Tech tattoos: The good, the bad, and the crazy

Microsoft Windows and Bill Gates

This man was so inspired by Microsoft's legacy, he had Bill Gates and the Windows logo tattooed on his arm.

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Wife's name in binary

Brandon Burke said his wife has been harassing him to get a tattoo with her name on it. So he compromised with her name in binary.

Image: Brandon Burke

Jack Wallen's Linux tattoo

Jack Wallen, who writes for TechRepublic, has a classic Linux tattoo.

Image: Jack Wallen

Facebook Like

Inspired by the famous "like" button on Facebook, this man used it for his own message to the public.

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Facebook profile pictures

A woman got 152 of her Facebook profile pictures tattooed on her arm.

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Ode to Blackberry

A man posted online that he would get a tattoo of a Blackberry Storm with "iPhones Suck." Turns out, he wasn't lying.

Image: Crackberry

The legacy of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs was known for saying "one more thing..." at the end of his keynotes. This guy was so inspired, he had the words inked on permanently.

Image: Cult of Mac

Apple

There are many versions of Apple logo tattoos out there. This one is a rainbow apple with the company's old advertising slogan from the 1990s.

Image: Business Ideas

HTML

HTML tattoos can be quite clever. This woman used it to describe her body parts.

Wordpress

Hugo Baeta, a self-proclaimed Wordpress enthusiast, has two Wordpress-inspired tattoos.

Image: Hugo Baeta

Inspired by Wordpress

"Code is poetry, CSS is art" was used in several Wordpress blogs, which inspired HugoBaeta's tattoo.

Image: Hugo Baeta

If it ain't broke...

In 2010, TechRepublic members sent in photos of their tattoos. "Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere" is a loose Latin translation for "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Image: TR member skbinok

Pi, made of binary code

We aren't sure if the binary code correctly identifies Pi, but this man was confident enough to get a large tattoo of it on his back.

Image: tattoostime.com

Binary code

There are plenty of binary code tattoos out there. This man wanted to make it look like he was made of the numbers.

Image: Reddit user boosnow

Cisco logo

This man was so loyal to Cisco Systems, he had their old logo tattooed on his arm.

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Mouse and hourglass

This person had that all-too familiar "loading..." symbol and mouse pointer from a PC permanently inked.

Image: Drops of Jupiter

Wi-Fi

In today's world, Wi-Fi is important. This person believed it enough to have it inked.

Image: Drops of Jupiter

Ctrl+Alt+Del

We aren't sure what this man wanted to reboot, but he had those three special keys tattooed onto his leg.

Image: WebTabLab

Microchip

MOS Technology 6502 is an 8-bit microprocessor introduced in 1975. The chip was very important to this person.

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