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Win a copy of Bento from FileMaker and TUAW

We've covered the personal database app, Bento, a few times in the past, and Brett mentions it in his "Collecting and Organizing Information" post, but our friends at venerable FileMaker want to give you a chance to try it yourself. So we're giving away three boxed copies of Bento today! Use it to store your school data, search and organize that data and link to documents elsewhere. It integrates with Address Book and iCal, for you savvy folks.
To enter, just tell us what you'd pack in a real, physical bento (yes, food, but what kind of food?). Leave your comment and you're entered, with the usual restrictions applying (see below). Good luck!
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are 18 and older.
- To enter, leave a comment telling us what you would put in a bento.
- The comment must be left before August 20, 11:59PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Three (3) winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Prize: One copy of Bento from FileMaker ($49)
- Click Here for complete Official Rules.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 32)
Andrew Michelson said 6:08AM on 8-19-2008
What else would I want to preserve, other than a NEWTON!
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Alex said 6:09AM on 8-19-2008
Lets see... some tempura, rice, salad, and a few golden california rolls.
Mmm, now I have to go get some Japanese food
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Darren said 6:12AM on 8-19-2008
Traditional Bento: White Rice, Filet Mignon, Steamed Carrots, and Spring Rolls
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dustin said 6:17AM on 8-19-2008
okay fried rice, chicken...k thats all :D
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Rob Rix said 6:20AM on 8-19-2008
Roast beef, with horseradish; yorkshire pudding opened and filled with thick gravy; potatoes mashed as light as whipped cream, and drowning in the same gravy.
This is basically my favourite meal (yeah, I know, I’m so pedestrian), and having it pleasantly arranged in a Bento box would be fun!
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ChrisBlaze said 6:20AM on 8-19-2008
Everyone knows that the best bento has chicken, rice, seaweed, Ahi Poke and tako....yumm!
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Anthony said 6:22AM on 8-19-2008
Edamame.
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Lerxst said 6:22AM on 8-19-2008
Why is this US-only? Can't dispatch an email with the serial number overseas?
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JT said 6:24AM on 8-19-2008
refried beans, fresh salsa and some guac.
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marieboyer said 6:24AM on 8-19-2008
I am on a diet and counting points so I would put:
1 cup of brown rice
green beans w/ spicy sauce
hot and sour soup
all stored safely in little tupperware containers in my bento
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Mikey P said 6:25AM on 8-19-2008
Tacos and 3 Musketeers bars.
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presser_kun said 8:06AM on 8-19-2008
Oh, definitely sushi, sashimi, and a couple of California rolls.
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Mark said 6:29AM on 8-19-2008
Mmmm ... you could fit a burger in one section, some fries in another, maybe a little pasta salad up there ...
So not winning this, but maybe I'll head to Five Guys Burger and Fries for lunch later and kill the hours off my life that Bento could have saved me ...
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Matt said 6:29AM on 8-19-2008
Sushi. Lots of Sushi.
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Q said 6:30AM on 8-19-2008
Beef Bulgogi and a big heaping mound of sticky rice. Although I now covet Rob Rix's bento box listed above.
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Rob Rix said 7:30AM on 8-19-2008
I am so looking up recipes for yorkshire pudding today (:
BSCowboy said 6:32AM on 8-19-2008
That's easy, Cherry Flavored Pez, what else is there?
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Anon said 6:32AM on 8-19-2008
It doesn't matter what i'd put in a bento since YET AGAIN this is a competition only open to a tiny fraction of the world.
Please try and remember that the Internet is a world-wide medium and does not end at the edges of the US border.
You have readers all over the world (one less from now on) and it's really unfair to not offer them the same benefits as those in the US.
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SirCrumpet said 9:06AM on 8-19-2008
Competitions are subject to the rules and regulations of the state they are being held from, not the country that you live. As the rules and regualations in the place TUAW (or possibly AOL Time-Warner) live specify that competition winners must live in the grand old united states.
Blaming this on TUAW (or worse, claiming you won't visit again) is simply foolishly foolish.
Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
AJB said 6:35AM on 8-19-2008
sushi, sashimi, tempura, and apple pie. mmmm.
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