The heart and soul of laptop art

zuzu

#1 – 9:02 AM January 23, 2009

I'm in the pro-sticker camp. I'm also a fan of laser etching.

k386

#2 – 9:14 AM January 23, 2009

One word: GelaSkins

Yreka

#3 – 9:38 AM January 23, 2009

Heh. I havn't adulterated this new computer a ton yet. All there is is a small turtle sticker next to the power button.

On my old iBook G4, there was a speech bubble coming from the speaker saying "think," a couple of misc. stickers, and a "Must...Find...WiFi...Time...Running...Out" sticker which came with a computer case for my dad on the back.

Meanderbot

#4 – 9:52 AM January 23, 2009

I've been wanting to adorn my drab black Dell for awhile. I'm too cheap for skins, and skateboarding stickers just don't seem right on a laptop. I've been thinking about laying down some acrylic paint, but I'm sure it would come off pretty easily. After seeing that Super Mario Land EEE, I might have to save up for a laser etch. Hmm, maybe a giant Mr. Saturn...

salsaman

#5 – 10:10 AM January 23, 2009

As well as a few stickers, Velcro-taped onto my MacBook Pro's lid:
* 120GB Western Digital external hard drive ("podSpace"),
* Retractable mini USB cable for the hard drive, spool offset and Velcro-taped to the lid, usually plugged into the right-side USB port,
* Four retractable cables at the ready:
* USB mini,
* USB A,
* Firewire,
* iPod.

the_boy

#6 – 10:20 AM January 23, 2009

my only camera is the fixed webcam on top of the monitor + all my stickers are on the back = Myspace-y mirror photo. With two mirrors? Something.

Stefan Jones

#7 – 10:37 AM January 23, 2009

My old PowerBook 140 had 3-4 stickers of the hyena characters from "The Lion King." There was something appealingly raffish about them.

coop

#8 – 10:56 AM January 23, 2009

Don't advertise her address - His Steveness will rise from his sickbed to peel the stickers off the case.

If He had wanted stickers on the case, He would have had them placed there on the assembly line.

coop

AKattack

#9 – 11:32 AM January 23, 2009

I have a Gelaskins on my new macbook and it's swEEt. I heart art.

Agies

#10 – 1:36 PM January 23, 2009

I have a "Bacon is a Vegetable" sticker on the lid of my laptop. It was a refurb and had makrings on it that just wouldn't come off.

My desktop on the other hand is adorned with about half a dozen "Do not sell before mm/dd/yy" stickers from Xbox games.

TedJohnson

#11 – 2:51 PM January 23, 2009

I hate being yet-another Macschmuck at the cafe. The first place I'm considering putting a sticker on my MacBook is over the Apple logo.

Anonymous Anonymous

#12 – 7:03 PM January 23, 2009

Does (or did) she know you were posting what her unique laptop looks like on the Internet, letting everybody who sees it and reads BBG know who she is?

If she starts getting harassed on the street by Linux dorks, you only have yourself to blame, Brownie.

zuzu

#13 – 9:55 PM January 23, 2009

I hate being yet-another Macschmuck at the cafe. The first place I'm considering putting a sticker on my MacBook is over the Apple logo.

ColorWare is both intriguing and expensive.

blip

#14 – 4:17 AM January 24, 2009

I hope you sat up all night explaining to her that everything Apple does, others do better?

You did, right? :)

strider_mt2k

#15 – 4:45 AM January 24, 2009

I don't really do stickers on my machines.

The closest would be allowing the "Atom" badges to remain om my two latest pieces, but that's only because I'm a fan of the platform.

I'm more into internal modifications.

Bekah

#16 – 4:57 AM January 24, 2009

awwwww sweeeeet with stickers like that why were you sneaking out of her place at dawn?

Engineer_

#17 – 10:22 AM January 24, 2009

I love stickers, I have some everywhere... I buy/take/steal/create stickers all the time and still it's not enough.
Want to make me happy? Give me some stickers!

hardcore stickerophily.

zuzu

#18 – 11:14 AM January 24, 2009

Too bad there's not a GelaSkin of the GLaDOS / SHODAN art.

Hawkman

#19 – 11:51 AM January 24, 2009

My lowbrow art Shag stickers really snazz up a notebook!

http://www.shagmart.com/pages/stickers.html

Kristin

#20 – 3:03 PM January 24, 2009

Stickers are required for movable tech... a layer of duct tape and stickers will take the brunt of most scuff-damage while simultaneously making sure it can't be mistaken for someone else's machine.

My contribution: http://flickr.com/photos/wyldkyss/3223051989/in/pool-boingboinggadgets

shashi2005

#21 – 4:51 PM January 24, 2009

Wow. Great pencil.

Drew Blood

#22 – 5:38 PM January 24, 2009

Just added mine. The best part of having a 17" isn't the extra screen real estate, it's more room for stickers on the back :-)

benher

#23 – 10:06 PM January 24, 2009

Added. I managed to finally bury the Apple logo finally (though it bravely glows beneath the senjafuda stickers)

decryption

#24 – 4:25 AM January 25, 2009

I love stickers. I have many and put them up on street poles and at train stations an on almost everything I own.

Except my Macs. There's just something about the Macs I own that makes putting stickers on them the equivalent of tattoos on pristine skin.

Dunno, maybe I'm just a Mac fag who can't get over the fact that if Steve Jobs wanted us to have stickers on our Macs he'd put them on there for us.

Anonymous Anonymous

#25 – 12:24 PM January 25, 2009

"imminently uncustomizable"

Oh no! No one told be this was coming. How long have we got to customise them?

dimmer

#26 – 3:13 PM January 25, 2009

Steve can't be -that- upset: my latest MacBook came with the usual pair of Apple stickers in the box. And no "don't freaking stick these on your damn computer" EULA caluse.

Downpressor

#27 – 5:40 PM January 25, 2009

If it wasnt for the word "bartender" I'd question the age of your paramour.

gfocus

#28 – 3:30 AM January 26, 2009

"[...], I think I might have found something of a keeper."

Think again. What does a "Deutscher Fussballbund" (German Soccer Association) sticker alongside a mad chromatic zoo of glittery Japanese chan characters tell about the quality of a woman?

Brookie3000

#29 – 6:36 AM January 26, 2009

Oh, it's wonderful! And with the added bonus of giving geeks conniption fits.

benway

#30 – 9:01 AM January 26, 2009

I split my time between writing code, taking photos and DJing. Everything I own eventually gets covered in stickers and my MacBook Pro is no exception. Sure, I get funny looks from the muggles when I bust this out during business meetings but I don't really care. I've even been asked what kind of computer it is.

http://michaelholden.com/pics/v/MyMacBookProWithStickers.html

carriem

#31 – 9:41 AM January 26, 2009

oooOOoooo Brownlee's in loooooooovvvvvve

Anonymous Anonymous

#32 – 1:03 PM January 26, 2009

Notice the spacing of the stickers? She seems a little intentional .. almost OCD with the placement. I don't think I've seen it done that way before.

Halloween Jack

#33 – 1:22 PM January 26, 2009

Mine has:

1) A sticker from Quimby's.

2) A sticker of Neil (or is it Bob?) from Goats.

3) "BE PREPARED" from Srini Kumar's Sticker Nation collection.

Anonymous Anonymous

#34 – 4:56 PM January 27, 2009

I actually have those sorts of stickers, in a diagonal band, across my Powerbook 15". I even have some of the very same stickers. Weird.

usonia

#35 – 10:02 AM March 23, 2009

I kept my original iBook Kubrick-clean: it was the first nice thing I ever bought myself, and I liked the 2001 styling (in 2004, I mean 2001 the movie). It's still immaculately clean. But it died, and I bought a powerbook from a pal with kids. Thus, it was already festooned with Dragonball-Z decals & whatnot. SO I've started layering. I might take the cover off & stencil it. Maybe peel some sections clean & put it under the laser at work. Who knows. It's like having a new car, the forsdt one never HAD any dents, so I kept it clean. This one came looking bummy, so I can ave some fun.