geek chic

[egypturnash]

You know how the geek news sites seem to have a pointer to a PC jammed into an absurd container, usually with excess neon, every month or so? Well, all the geeks can just stop shoving their machines into toasters and coffeepots and acrylic cubes - they've been outclassed.

In a similar vein, I've been seeing something really stupid on ricermobiles, lately: hubcaps that have a set of spokes that can spin around the hub. When the car starts going, they resist turning, slowly being dragged up to speed by the rotation of the wheel; when the car stops, they keep whirling frantically, slowing to a halt over a few minutes. I find it to be highly disconcerting to see the wheels of a car seeming to spin while it's stopped.

(Also, while I'm handing out weird links, here's one for Rainy. Hello, sailor!)

Comments

[synnabar.livejournal.com]

From the article:
"it is mother board] to [crotch. It is power supply fan] to [hips."

Now, in context, it's weird enough... taken out of context, it's even more bizarre...

Re: ricemobiles - Ah, you got us Eas'Coasters beat! I haven't seen them here yet. The hottest things here still are the lights that go in your wiper-fluid nozzles, or the half-mirror tint on windows. I'll spare you the rest of the list.

[hydra-velsen.livejournal.com]

Those hubcaps are already being banned here because they're a distraction for motorists.

??

[eselgeist.livejournal.com]

I don't even know what I'm reading.. "figure skating" does it move or something?
Is it supposed to be a robot? *splays ears all confused*

Re: ??

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

It's a computer. Stuffed into a mannequin. Why? I don't know. There are some geeks who invest a lot of effort in making interesting cases for their machines.

jerk city

[eselgeist.livejournal.com]

Jerk City is funny stuff :^)

I'm surprised MicroSoft's Comic Chat program didn't take off.. it's sooo much fun to use.
It's what's used to build the Jerk City comics, but was intended to be an instant
messenger/IRC/quasi-muck "thing" that intelligently created a comic on the fly as you
typed back and forth with another person.

Find it, download it and we can try it! ^_^

I guess this is payback for Hiroshima...

[thphilster.livejournal.com]

4 billion years...

Where the hell is my flying car!?

Gods,
Phil.

[rainwing.livejournal.com]

*gives you a vial of something or other. Sanctified, I'm guessing. Don't drink it.*

[thunderbird.livejournal.com]

'Jerk City' appears to take place in landscape stolen from 'Frank's Real Pa'?
Here's some original 'Frank':
http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist/woodring/frankgal/f1.html

[eselgeist.livejournal.com]

Jerk City uses the Comic Chat program developed by MicroSoft ages ago to be used as a novel form of real time chatting. It builds a comic as you type back and forth with the other person. It's entirely customizable, meaning you can draw up your own backgrounds, and characters and everything, if you wanted. The program came with default graphics drawn by Jim Woodring, who creates "Frank". It's not stolen :^)

[thunderbird.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm glad the art wasn't pilfered anyway.

[nigel.livejournal.com]

As a case-modder who has stuffed computers into more than his share of strange enclosures, I probably have no place to criticize, but this takes 'otaku' to a new level.

And I can't say that I approve of the location of the exhaust fan either...

[thunderbird.livejournal.com]

Perhaps they just wished to place the fan somewhere discreet? ^_^

A co-worker once asked my boss what type of enclosure should be used for a custom microcontroller she was working on. He said he didn't care. The microcontroller was delivered and installed -- built into a 'Hello Kitty' jewelry box! From that point on, my boss cared more about aesthetics.

[elthar.livejournal.com]

My old Doberman sure could've used some ventilation there. WHEW!

[turbinerocks.livejournal.com]

Someone is, at this moment, fetishizing that fan that sticks out of her butt.

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

"Fan-fucker."

"I prefer the term 'ventilationphile'."