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Ok, I’m committed now

Well, I’ve been working for Red Hat for two years, one month, and 14 days now. It’s actually amazing how time flies. I guess when you’re doing something you love, with amazing people you respect and enjoy working with, time has no real bearing on anything. When I first started working for Linux-Mandrake (now Mandriva) back in 2000, I got Tux inked on the back of one leg. Tux is fairly generic and represented the beginning of my journey with Linux (well, the beginning of my paid journey anyways!). Tux is also much cooler to tattoo than the (sorry, but it’s true) silly top hat and magic wand that was the logo for Linux-Mandrake back in the day.

Shadowman, on the other hand, is timeless and just plain cool. If Red Hat turned into Yellow Hat or Purple Frog tomorrow, I think they’d be hard pressed to develop an icon like Shadowman. And I’ve wanted Shadowman tattooed on the other leg for about a year now (my daughter is also very much enamoured with Shadowman and told me that he would make an extremely cool tattoo.. and I agree). So yesterday the deed was done. Probably the fastest tattoo I’ve ever gotten, and the greatest skin grinder to date.

Shadowman

9 Comments
Mar 14, 2011
By vdanen Red Hat Tags: ,

9 Comments

  1. Bender

    Looks great!!

    If only other people outside linux world would know that icon ;)

    Mar 14, 2011 @ 23:58:58

  2. vdanen

    Ahhh, but they’ll ask and it’s an opportunity to tell. =)

    Mar 15, 2011 @ 00:00:22

  3. Bender

    Hmm, that’s right. Every opportunity to spread linux love is good ;)

    Mar 15, 2011 @ 00:26:43

  4. Mark Cox

    And, should Red Hat ever change, just fill in the head with black and you’ve got a smiling red lizard putting his thumb up!

    Mar 15, 2011 @ 04:18:26

  5. Christoph

    Damn this is hot!

    Mar 15, 2011 @ 06:20:32

  6. Eugeni

    Amazing!! It is great that you like it!

    BTW, what is the total tattoo count now? :)

    Mar 15, 2011 @ 06:23:37

  7. oden

    Ha ha ha, very funny indeed, crazy dude.

    Mar 15, 2011 @ 06:49:03

  8. vdanen

    Ha! I’m trying real hard, but I don’t see a smiling lizard..

    Eugeni… the total count is getting… hard to figure out. If you go by discreet tattoos now, there are 11. If you count the number of sessions (since the sleeve is big), I’m over 25 sessions now. =)

    Mar 15, 2011 @ 07:06:52

  9. AhmedG

    The read band at the bottom would be the arms (and back). The two black indentations at the vert top of the hat are the eyes. The top left being the nose. The rim of the hat would be the arms and back. The left side of the rim would be the raised arm.

    Yes?

    Mar 16, 2011 @ 10:19:43

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