Assorted Bits of Halloween

It wouldn't be Halloween without a linux jack-o-lantern like the one submitted by h0mee, who writes "Just an amusing little Halloween set of pics. If you're curious about making your own, Buddy Moore provides us with a mini howto. For some spooky, fleener notes that the University of Texas at Austin's Digital Morphology Library provides X-Ray CT views of living and extinct vertebrates, like this full skeleton of a fruit bat or just its gnashing skull. Other spine-chilling notables include: the veiled chameleon, scaleless dragonfish, black cat, and the fearful pineapple. Lastly, BrGaribaldi noticed that Ridley Scott has re-edited Alien and is releasing it on Halloween in some lucky theaters. Not very many movies are scarier than that." Updated!

Update: 10/31 19:30 GMT by C : Barry sent in this one for you Apple lovers: "I saw your Linux jack-o-lantern, but how about this? The guys over at iPodHacks.com have actually carved an iPod into a pumpkin, creating the world's only iPod-o-Lantern. That's 7000 songs in your...pumpkin. Thought you might want to update the Halloween posting, as this is an ideal fit."

Also, David Clubb submits this achievement for your consideration: "Since it's Halloween, we at the University of Rochester's Computer Interest Floor decided to build a web server out of a pumpkin. We dissembled a 100MHz PII and placed it into a 54 lbs. pumpkin. It runs Gentoo and can be accessed here. Please don't Slashdot it too badly!"

And it just wouldn't be Halloween without the following, from a nameless submittor: "To quote the site, 'Extreme Halloween Fright.' A fairly comprehensive guide to making your pumpkin a bit more hi-tech using power tools, and perhaps the definitive pumpkin trepanning site." Pumpkins and powertools. How can you go wrong?

Comments

Nerds and Halloween

[JZ_Tonka]

Sometimes I truly believe that the creativity of nerds is best left in the apps they produce.

But for those who choose to stray from their field of expertise, don't say I didn't warn you!

Re:Nerds and Halloween

[Anonymous Coward]

I should yell at you for that, but it's two, TWO great memes that go great together!
(I didn't hang around long enough to verify if those were all primes or not...)

HALLOWEEN IS FOR GOTHS AND NERDS!

[Anonymous Coward]

God loves you as a father would love a son.

[Anonymous Coward]

He is saddened that you are drifting lost, looking for answers. The knowledge you pursue is but an empty path.

Re:God loves you as a father would love a son.

[Anonymous Coward]

i heard in church that paganism was a bunch of communist hooey

Reminder of the original purpose of this holiday

[Anonymous Coward]

Do remember that All Hollow's Eve was originally a christian celebration, hijacked by neopagans as "Samhain" with the resulting celebration of pagan practices over the top of what was a purely christian festival. I suggest the revisionists consult the history books and look at what they're TRULY celebrating

I call faker!

[twoslice]

For example... this is my first post EVER on Slashdot after being an observer for quite a few years now.

with a slashdot ID of 720661 I seriously doubt it. and while I am at it... If you were smart you would have registered as a new user 5 more times to get a really cool ID number.

I see London, I see France

[Charlie Bill]

I see the Jacki Lantern Girl's Underpants. [http://jacki.cif.rochester.edu/]

Re:I was wondering

[Anonymous Coward]

Trick or Treat, Negro Style

Negro corpses washed ashore
"That one looks like a dirty whore"

Drowned cadavers dark and black
"That one must be full of crack"

Dead Negro eyes blank and hazy
"This one here sure was lazy"

Bloated sambos full of bile
"Trick or Treat, Negro Style"