January contest theme: What's That?

NICE! I was wondering what Jan would bring us. This should be interesting. Get to play around with Macro again too! Fun.

Looks like the back/side of a laptop for the ethernet/plug ins, etc.

There are 3 categories to evaluate: 1) slim size and aesthetics, 2) type and placement of connectors, and 3) a panel on what appears to be a hinge.

I am 99 sure that's the back of a laptop showing power, modem, and ethernet jacks. I'd further guess circa 2001, by the styling.

The other alternative is a portable multifunction printer, but that would be very odd placement for the connectors on such a device.

Specifically, it's the back of a PC laptop - not a Mac.

ATM deposit slot

the deposit envelope slot of an atm.

Bumper of a Jeep Wrangler

Its a Moon Roof in a car when you open it after it snows

ATM slot

Mailbox

It looks like the cash deposit slot on the new BOA ATM machines - the ones where you put in your pile of bills and the vacuum sucks them up.

ATM slot

That's a pull out door handle

It looks like a toner cartridge for a big office printer/copier.

Recycling / confidential Paper Bin slot found in offices

Its a soft drinks dispensing machine. Specifically the place where you retrieve the drink behind a plastic flap.

where is the picture you guys are looking at?

Hi, Lisa -- We've been rotating some close-ups taken by Globe photographers to illustrate this theme, and some folks have tried to guess what the various photos are. So many of the comments don't apply to whatever photo we're displaying now. Sorry for the confusion!

Hi Teresa

You know what would be nice, is if you could put a link to the Flickr search results page every month on the contest page. That would make it easier for folks to see all the entries without having to do a search themselves. :)

Great bunch of entries this time- very hard to pick a particular group of favorites.

A faucet dripping water into a galvanized aluminum pan/can.

It's a maple sap tap.

um ... have I missed the results of the January contest :) Just curious as there were so many great photos ... the curiosity to see who made the top ten is killing me :) I'm new here so ... forgive me if this seems impatient ... as I said just curious as hell and a bit surprised there have been no results.

Hi Lois, we posted the Final 40 finalists on the RAW homepage and the Boston.com homepage on Thursday, and announced the Top 10 winners in both places this morning. You can find them there.