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Man Gets BlackBerry Storm Tattooed on His Ankle

by Paul Miller, posted Nov 11th 2008 at 9:38AM


There are three primary rules to tattoos that we're aware of:
  • 1. "I love my mom" tattoos are really cool.
  • 2. "I love my short-term-girlfriend" tattoos are questionable at best.
  • 3. "I love this gadget" tattoos have greater built-in obsolescence than sliced apples and pretty much clench the fact that nobody will ever go out with you. Also, they're really awesome.
CrackBerry.com reader T.J. fell hard for rule number three and got a life-size tattoo of the BlackBerry Storm on his large, hairy calf to prove his undying devotion and win a free Storm. He even got some video of the happening (peep it below the fold), most likely to be shown in middle schools in the coming years as a huffing deterrence. We're looking forward to a Bumfight-like battle between T.J. and Zune Tattoo Guy before long, or perhaps a support group to get through this awkward, humiliating stage of life together. We'd prefer the Bumfight.

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Security Cam Catches Thief, Thanks to Name and Birthdate Tattoo

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Oct 8th 2008 at 6:16PM

Thief Caught on Camera, Has Name and Birthday Tatooed on Neck

What kind of criminal gets his name and birth-date tattooed on his neck? The simple answer -- not a very bright one. Aaron Evans, a 21-year-old repeat offender with an extremely troubled background, was caught on film breaking into a vehicle setup by U.K. police in a parking lot to catch opportunistic thieves.

Evans smashed open the driver's side window of the car and stole a planted GPS device. Unfortunately, he didn't notice the closed circuit security camera (CCTV) on the passenger side of the car. The camera got a perfectly clear shot of the young man's identifying neck tattoo.

Since Evans isn't capable of reading and writing, we're wondering if he even knows what the markings on neck say. [From: Telegraph]

World's Geekiest Tattoos

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Sep 7th 2008 at 7:05PM

Geek Tattoos Let Everyone Know You've Never Been Laid
There is no more permanent way to fly your geek flag than to get a dorktastical tattoo that lets everyone know -- you've never had a girlfriend. Pi to 80 decimal points? Ctrl, Alt, and Del keys? People actually got these permanently etched into their skin. In ink!

The worst, by far, is the brothers with matching marks. One has a guitar and binary code for "rock," the other a flaming 20 sided die and the binary code for "roll."

If you want to make yourself feel a little bit better about that ill-advised ink you picked up one drunken college night, head over to Wired's gallery of the geekiest tattoos ever. [From: Wired]

New Cream Injections Promise Removal of Unwanted Tattoos

by Evan Shamoon, posted Aug 28th 2008 at 8:39AM




Though it's pretty much the formal antithesis of punk rock, there's a new solution for removing unwanted tattoos: Rejuvi cream is injected below the skin via tiny needles (in much the same way as tattoo ink is injected), and causes the ink to come to the skin surface, form a scab, and then drop off.

Rejuvi is apparently absorbed by the pigmented cells in your skin, and bonds with the pigment, which softens the ink and pushes it out. The scab falls off after roughly six to eight weeks. According to the DailyMail, experts claim the technique is cheaper, less painful, has a higher success rate than laser treatment, and has a minimal risk of scarring.

"It is uncomfortable rather than painful but it is less painful than having the tattoo itself and certainly a lot less painful than having laser treatment," says Stuart Harrison, director of Oxford Skin Clinics in the UK. "The reason that a tattoo stays there is that a coating is put around the ink to protect it from the body's immune response," he says. "But this cream makes the ink identifiable to the body so that it realizes the ink is there and starts rejecting it and healing itself."

Technology: Making permanent decisions impermanent, one tattoo at a time. [From: DailyMail]
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Zune Tattoo Guy Covering Up His Tattoos

by Darren Murph, posted Jul 23rd 2008 at 3:42PM


Say it ain't so! America's most loyal advocate for Microsoft's Zune is apparently throwing in the towel. Of course, we should warn you that this could very well be a simple ploy for attention, but if the man keeps his word, he will soon be covering his Zune tattoos with... something else.

Curiously, he didn't say whether or not he would be playing the traitor card and picking up some sort of iPod, but considering that more people have seen this guy's body art in the wild than actual Zunes, the general public should know soon enough. You fought a good fight, Zune Guy, but consider yourself expelled from The Social. [Source: zunescene]

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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