Digital Technology for Digital Living.
March 06, 2007
Geekiest Tattoo Ever
The tricky thing about tattoos is that they are for life. Permanent. Forever inked into your body. People always talk about getting a silly tattoo, but usually that’s all just talk. Then once in awhile you hear about someone getting a really bad tattoo. My favorite bad tattoo example is either an 8-ball or a donkey on a surfboard smoking a joint. But now I guess I need to add room to that list.
This guy (see image) decided to not only get a bad tattoo, but he added a super nerdy twist to it. In case you don’t know what his head/body tattoo means, it’s a piece of HTML code currently used when making web pages. Like I said, very, very nerdy. What makes it worse is that this tattoo is on his neck. Imagine having to explain your HTML head/body tattoo to everyone over-and-over again the next time you are at a wedding or social event.
Plus think about this. Sure, today HTML is currently a commonly used computer language. But the Internet is evolving fast. I wouldn’t expect HTML to still be that relevant in the next 10 - 20 years. Hopefully techniques in laser tattoo removal will make significant some strides during the next couple decades.
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March 7th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
The tatoo is crazy enough, but what makes you think HTML won’t be relevant on the web in 10-20 years? What would be relevant instead and why?
March 7th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
This tatoo would be even cooler in the post-HTML future! But, really, I doubt head and body tags are going away in 10-20 years. This www thing has real potential to catch on, imho ;)
November 14th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
I can just make out the top of another tattoo above his shirt collar! Probably an tag linking to something that really will be irrelevant in 10-20 years, like Windows Media Player.
November 29th, 2007 at 2:15 am
Man that shit is Dope!
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:11 pm
I can think of some people for whom a pair of tags would be handy.