12 Day of Geekmas Wrap-Up

Congratulations to Paula Norcott, winner of our fabulous 12th Day of Geekmas prize pack from Putty World, DiscoveryStore.com and MSI Global, as well as Andy Blessing who snagged a bonus 32GB iPod Touch from our friends at Maphook. With that our 12DoG activities for 2010 draw to a close, but before we head back to […]

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GeekDad's 12 Days of Geekmas

Congratulations to Paula Norcott, winner of our fabulous 12th Day of Geekmas prize pack from Putty World, DiscoveryStore.com and MSI Global, as well as Andy Blessing who snagged a bonus 32GB iPod Touch from our friends at Maphook. With that our 12DoG activities for 2010 draw to a close, but before we head back to GeekDad's super secret home base to begin preparing for next year's giveaway I'd like to pause to dispense some much deserved thank yous.

Obviously the true stars of Geekmas are our daily prize sponsors, so please join me in expressing much appreciation to

604 Republic for the amazing t-shirts;

Activisionfor helping us Shred;

Crazy Aaron's Putty World for making putty the official gift of Geekmas;

DiscoveryStore.com for keeping things scientific;

Element Casefor protecting iOS devices everywhere;

Grouponfor an almost obscene amount of site credit;

Hexbugfor all those robot insects;

Insane Ian for bringing the musical comedy;

Konamifor keeping gamers dancing;

LEGOfor protecting the ice planet Hoth;

Logitechfor offering us far more giveaway tech than we ever expected;

Marc Gunn for his musical prowess;

MSI for making our final giveaway so wildly popular;

Nykofor providing some of the best 3rd party controllers available;

SonyandSCE San Diego Studio for their amazing generosity toward GeekDad's gamer contingent;

TomTomfor helping us navigate the Alderaan system;

Verizon Wireless for providing us with the Droidwe were looking for;

And Warner Bros. and BBC America Shop for bringing a much needed dash of old world charm to the proceedings.

I'd also like to thank podcast sponsor Maphookfor their continued support of the 12DoG project, my good friend and co-host Ken Denmead for spending another 12 hectic days making this giveaway a reality and GeekDad's official troubadour John Anealio for the amazing custom-created tunage.

And lastly I would like to thank you, the GeekDad community, for another year of praise and support and for the admirable lengths you'll go to in the name of scoring sweet prizes. May all your holiday dreams come true and all your Geekmases be white!