December delights from Opera
Monday, 1. December 2008, 16:00:47
It's December 1st and in many countries it's tradition to have a calendar to celebrate the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. We are having an advent contest this year where you can win a really cool Moods of Norway & Opera t-shirt and some sweet Norwegian candy.
Every day up until Christmas Eve we'll post a new question of the day in the prizes blog and you simply need to answer it correctly in order to be in the raffle to win.
We wish everyone the best of luck. We'll be back with weekly digests on the frontpage of My Opera with lucky winners as the contest progresses. For daily winners, check the prizes blog. 
This contest is open and available only for registered members of the My Opera community. Winners are not determined by first come, first served. You can only win once and we will randomly pick one daily winner. It does not help to submit more than one correct answer per day.
Member of the week
Friday, 28. November 2008, 14:26:23
This has to be the one of the coolest blogs on My Opera. From Japan we have a great breakdancer and designer who also draw character Manga sketches. 
His blog is a great read and with frequent updates he now has many fans, too! With posts like "Kyo Was Arrested!!!!" it's hard not to get intrigued. His crew and himself were dancing down in the train station, when this jack@#! of a cop comes over and turns off their radio and tells them to... Well, read the rest of the story in his blog.
We also mentioned that he's a great breakdancer and this movie clearly demonstrates that (he's the dude with the green hat and orange t-shirt):
It's great to have you with us Kyosuke — Congratulations on becoming this week's member of the week! 
Winter photos
Friday, 28. November 2008, 10:52:00
Here are 10 absolutely stunning winter photos we think is worth checking out. All of these photographers are active community members on My Opera and make great use of the photo albums service.
1Frozen waterwheel. Amazing shot by ALLY_G.
2Winter dusk. Great photo by the Winter Photo Network.
3Urban winter. Photo by meska-lt.
4This is gonna hurt! Photo by BitzyMe.
5Snowboarding. Freedom. Photo by Katariina.
6Berlin season ornaments. Photo by Pontifix.
7Seasons greetings. Photo by clayd.
8Majestic mountain. Photo by gapulka.
9Winter in Sweden! Photo by SunRider.
10Iced road in Russia. Photo by typhoon_zsmk.
New Opera Mini 4.2 banners
Thursday, 27. November 2008, 18:28:59
Following the release of Opera Mini 4.2 we have some cool banners you can use to embed on your blog/Web site to help promote the little big browser — check out the forum post on Choose Opera. There's also a German localization available (more languages following).
Have a look at the banners on Choose Opera and let us know what you think. 
Blue Beanie Day
Thursday, 20. November 2008, 10:54:00
About Blue Beanie Day
Blue Beanie Day is the brainchild of Doug Vos, creator of the Designing With Web Standards group on Facebook. Since October 27, 2007, over 4,300 members have joined, representing over fifty countries and with My Opera's involvement there's bound to be many more!
Doug invented Blue Beanie Day in 2007 to promote awareness of web standards. Blue Beanie Day 2007 can be found on Facebook — visit the event page.
Friday, November 28, 2008 is the day thousands of Standardistas (people who support Web standards) will wear a Blue Beanie to show their support for accessible, semantic Web content.
Participate!
We're hereby announcing the My Opera community's participation in the second annual Blue Beanie Day! Please join us on Friday, November 28, 2008 to show your support and love for Web standards and accessibility.
How to participate:
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Join the Blue Beanie group on My Opera.
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Get your picture taken wearing a blue beanie* on Friday November 28.
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On November 28, switch your profile picture and post your royal blueness to the Blue Beanie Day 2008 photo group at Flickr and to the Blue Beanie group photo album on My Opera. That’s all there is to it!
So, who's in? I know I am!
* Web professionals "down under" and in otherwise summery climates can subsitute the beanie for a blue cap.
My Opera Awards finalists
Thursday, 27. November 2008, 14:31:13
Nomination ended on Friday last week and here are (finally!) the finalists.
Listed below are the finalists in each category. We recommend you browse through and pick your favorites before submitting your final vote — use this vote form.
Note: Voting is limited to one finalist in each category. Voting will end Thursday December 11.
We wish everyone the best of luck and we'll be back with the results Friday December 12. We've also made some cool "vote for me" buttons to be used (only) for shameless self promotion — grab one today!
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