Geek Tattoos

I am a geek. I freely admit that, have no problem with it at all. Why? Because I’m not a nerd. What’s the difference? Well, there’s two versions:

A Geek is a nerd with a social life.

And this version from Wil Wheaton’s son Ryan that I saw this morning:

Nerds don’t know they’re nerds, but geeks know they’re geeks, and they embrace it.

So, when you get a Windows 98 BSOD tattoo you MUST be a geek. There’s no way not to embrace it with a tattoo like this.

Geek Tattoo

Found via ModBlog, this is the exact text from a Blue Screen of Death, circa 1994. I’m really not too sure what it’s supposed to mean. Perhaps Paul was just bored, or maybe he was feeling nostalgic for the death of yet another Windows 98 installation.

Just in case you’re interested, this is the where he got the text. Even the memory address matches:
Windows 98 BSOD

Update: The first comment here is from Sam Rulz, the tattoist who inked Paul’s arm. She has written about it in her MySpace blog here. Awesome information, thanks Sam.

4 Comments

  1. If you actually want to know what it means:

    http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=146907343&blogID=293176897

  2. Sam and Paul

    If you get to come back and read this, I think it’s an awesome piece of work.

    I cannot and will not judge Paul for getting it done. As you said on your MySpace blog post, it’s a personal thing.

    As soon as my ISP stops buggering about I will be back to your MySpace profile to take another look. I love tattoos, and as soon as I find the one that’s right for me and can afford it I will be getting it.

    I would love to fly to NZ to get you to do it for me but can’t afford the bus fare!

  3. geeks are actually geeks only

  4. very well written..cheers


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