Michael Cooney
Senior Editor

Latest contest winner

Opinion
Aug 28, 20062 mins

“Linux rocks, but I’m not so sure about these open-source bean bag chairs!”

We wish we could give T.J. Harrell a bean bag chair for winning this week’s contest, but looking at our budget we could only afford a can of beans (Ed. – You mean ‘bean’). And we don’t want to contribute to any future back problem he may encounter.

Head back later today for the start of a new contest, and click for our runners-up, including our longest entry ever – we’re lookin’ at you, Greg!

Runners-up

“All together now: Windows hard, Linux, soft.”David P. 22nd century museum exhibit: IT workers circa 1999.Ron E. “Welcome to The Geek Conversation Pit! No direct talking, only IM and IRC communications!”Shane M. “Comfortable AND functional: the chairs mold to your bottom, and the flame-extinguishing foam filling can put out laptop battery fires in a jiffy.”George “We’re gearing up for Vista’s release by cutting employees and all overhead costs.”Dale Harris “Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! They won’t let me play the game inside during the conference!”Mark B. “Well, Mom, I finally made it. I’m sitting on a beanbag, posting to news sites on my laptop with nobody around me, just like every night in the basement…”Casey H. Slashdot knows geeks love beanbags.Russell

(Score: -1, Redundant)

“I knew we should have been suspicious when Microsoft offered to provide the furniture for the lounge….”Lynn R. “These new Java bean bags are really comfortable!”Joe W. Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale,

a tale of a fateful IP.

That started from this laptop port,

aboard this tiny keyboard.

The developer was a mighty codin