Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Laser Etching a Laptop

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-because-you-can-doesn't-mean-you-should dept.

ptorrone writes "I didn't really plan using a $20,000 laser cutter on my 17" PowerBook to etch a 19th-century engraving of a tarsier, a nocturnal mammal related to the lemur (also the vi book cover), but it seemed like it had to done. The results are stunning..."

2 of 271 comments (clear)

  1. M-x engrave-cute-animal by Kartoffel · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nice choice of an animal, too. Those Mac people have style. You wouldn't catch them engraving a woodcut of some cud-chewing African antelope or anything like that.

    1. Re:M-x engrave-cute-animal by ivan256 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      The Gnu is clearly the superior image. What type of primitive being would use anything represented by a big-eyed, butt scratching monkey?

      Also: The Gnu could crush your monkey. :) (or should that be :q? Damn. I can never remember ;))