Tribute To Steve Jobs: a 21km Apple Logo in Tokyo

An anonymous reader writes "To pay his tribute to Steve Jobs, Joseph Tame, a media producer and a marathon runner from Tokyo, ran 21 kms in 2 hours — starting from the western side of the Imperial Palace, across to Roppongi, through Omotesando, then up to Shinjuku. The leaf is in Kagurazaka, and the start/finish point just by the entrance to Yasukuni Shrine. The route, when mapped, shows the famous Apple logo in the center of Tokyo."

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Yes, but can he run Linux?

[readandburn]

Zing!

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Clever and creative

[gstrickler]

I know many people will bash this guy as "an Apple fanboi", or having "drunk the Kool-Aid®" (BTW, the Jonestown incident used Flavor Aid®, not Kool-Aid®, but don't let facts get in the way), but what those people are overlooking is that this is both clever and creative.

Side note: Creative people don't care whether or not you like or agree with their choice of tools. If you don't like Apple or Apple products, fine. But all the Apple, Apple product, and "fanboi" bashing is ridiculous. The company and products aren't perfect, but they are good and they do inspire creativity. They're tools that for many people make working easier, faster, and allow them to create. Nothing more, nothing less. And, no, I don't particularly care if you agree/disagree with this post.

Re:Clever and creative

[Anonymous Coward]

He wasnt a fanboi huh?

Well that was it. I was hooked. Since then I’ve upgraded every year, paying hefty cancellation fees on old contracts in order to have the latest and greatest. The improvements in the iPhone have enabled me to do more each year and I’m excited to think of where it might take us in the next 5 years.

lol...

Re:He didn't die.

[bonch]

Read between the lines. Jobs has authorized an official biography, codified management guidelines at the company for when he's gone, submitted his resignation, and has been photographed looking extremely thin. He has previously had cancer as well as as liver transplant. What do you think is likely to happen in the next six to twelve months?

Re:He didn't die.

[romco]

have you seen this pic of him?

http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/26/steve-jobs-apple-photo-resignation-ceo-sick/

That "apple" looks like it's old and withering

[93 Escort Wagon]

Was that a tribute to Steve Jobs as well?

Interesting part

[should_be_linear]

After posting his Apple logo-shaped tribute, Apple sued his employer "Mother Theresa Services for Homeless People" for unauthorized trademark usage.

Re:He didn't die.

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

What do you think is likely to happen in the next six to twelve months?

An endless run of stories about Steve's health so Slashdot can serve ads.

Re:He didn't die.

[hairyfeet]

Oh I'll be the first one to point out apple sucks ass for power users, BTW notice how I got modded down for daring to ask a question that consists of anything other than "gee, isn't apple like the best thing ever Skip?" but in this case i was talking about the "dad" factor, as in they make a phone simple enough my dad can use it without having to keep the manual in one hand.

I tried getting my dad a Droid phone but frankly he just couldn't get the hang of it, it would scroll crazy fast or too slow and we never could get a comfortable medium with it. His brother who is likewise clueless has an iPhone and it works perfectly for him, everything he would want to do with a phone is built in and is easy to manage.

Personally i told dad to wait for the nokia WinPhones to come out before we make any final choices. Everything he has is on Windows anyway, so if MSFT can get the integration between the WinPhone and Windows down hopefully it'll be a better fit.

That STILL doesn't change the fact the current Mac makes no damned sense. As I said in the PPC days one could argue that the combo of exotic hardware+software made for better performance in certain apps, but today all a Mac is is a VERY expensive Wintel box, with hardware that is outdated before it even reaches the shelves. By the time the Mac refresh hits the shelves there is usually at least one new generation of Intel chips, not to mention Intel IGP still blows nasty chunks. The base model Mac is an i5 with 2Gb for $1000? Are you kidding me? for INTEL graphics?

So I'm sorry I still don't get it. They have to be making 40%+ profits on old tech! It isn't like the old days where one needed an exotic CPU folks, these are Wintel laptops. If you want a non Windows OS so bad run Linux or build a Hackentosh and get better specs and a free Windows license.