What we wrote in December 2009

Quiz #15: A Samsung N130 10″ Netbook!

Win a Samsung 10" netbook!

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Prize: A super cool Samsung N130 10″ Netbook!

If you’re looking for great value performance, rely on the SAMSUNG Netbook N130.
A netbook that delivers all the features you need at home but that’s portable enough to take with you on-the-go, and at a price you can afford. No problem. The N130 sports a stylish design with crave-worthy specs such as a battery that lasts long enough for you to upload photos, surf online and chat with friends.

Operating System :: Genuine Windows® XP Home
Processor :: Intel® ATOM 1.60GHz
Main Chipset :: Intel 945GSE
Memory :: 1GB
Display :: 10.1″ WSVGA

To Win this Prize: Just head along to the home page of LittleQuiz.com here and answer those three little questions!

Week 14 winners

Winners Drawn

The monkey has drawn names from his hat and we’re delighted to announce the winners of last week’s competitions at LittleQuiz.com:

Jason O’MahonyA Samsung LE22B450 22″ LCD TV!
Mary Walshe €100 in cold hard cash, baby!
Fin ReillyThe totally brill Little Quiz Swag Bag

Congratulations to everyone who’s going home with great prizes. If you didn’t win this week, don’t despair – there are plenty of ways to win, and our next contest launches today!

Quiz #14: A Samsung LE22B450 22″ LCD TV

Win a Samsung LE22B450

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Prize: A super cool Samsung LE22B450

Multimedia takes on a whole new dimension with this Samsung LE22B450 LCD television!
This LE22B450 22-inch TV will plunge you into the heart of your favourite films and TV programmes.
You’ll be able to hook up almost any audio or video device thanks to its scart socket and HDMi socket, while its digital TV tuner gives you instant access to loads of free digital TV channels.

Format :: 16:9
Screen size :: 22 inches (56 cm)
Contrast :: up to 15,000:1
Resolution (horizontal x vertical – in pixels) :: 1366 x 768

To Win this Prize: Just head along to the home page of LittleQuiz.com here and answer those three little questions!

Week 13 winners

Winners Drawn

The monkey has drawn names from his hat and we’re delighted to announce the winners of last week’s competitions at LittleQuiz.com:

Karen Foleya brand spanking new Dell Inspiron 11Z from Dell.ie!
John Phelan €100 in cold hard cash, baby!
Peter O’NeilThe totally brill Little Quiz Swag Bag

Congratulations to everyone who’s going home with great prizes. If you didn’t win this week, don’t despair – there are plenty of ways to win, and our next contest launches today!

Quiz #13: Win a brand spanking new Dell Inspiron 11Z from Dell.ie

Win a Dell Inspiron 11z this week on LittleQuiz.com

Sponsor: Dell.ie [ visit sponsor | take quiz ]
Prize: A super cool Dell Inspiron 11z .

We’re delighted to have Dell.ie as a repeat sponsor over here on LittleQuiz!

The Dell Inspiron 11z is super thin and light, it travels perfectly by your side. It also features long battery life thanks to Intels new ultra low-voltage processors. Stay connected with friends and family using the integrated 1.3MP webcam. And of course it’s available in a wide range of colours!

To Win this Prize: Just head along to the home page of LittleQuiz.com here and answer those three little questions!

Week 12 winners

Winners Drawn

The monkey has drawn names from his hat and we’re delighted to announce the winners of last week’s competitions at LittleQuiz.com:

Karen Dowling€50 in DownloadMusic.ie download credits and a Sony Ericsson W595!
Marie Spillane €100 in cold hard cash, baby!
Sam PhelanThe totally brill Little Quiz Swag Bag

Congratulations to everyone who’s going home with great prizes, and many thanks to last week’s sponsor, DownloadMusic.ie, who made ALL these prizes possible. If you didn’t win this week, don’t despair – there are plenty of ways to win, and our next contest launches today!

Quiz #12: DownloadMusic.ie

Win a new Sony Ericsson Walkman Phone and €50 in new tunes from Download Music.ie

Sponsor: DownloadMusic.ie [ visit sponsor | take quiz ]
Prize: €50 in DownloadMusic.ie download credits +one Sony Ericsson W595 in your choice of style.

We’re delighted to have DownloadMusic.ie as a repeat sponsor over here on LittleQuiz!

With Download Music, you can download music to your phone and pay by text/sms or by credit card. It’s become the place to be seen for new bands and indie acts. Downloads from the site are counted in the charts, and DownloadMusic.ie has already been the single sale point most responsible for pushing bands into the Irish charts.

It’s also amazing for bands, allowing you to release tracks with a simple digital distribution mechanism, sell them on the site or on MySpace, and even sell gig tickets and band merch right from the site with a very fair and generous royalty split.

So to get you going with Downoad Music, we’re giving away €50 in DownloadMusic.ie phone credits and a brand new Sony Ericsson W595 featuring a Walkman 3.0 music player to listen to your new tunes. The phone comes with FM radio, a 3.2 megapixel camera, 2GB memory card to store up to 500 songs, TrackID music recognition, Bluetooth and 3G. You can choose your preferred style for this phone, assuming stock availability.

To Win this Prize: Just head along to the home page of LittleQuiz.com here and answer those three little questions!

Week 11 winners

Winners Drawn

The monkey has drawn names from his hat and we’re delighted to announce the winners of last week’s competitions at LittleQuiz.com:

Frank PetersDell Mini 10 netbook!
Liz Lyons €100 in cold hard cash, baby!
Brendan O’ConnorThe totally brill Little Quiz Swag Bag

Congratulations to everyone who’s going home with great prizes, and many thanks to last week’s sponsor, Dell Ireland, who made ALL these prizes possible. If you didn’t win this week, don’t despair – there are plenty of ways to win, and our next contest launches today!

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Saturday Night (Cabin) Fever

Eat-In

Saturday Night (Cabin) Fever!

You know the way they (whoever ‘they’ are) say staying in is the new going out? Well those of us a bit strapped for cash do. But we’re broke, we’re not dead, so what to do for entertainment?

I was listening to Moncrieff on his Newstalk show talking to Ross Golden of Food & Wine magazine about dinner parties. ‘Dinner party’ sounds ever so posh but having your mates round for some grub and a few drinks sounds right up most people’s street! Ross says the key to a successful dinner for friends is to keep it very simple and gave a few pointers-I might have added some of my own too.

Eats: a big pot of – Irish stew, curry, spaghetti bolognese. Take your pick. And make it the day before if you can. Or a few days before and freeze it, it’ll mean a lot less hassle and stress on the day.

Servings: let people serve themselves, they usually take less when serving themselves in someone else’s house and you can bulk it up with lots of bread and salad.

Desserts: ask one or two friends to bring dessert with them, they’ll more than likely be happy to contribute to the evening.

Drinks: tell everyone it’s BYOB (bring your own bottle) and/or buy some cheap sparkling wine and try out these Budget Tipples for Christmas. Mmmm.

Entertainment: well these days lots of people are into reality tv, X Factor or I’m A Celebrity. Failing that you always have the option of sports, a movie night, a karaoke-off if someone has SingStar or a battle of the bands with Guitar Hero or something similar.

Result: a relatively inexpensive and fun night for everyone. And lots of cleaning up for you in the morning :)