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.
fuck sakes thats beautiful. kudos!
Omg. i am so hot for you right now. Very, very sexy Denny
OMG im so hot for you too big boy
c)
Nice
yee gawds man! you’re not just a casual fan, are you?.. noice.
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!
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!
Amazing
Nice one Denny!
Now i feel guilty i haven’t gotten around to showing my geekdom in ink
Would this constitute as using ubuntu’s logo’s for personal use? Or could it be classified as advertising for them
Still amazed.
great one.
nice! i want one too!
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tattoo
that’s cooool~
i like it very much.
so, i will get a debian logo on my body
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.
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…)
it’s cool, man
SO COOL!
Congratulations
Yo’re most popular Linux Person today
http://www.ubucentrum.net/2008/11/tatua-z-logo-ubuntu.html
cool,man!
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.
so nice!means much.
You are so cool!
that’s retarded!
sorry, but I agree with thomas …
You guys are obviously only seeing the commercial symbol, and not the values it stands for. Anyway, thanks for your comments
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
http://idle-one.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-ubuntu-tattoo.html
Very cool tattoo. I got one also
I approve.
Good choice! Your tatoo, personally, represents your values and who you are.
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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
I love your great tattoo post, good stuff. I like to have my own tats
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Welcome to the family!
http://idle-one.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-ubuntu-tattoo.html
Great site! I love tattoos and have a few myself.
Thanks for the great info, I will definitely be back!
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