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Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Depicted in a Mosaic of Crashed Computers

by Warren Riddle on December 3, 2009 at 05:50 PM

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has endured public criticism, and even public attacks (albeit with groceries), but an aspiring portrait artist has decided to honor the beleaguered executive with a mosaic. The only drawback is that the portrait is composed entirely of images that feature the dreaded Blue-Screen-of-Death (BSOD). For non-Windows users, the BSOD refers to the screen which appears on a monitor after the computer experiences a deathly crash.

The mosaic, rendered by a craftsman at Poorly Drawn Portraits, captures a defiant, tongue-wagging Ballmer by using thousands of digital tesserae that depict crashed Windows computers. This isn't the first time someone has artistically redefined the traumatic computer occurrence, but this particular creation actually possesses artistic merit.

The BSOD actually now poses a dwindling threat with the death of XP. But, thanks to recent security updates, an entirely new and inspiring Black-Screen-of-Death has appeared in order to serve as a replacement muse. For the latest on the "Black Screen of Death" story, check out our updated coverage. [From: Fake Steve Jobs, via: Huffington Post]

Tags: blue screen of death, BlueScreenOfDeath, funny, humor, steve ballmer, SteveBallmer, windows blue, Windows XP, WindowsBlue, WindowsXp

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