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Artist Creates Mac Shrine
uucee writes "Wired has a story on an artist's Mac shrine. Apparently a big Mac fan, the photographer "tried to persuade his assistant to get an Apple tattoo for a photo shoot. She refused, opting for a temporary one instead."
No word of a Macquarium being part of the collection." I like the idea of a desk built out of Macs.
That quote where the guy says he thinks the assistant will get an apple tattoo when she's more into macs, that is just so annoying, it changes this guy from "dork with sort of neat hobby" to "aggravating fanatic", and it reminds me of the dental assistant in Trekkies who admits that she dresses up Star Trek-style because the dentist threatened to fire her if she didn't.
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See the "..for smart people" banners Wired runs here? Look elsewhere guys.
Lisa Pedagucci, a successful and attractive business owner, demonstrates her Microsoft Office shrine.
OOH! Apple Tattoos are so SEXY! What part of her body did she put it on? Anyone got copies of the pictures?
OLPC Australia
with lots of cool pictures of artistically modified Macintosh portables.
http://member.nifty.ne.jp/cristal/apple.html
Calm down, it's *only* ones and zeroes.
took some time to realize this post was not related to junk food.
Real Mac cultists get an Apple logo branded on their forehead.
One would think he mummified Big Macs in a grand trubute to Ron McDonald. I smell a lawsuit over the wording of this article.
I love me saw so much that I had my wife get a tattoo in a private place that I won't mention.
Did I mention how much my saw rules over other saws? It cuts at least twice as fast over those cheaper brands that all the other idiots use.
Can't you tell how superior I am because of the saw I use? Can't you tell how much a part of the intellectual elite I am?
God, it's great to be me.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
I bet if you get Ellen Feiss stoned enough, she'll be willing to get the Tat..
I bet Apple would even pay for the ganja, too...
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pfft. 35 macs in "five or six years". I hadn't touched the things until mid 2000, and now there's 40 hanging around my apartment. They breed.
(ever seen pizzaboxes mating? it's not a pretty sight)
First, you make a product that really just seems to work well. In fact, it works so well that millions of people credit it with their successes and careers. So you have a core group of people who love and appreciate this product.
Then, you get a huge group of other people to attack this product. It works best if these people have never had to rely on the product, or they use another, markedly inferior one.
The first group circles the wagons, and adopts a seige mentality. Their joy in the product becomes defense of the product.
It's not such a mysterious phenomenon. Gun owners, religious groups, Doom vs. Duke Nukem, Tivo, cattle vs. sheep ranching -- you name it.
psxndc
The emacs religion: to be saved, control excess.
Has to belong to Harley Davidson. No other company in the world has the following. Tattoos, vehicle editions, etc.
;)
They're not the best motorcycle technically (stop, I love HD's, don't hammer me) - but they're the coolest/sexiest/most sought-after two-wheeled piece of machinery on many lists.
Why? They have a culture, a 'feel', a mystique that Honda or Yamaha doesn't. Yeah, a YZF-R1 can smoke any Harley. Yeah, a Gold Wing is more comfortable. But dammit, H-D is "The One."
I would imagine Mac zealots/fans feel much the same way. Like with a Harley, don't knock it until you try it. If it's not for you, that's cool. Those of us who 'get it' will keep hope alive for you.
"If there's hope, it lies in the proles..."