And now, the winners of the pointless fun Zune swag giveaway contest . The Sir-mix-a-lot-Zune Tribute "Best in Show" Award: Winner: Callidus . Excerpt: Ooh, Rump-o'-smooth-plastic You say you wanna get my songs? Well, link me, link me 'Cause I don't got that average playlist Congratulations, Callidus! You wrote the best Sir-mix-a-lot-Zune Tribute I've ever seen! You win the DLO case and the t-shirt! High-five! The Sir-mix-a-lot-Zune Tribute Contest "early bird gets the worm t-shirt" Award: Winner...

I've had a few solid entries to my pointless fun Zune swag giveaway contest. I never really told you what you'd win, though: You'll win a tee-shirt (men and women's sizes available). And this jam jacket from our friends at DLO Cool swag, huh!? High-five!? (Cesar goes up for the high-five and . . .*you decide*)

So I'm actually more excited to eat pumpkin pie than turkey. But that's me. Anyways, no posts for a few days. A lot of folks have asked me, so how is Zune doing? Despite the iFanboy pleas that Zune is DOA; it's tanking, brown is ugly, etc, I can tell you that we are exactly where we hoped we'd be. That is, without sharing specific numbers after the first week of sales. We're all looking forward to a successful holiday retail season. We're also thinking in long term here. And hey, so are you ;) Anyways...

For those of you home during the day (I mean you, college boy ;), Zune will be featured on today's episode of The Ellen Degeneres Show . Airing in Seattle today at 11:00 AM PDT (KING-5), Zune will be featured alongside The Dixie Chicks . If I'm authorized to post video clips, I will. I know I'm personally not Ellen's target audience, but when I'm playing hookie home sick I try to watch it. Check your local listings . < Edit > Changed "PST" to "PDT" - thanks Jack!