Win a customized Asus Mini painted by Donato

Posted by Cory Doctorow, July 18, 2008 9:02 AM | permalink

Tor Books is raffling off this gorgeous Asus Mini laptop that's been hand-painted by famed science-fictional artist Donato: all you need to do to win is sign up to get word when the awesome (yes, I've seen it) tor.com website launches:

As a promo for Tor.com, we asked Donato to paint an Asus mini computer which you, yes you, can win! To sign-up, go to Tor.com.
The first time I watched this I realized what makes Donato Donato. There's a point about third of the way through where I thought he was done....and then he keeps painting.
The computer is in my office and is supposed to be on display at ComicCon. It's been hard to bat co-workers away from it. Should it go missing, my list of suspects is long.

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#1 posted by EtaWat , July 18, 2008 9:10 AM

Only open to residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, age 18 and older. Void in Puerto Rico and where otherwise prohibited by law. Employees, and members of their families, of Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries, and affiliates are not eligible to enter. This promotion is intended for viewing in the United States only and shall only be construed and evaluated according to United States law. You are not authorized to participate in the sweepstakes if you are not located within the United States.

Ah well... maybe another time, another place we will see a raffle for international audience.

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#2 posted by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

, July 18, 2008 9:15 AM

Yeah, that sucks, but you would not believe how legally complicated it is to run a contest like that for an international audience. Sorry about that.

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#3 posted by Anonymous , July 18, 2008 9:52 AM

Asus doesn't make a computer called the Mini. That's the Eee, looks like the 701 missing its battery.

Naet design, though.

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#4 posted by Anonymous , July 18, 2008 10:02 AM

Donato Ginacola? or is he just going by DONATO now? :P

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#5 posted by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

, July 18, 2008 10:37 AM

It is an EEE. And yes, he does often go by just "Donato."

Here's the direct link to the timelapse video he made of himself painting the machine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL6mW8ng-Xw

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#6 posted by insect_hooves , July 18, 2008 10:50 AM

DO WANT!

Been looking very forward to tor.com

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#7 posted by Rajio , July 18, 2008 11:54 AM

pfft? US Only? I wonder if their website is only available in the US too.

...would be nice when announcing a contest for you to mention that its US only btw. many (most) of us aren't in the US and don't particularly enjoy a tease.

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#8 posted by foobar , July 18, 2008 1:30 PM

Boo I say to you Canadian haters :(

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#9 posted by Jardine

, July 18, 2008 3:29 PM

To be fair, Canadians have permanent snow blindness and would not appreciate the art on the back of this computer.

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#10 posted by Takuan , July 18, 2008 3:41 PM

why isn't there an international contest harmonization organization? This "offer only good in____" has got to stop. Business op here, someone?

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#11 posted by neurolux , July 18, 2008 4:15 PM

I have to subscribe to a newsletter? *sigh* nevermind

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#12 posted by hardwarejunkie9 , July 18, 2008 9:25 PM

I met Donato at a DFWcon party this year... he's an amazingly nice guy and very soft spoken. I loved talking to him. Of course, I had no familiarity with him at the time, so I got to ask a master artist what he did... embarrassing, to say the least.

He was the star artist guest.

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#13 posted by prentiz , July 19, 2008 7:13 AM

Nthing the grumbles about the US-only nature of the competition. Yet another website that doesn't seem to care about the 95% of the earth's population that lives outside the US... Depressingly short-sighted. Instead of giving themselves positive publicity, Tor just manages to irritate loads of potential users.

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#14 posted by Agent 86 , July 19, 2008 7:41 PM

I don't have to RE-sign up to be included in the drawing, do I?

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#15 posted by Anonymous , July 20, 2008 3:14 AM

Hrm. Signed up. That website is kinda chatty. 4 messages on subscription.

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#16 posted by monstrinho_do_biscoito , July 21, 2008 4:52 AM

looks like a box for a graphics card. in a bad way. bleeugh :P

cool that he did by hand tho and not in photoshop