD camcorder emblazened with Fogbugz kiwi |
Brandfuel Promotions | Premium schwag! |
Chris Computing | A brand new Dell computer - Vostro 220 or better |
RetailMeNot | US$2,000 worth of tshirt vouchers |
Buy It Like You Mean It | Shirts and chocolate bars |
Sunlight Foundation | Schwag! |
picwing | Intel D945GCLF Essential Series Mini-ITX DDR2 667 Intel Graphics Integrated Atom Processor Desktop Board + processor with power supply unit and low profile heat sink |
TicketStumbler | Voucher for US$200 worth of tickets |
Foundry Communications | DVD Box sets |
23/6 | Schwag! |
BaconFreak | Bacon goodness |
EFF | Schwag! |
Destructoid | Xbox 360, two of the latest games, Dtoid stickers, buttons, & new shirts |
xkcd | Assorted xkcd gear - with autographs! |
ars technica | Schwag! |
Wired | Schwag! |