CmdrTaco did get a free empeg - back in august last year when we started shipping. We all signed it and sent it off. They did get it, but I don't think they use it :(
Basically, we felt they deserved a freebie, because if it hadn't been for /. mentioning my mp3mobile, I would never have got such exposure and I never would have decided to start empeg. Fair's fair.
Actually, we did have almost a full page in wired about a year ago (in the just outta beta section I think, or maybe street cred) with the mk1.
I assure everyone nobody here paid any money to Wired to get us mentioned - c'mon, you all know that the empeg is a great geek toy, don't you?
Hugo