I’m not sure why anyone would want to get this tattoo, but someone did. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for geeky tattoos (I’m considering a 20-sided die somewhere), but this is a Windows BSOD (Blue Screen of Death, n00b). I don’t understand. Maybe it’s pro-Windows, maybe it’s anti-Windows, or maybe that abject confusion is the point? Either way, it’s hardcore for hard coders.
Readers: If you’ve got geek tats, post photos in the comments to this post, I’m way curious.
Best. Windows. Tattoo. Ever. [ModBlog]
Was the tattoo’s error code picked for a specific reason? It appears its two references are to multimedia related applications. One for CivCity, one for Origami.
Sad - I thought I was the only one with this tattoo.
0Eh is an invalid page fault, and I am huge dork for knowing that.
The titel of this post is incorrect: it’s the ‘Skin-toned Screen of Death’.
Or does it turn blue when the guy has an internal failure himself?
if you actually care to know why:
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/guy-gets-tattoo-turns-out-to-be-fatal-exception-
This is incredible! Where’s the any key?
I would loose it laughing if this was the “Dude, You got a Dell” guy … or maybe it’s the window guy from the mac commericals … either way this guy is “special” and I mean in the Olympic sense.
Well, gotta admit that I have my own geek tat as well:
http://www.jimzdat.com/images/jimtat.jpg
Located on the inside of my forearm, about 7″ end-to-end
This is still one of my favs. The guy who got the lyrics to ‘Freebird’
tattoed on his back.
I’ll bet he woke up the next morning regretting drinking that Zima 4-pack.
I’m still hesitating, but I’m considering getting a tattoo on my upper right arm of what I call “The Circle Flower”, which you can find at http://www.geometricvisions.com/music/
To draw one, draw a circle with a compass, then stick the point of the compass on the perimeter of the first circle and draw another one. Then stick the point of the compass at one intersection of the two circles and draw a third circle. Keep going around until there are six circles total on the perimeter.
Then color in the petals inside the middle circle with red, yellow and blue. If you’re drawing this with ink and paper, use felt-tip pens for the colors.
It’s kinda hard to explain, but this pattern has held deep significance for me since I was a child. It was known to the ancients, and can be found carved in stone in many places in the ancient world, for example at the Taj Mahal.
The fact that the infinite plane can be tiled with this pattern expresses to me the perfection of the Universe
My tattoo of schroedinger’s equation across my shoulderblades.
Oh, heck, just click on me to get the tattoo.
try again
my name is ytcracker and i am an internet legend. my wikipedia is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YTCracker
most recently, i’ve been featured on mtv and spiketv because of my awesomeness.
anyway, enough bragging - onto the tattoos.
http://www.ytcracker.com/images/invincible.jpg
just snapped that with my webcam - i touch my left arm for temporary invincibility.
http://www.ytcracker.com/images/lnd.jpg
i designed this tattoo - the background is the legend of zelda shield, the rest of the stuff you probably recognize. the meaning of the tattoo is the first hand is a human hand and the second hand is a ghost hand, meaning when youre dead you can still play the game, hence “legends never die.”
http://www.ytcracker.com/images/foreverridin.jpg
you can see my nerd life tattoo across my stomach and “dg inside” - thats digital gangster for all you n00bs - http://www.digitalgangster.com keep it treal
yep.
- bryce
This might be a stretch, but perhaps the guy got the tattoo as a commentary on humanity. This choice of body art makes a failed computer part of him. Perhaps he feels we’re turning into nothing more than emotionless machines that are incapable of functioning. It’s time we start accepting tattoos as a legitimate art form and discuss them as such.
I have several geek tattoo’s, however after seeing the movie a few times, these are my pride and joy now…
http://www.thamike.com/images/tat_2.jpg
lol, this is awesome. I have the chemical formula for the drug quetiapine on my inner left ankle. I
When he dies he’ll turn blue and then it will be the blue-screen-of-death for real.
20? I prefer the 10 sided variety…
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p137/LowKey2342/tat.jpg
Don’t have any myself, but I know someone who has tattoos of the main races’ logos from eve-online, i.e. caldari/amarr/minmatar/gallente, possibly the jovians too.
Myself I think I’d prefer the guristas logo… :D
This is my “nerd” tat. The missing/broken image link from Microsoft internet explorer on my right inside wrist.
hey Crawford…..don’t get a tat of this, just buy a spirograph set and draw all you want….i’m sure you can come up with a better design than that…LOLOL
i have a word in braille on my left forearm.
When I see this kind of stupidity, I fear for the United States. This person is old enough to vote! Sigh …
That’s what you do when your a bmodblog fan. You’re all just lucky this wasn’t scrotal.
Mine pays homage to classic gaming:
http://pity.us/img/tattoos/1up.jpg
(It looks much better now, this shot is from a week or so after it was done)
I’m guessing he went in drunk, showed the artist a snazzy pic on the pc, which crashed shortly after. The artist did what he was told - copy the screen.
This is so something the tech guys and programmers at my work would do.
I wouldn’t get something so large and ridiculous, I went simple with my prison gang tattoo…
four leafed clover on my ankle
What 12 year old is doing this tattoo art? OMG!!
Much respect to all you guys for doing this, it’s your preference I suppose, can’t wait to see how “cool” those look when you’re 70!
Wow. An appearance from “internet legend” YTLamer. We should all feel honored.
At least he didn’t get a giant “BLUE” screen on his back or something.. still it makes me wonder why someone would do this…
I have a Debian Swirl for my geek tat. It was changed to be in blood red and black and kind of add a swirl to the inside of it too. it looks kinda different but I like it and get comments on it all the time.
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/7329/debianswirlml5.jpg
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I just can’t understand why you’d want that on you until you die.
You asked for geek tats, here’s mine:
er I guess you don’t allow img tags.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/83/282005899_75b1cf2fc3.jpg
http://blog.ddiction.com/images/caffeine-molecule-tattoo.jpg
This second one is not the Best Shot Evar ™ as it was taken shortly after the tattoo was done - http://blog.ddiction.com/images/ttatt2.jpg
that’s the time-independent schrodinger equation, dude.
http://www.lyonlabs.org/commodore/swrap2004/six.jpg
(That’s not me, it’s Six of Style.) It’s the Commodore logo, for those who missed their history lesson :)
Isn’t it obvious why he got the tattoo:
“Oh Dude, you just made a fatal error”
i dont think it’s anyone’s right to judge this guy for getting the error code tattooed on his arm. i think it’s brilliant! geeks of the world, get INKED! i dont have any true geek tattoos of my own to show of yet, but when i do i’m gonna have to remember to come back here and post it.
Fake.
the BSOD is a brilliant tat. mad props to this guy. and i agree with jess, more geeks should get inked! we share a common bond, why not display it proudly? i know i do:
http://fatblue.homelinux.org/v/familysnaps/prixtattoo/morningafter3.jpg.html
Is it normal for your skin to be that red after a tattoo? That doesn’t look at all comfortable.
Ten years from now he’ll be sick of explaining what Windows was and what a BSOD is.
I can understand it on the back, shoulder etc, but this large and taking up your whole arm just does not look good to me.
Though geek wise I have thought about some small ones on my arm, I keep going back to the Klingon design, nice and easy. Maybe a UFP/arrowhead symbol
Why do I think that the owner of this tattoo may one day may indeed have a “fatal exception”?
He’s quite muscly for a nerd. Is that a strange thing to notice?
Great windows tattoo. But I have too 100% disagree with you [ModBlog] -
this is the Best. Windows. Tattoo. Ever.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d103/carbonf/Mvc-02f.jpg
Why? Because it’s a slammin tattoo pattern first, the fact that it’s a windows logo goes unnoticed even by so-called technical programmer types.
That should look really good in about ten years, after the ink has faded and run together so it’s a big unreadable blob.
I am thinking of having my tattoed eyebrows removed by ruby laser.
What are the chances that the ink that was used on my tattoo contains titanium dioxide and the tattoe will darken instead of remove.
Any reply would be helpful.