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Do it Yourself BSD Daemon Wall Flag

Posted by Zonk on from the crafting-projects-for-between-coding-sessions dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Everyone knows the BSD Beastie. There are T-shirts, bronze Daemons and even boxers with him on them. Well now there's a page describing how to make a BSD Daemon wall flag without using fabric printing!"

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  1. Then all you need to do is chmod 666 by fm6 · · Score: 2, Funny

    And you can sleep with the devil!

  2. Just in time! by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 2, Insightful
    As NetBSD has changed its logo, and FreeBSD announced a contest to change theirs. Are there mow separate "Logos" and "Mascots"? Can a portrait of Kirk McKusick be put on a flag?

    Of course there is also a Blowfish and a Firefly.

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  3. Will your mom? by bluGill · · Score: 3, Informative

    That guy (gal? I can't tell from the photos) didn't either, he had his mom do it.

  4. Very nice! by Otter · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Well now there's a page describing how to make a BSD Daemon wall flag without using fabric printing!

    Unfortunately, her advice is "Have your mom spend months hand-stitching it!", which may not work for everyone.

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  5. loyalty by mabu · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You know you have a good product when someone spends 250+ hours to create an homage to it. I wonder if anyone ever has done something like that for Microsoft?

    1. Re:loyalty by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Over time, I dare say that most windows users will waste 250+ hours rebooting Windows and dealing with spyware.

      Not quite an homage, but quite a sacrifice!

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  6. Boxers with HIM on them? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want my boxers to have HER on them.

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  7. Cross Stitch by Sparr0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    This method is known as cross stitching, and its pretty easy to find software to plan it out. If you plan to do it on a smaller scale you might want to consider techniques for producing stitches that look the same (no ugly lines) from both sides, which about quadruples the stitch planning complexity.

  8. I Never Though I'd See The Day... by DLWormwood · · Score: 2, Interesting
    ...when cross-stitching warrant's a /. article.

    Not that I'm all that innocent myself. When I was about 10, I had a fixation with graphing paper, and frequently made video game and vector graphic inspired artwork and board games using it. My Mom was going through an "art-and-crafts" stage at the time, and suggested I make a computer themed cross-stitch pattern for her. So, I made a desk layout of an old style hobbist computer with about a dozen peripherals attached and she made it for me. I had it framed and it decorated my room until I went to college. I really ought to dig it out of my parent's attic, photograph it and post it online somewhere some time...

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  9. That poor guy's mom!! by Drunken_Jackass · · Score: 2, Funny

    The last paragraph is priceless:

    It took my mother about 330 hours of work sewing the Beastie

    I hope he gets her something for Mother's Day.

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  10. I can see people lining up now... by feorlen · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Like this bunch has enough patience to stick out even one of those kiddie plastic canvas projects. 700+ hours of hand stitching over five months. And the guy didn't even do it himself, that I would be impressed about it. He got his Mom to do it.

    I have to suppress the urge to throttle people when co-workers think they are being cute with "Nice hat you got there, would be swell to have a new sweater. By the way, I wear a size Large." They complain about paying $25 for something at Wart-Maul but think I'll be thrilled at the suggestion I take six months to spin and knit a one-of-a-kind custom garment for them?

  11. Auction that puppy!!! by bergeron76 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I bet you would make a boatload of quid if you auctioned that thing on eBay (the USA one is probably the biggest market).

    And then make your mother make you a new one. ;)

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  12. wow by Mr.Coffee · · Score: 3, Funny

    "she just opened the picture with gimp"

    dude, your mom uses gimp? she sounds way hot.

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  13. bsd.ee by ElDuderino44137 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The long hair may not make him a female ... but it certainly does make him an ugly male.

    Cheers,
    -- The Dude