Getting inked!
Amongst a number of other uncharacteristic decisions I’ve recently made, I went off and got myself a tattoo yesterday.
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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November 7th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
fuck sakes thats beautiful. kudos!
November 7th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Omg. i am so hot for you right now. Very, very sexy Denny
November 7th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
OMG im so hot for you too big boy
November 7th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
c)
Nice
November 7th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
yee gawds man! you’re not just a casual fan, are you?.. noice.
November 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
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!
November 7th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
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!
November 7th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Amazing
November 7th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Nice one Denny!
Now i feel guilty i haven’t gotten around to showing my geekdom in ink
November 8th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Would this constitute as using ubuntu’s logo’s for personal use? Or could it be classified as advertising for them
Still amazed.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:04 am
great one.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:35 am
nice! i want one too!
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tattoo
November 12th, 2008 at 9:07 am
that’s cooool~
i like it very much.
so, i will get a debian logo on my body
November 12th, 2008 at 9:11 am
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.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:20 am
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…)
November 12th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
it’s cool, man
November 12th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
SO COOL!
November 12th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Congratulations
Yo’re most popular Linux Person today
http://www.ubucentrum.net/2008/11/tatua-z-logo-ubuntu.html
November 12th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
cool,man!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
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.
November 13th, 2008 at 4:18 am
so nice!means much.
November 13th, 2008 at 7:56 am
You are so cool!
November 14th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
that’s retarded!
November 14th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
sorry, but I agree with thomas …
November 14th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
You guys are obviously only seeing the commercial symbol, and not the values it stands for. Anyway, thanks for your comments
November 16th, 2008 at 8:18 am
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
November 18th, 2008 at 2:29 am
http://idle-one.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-ubuntu-tattoo.html
Very cool tattoo. I got one also
November 20th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I approve.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Good choice! Your tatoo, personally, represents your values and who you are.
December 11th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Cool! ?????????“???????”
January 4th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
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