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Torquill ([personal profile] torquill) wrote2007-04-21 11:06 pm
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Snapshots of our world

Pictures of Geek Culture

I was alternately thinking "that's pretty cool" and laughing incredulously. And some pictures were unremarkable simply because of how common they are in my social circles.

[identity profile] packy.livejournal.com 2007-04-22 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I wanna know what the guy in the first picture is doing. It looks like he's rear-projecting onto frosted plexi.

Not that I'm trying to find out so I can do the same thing... nope, nope...

[identity profile] elynne.livejournal.com 2007-04-22 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw the last picture (the microwave), and laughed so hard I had to go fetch my geeky husband to look at the pictures, and he was able to explain some of them (like the ink explosion - somebody rolling a critical fumble while trying to refill an ink cartridge!), but completely dumbfounded by others (ball... taped to... laptop? wuhtehfuh?). We agreed that the Monitor Arch (with keyboard keystone!) was the work of bored college students, on the basis of "Hey, do you think?... let's try it!"

He also thought that first picture was tres cool, and wants to figure out how to make it work. ;)

[identity profile] luna-torquill.livejournal.com 2007-04-23 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
The thing tapes to the laptop was, we think, an apple. Thanks for the explanation of the ink cartridge -- it had baffled us. :)

The microwave pic was a gem.

[identity profile] amanda-nye.livejournal.com 2007-04-23 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
yup, some interesting and unique ones in there... others seen before or drooled over (mostly by Kris).

[identity profile] kitabare.livejournal.com 2007-04-23 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I want need that keyboard tray.