Getting inked!

Amongst a number of other uncharacteristic decisions I’ve recently made, I went off and got myself a tattoo yesterday.

Tattoo

Circle of Friends

Some (geeks) may recognise it right away.  For those of you that don’t, other than it being a cool design (I think so, anyway), there’s a bunch of meaning to it.

The symbol is that of Ubuntu Linux.  From their website:

Ubuntu is an African word meaning ‘Humanity to others’, or ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.

It’s about community, caring, sharing, acceptance, diversity, and the ideologies that the culture embraces.

In addition to that, I’ve gone up 10 points in a) geekiness b) coolness or c) both! Hehe.

The photo doesn’t quite show it off properly yet, since the light grey areas are still a little dark (and look black).  Look here to understand it better.

A big thanks to Kay from Skin Deep Tattoos who left his mark on my virgin skin.

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38 Responses to “Getting inked!”

  1. cath says:

    fuck sakes thats beautiful. kudos!

  2. SheBee says:

    Omg. i am so hot for you right now. Very, very sexy Denny :)

  3. Chris says:

    OMG im so hot for you too big boy :)

  4. enzo says:

    yee gawds man! you’re not just a casual fan, are you?.. noice.

  5. Denham Coote says:

    Aaah, thanks guys!

    @enzo: Thing is, it’s not entirely the fact that it’s Linux – it’s more the values that are represented. They just happen to make an awesome operating system as well!

  6. Rogie King says:

    I really like the reasons behind this one. It would have been cool to have a symbol not yet used in the mainstream, but now that your body is a canvas, you can make another!

  7. Michele says:

    Nice one Denny!

    Now i feel guilty i haven’t gotten around to showing my geekdom in ink :)

  8. drubin says:

    Would this constitute as using ubuntu’s logo’s for personal use? Or could it be classified as advertising for them :)

    Still amazed.

  9. Dread Knight says:

    nice! i want one too!

    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tattoo

  10. yang says:

    that’s cooool~
    i like it very much.
    so, i will get a debian logo on my body :-P

  11. Denham Coote says:

    Thanks for all the cool comments everyone!

    PS: Please remember it’s more than just a Linux logo. It’s about the ideals that it represents.

  12. Tuxor says:

    Hey, that’s a mega cool tattoo.
    Nice design, good ideals and very unique I should think. Shure beats the crap out of most of the tattoos I’ve seen.

    (Hmm, maybe one should get a…)

  13. kevin says:

    it’s cool, man

  14. DAOD says:

    SO COOL!

  15. Adrianot says:

    Congratulations :)
    Yo’re most popular Linux Person today :)
    http://www.ubucentrum.net/2008/11/tatua-z-logo-ubuntu.html

  16. UbuntuWay says:

    First response from Ubuntuway, translated to english:

    “If I would decide to get a tatoo, it has to be something extremely important and transcendental.
    Getting an Ubuntu tatoo could be an absurde fanatism symptom or just some “oligophrenia”.
    It applies for a Windows Tatoo, any OS or even a Mickey Mouse pic, or any irrelevant thing.
    Bye! ”

    Sorry for my basic english! Good great commitment.

  17. firefox says:

    so nice!means much.

  18. shellex says:

    You are so cool!

  19. aditt says:

    sorry, but I agree with thomas …

  20. Denham Coote says:

    You guys are obviously only seeing the commercial symbol, and not the values it stands for. Anyway, thanks for your comments :)

  21. leftyfb says:

    Nice tattoo! I seriously considered getting the same one, but in the end, I had to go with just the penguin :)

    http://tinyurl.com/5rp945

  22. AngryGnome says:

    I approve.

  23. GAK says:

    Good choice! Your tatoo, personally, represents your values and who you are.

  24. BearStudio says:

    Cool! ?????????“???????”

  25. ml2mst says:

    Cool Denham,

    The reason you chose for the ring of friends says quite a lot about you. The world needs more of your lot. Makes it a better place.

    Cheers

  26. Tattoo Site says:

    I love your great tattoo post, good stuff. I like to have my own tats ;)

  27. Great site! I love tattoos and have a few myself.

  28. Thanks for the great info, I will definitely be back!

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