Comments on: Limor Fried on the cover of Wired http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 12:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1060610 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1060610 It's a shame people can't accept such timeless beauty without the doubtful eye. Beauty and brains = true attractiveness. It’s a shame people can’t accept such timeless beauty without the doubtful eye.

Beauty and brains = true attractiveness.

]]> By: Rayonic http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057288 Rayonic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057288 I guess Wired didn't think she looked magazine-cover-pretty. Not without a thick layer of photoshoppery, anyway. Or perhaps they made a detailed plastic replica of her for the cover. To keep with the issue's theme. I guess Wired didn’t think she looked magazine-cover-pretty. Not without a thick layer of photoshoppery, anyway.

Or perhaps they made a detailed plastic replica of her for the cover. To keep with the issue’s theme.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1058324 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1058324 kudos from Portugal to ladyada and adafruit :D kudos from Portugal to ladyada and adafruit :D

]]> By: DoctressJulia http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057327 DoctressJulia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057327 Wow, the first comment sexualises and objectifies her. What a surprise. Obnoxious? Yes. Sexist? Hell yes. Ugh. Just ugh. Wow, the first comment sexualises and objectifies her. What a surprise.

Obnoxious? Yes. Sexist? Hell yes. Ugh. Just ugh.

]]> By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057336 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057336 WHOOSH WHOOSH

]]> By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057087 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057087 I'd make THAT stuff anytime. woo woo. With that obnoxiousness out of the way, what an awesome nickname! Definitely the sort you earn. I’d make THAT stuff anytime. woo woo.

With that obnoxiousness out of the way, what an awesome nickname! Definitely the sort you earn.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057091 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057091 its a nice cover, but did they have to have the name arrow pointing at her boob? its a nice cover, but did they have to have the name arrow pointing at her boob?

]]> By: tyger11 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057096 tyger11 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057096 The DIY Revolution Starts ... years ago. Way to stay on top of the trends, Wired! :) The DIY Revolution Starts … years ago. Way to stay on top of the trends, Wired! :)

]]> By: gabrielm http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057099 gabrielm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057099 Major congrats! Though, personally, I wish that she would have kept the lip ring in... Major congrats! Though, personally, I wish that she would have kept the lip ring in…

]]> By: davejenk1ns http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057105 davejenk1ns Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057105 Wired always stood out as one of the few 'young tech' magazines that didn't have copious amounts of pretty girls on the cover. I couldn't ever decide if this was poor demographic marketing or a conscious decision to back their opinion of showcasing the "true leaders", even if that meant they had middle-aged slightly overweight white dudes on there month after month. I'm glad to see Limor Fried on there, regardless of her gender. Way to go! Wired always stood out as one of the few ‘young tech’ magazines that didn’t have copious amounts of pretty girls on the cover. I couldn’t ever decide if this was poor demographic marketing or a conscious decision to back their opinion of showcasing the “true leaders”, even if that meant they had middle-aged slightly overweight white dudes on there month after month.

I’m glad to see Limor Fried on there, regardless of her gender. Way to go!

]]> By: Nawel http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1061202 Nawel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1061202 Well, I just want to say... Hellooooooooooooooooooooo engineer! :D Well, I just want to say…
Hellooooooooooooooooooooo engineer! :D

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057111 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057111 Lady Ada's projects often make me wish I had the knack for soldering. Sweet that she got this exposure! Lady Ada’s projects often make me wish I had the knack for soldering. Sweet that she got this exposure!

]]> By: ozmonatov http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057370 ozmonatov Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057370 They spelled 'Vogue' wrong. I'd find it more or less insulting that her real appearance isn't good enough to get on the cover of that tech magaz- Oh wait, beauty magazine cover. Screw it, let's just blow ourselfs up already. Reality doesn't seem to be appreciated anyway. They spelled ‘Vogue’ wrong.

I’d find it more or less insulting that her real appearance isn’t good enough to get on the cover of that tech magaz- Oh wait, beauty magazine cover.

Screw it, let’s just blow ourselfs up already. Reality doesn’t seem to be appreciated anyway.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057122 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057122 "if you can think it, you can build it" like atomicpowerplants... “if you can think it, you can build it”

like atomicpowerplants…

]]> By: kateling http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057127 kateling Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057127 Yeah, I clicked on this post to see how long it would take before a comment like that showed up, and surprise, very first comment. Pro tip: there's actually no obnoxiousness quota. Yeah, I clicked on this post to see how long it would take before a comment like that showed up, and surprise, very first comment. Pro tip: there’s actually no obnoxiousness quota.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057387 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057387 It's great that she's on the cover, but as many said, the DIY revolution starts *now*??? Have they not been reading BoingBoing? Anyway, does anyone know what the 25 projects are? It’s great that she’s on the cover, but as many said, the DIY revolution starts *now*??? Have they not been reading BoingBoing?

Anyway, does anyone know what the 25 projects are?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057134 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057134 The DIY "revolution" starts now? Wow, I know Wired will never tire of calling anything a revolution, but what how do they think people made things before the industrial revolution? Things were hand made for the most part. The paintings at Lascaux? DIY. Sure we could or had to buy or barter things from others, but, really Wired. I have always wanted to love Wired, but they make it hard to do so. The DIY “revolution” starts now? Wow, I know Wired will never tire of calling anything a revolution, but what how do they think people made things before the industrial revolution? Things were hand made for the most part. The paintings at Lascaux? DIY. Sure we could or had to buy or barter things from others, but, really Wired. I have always wanted to love Wired, but they make it hard to do so.

]]> By: pidg http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057147 pidg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057147 Congrats, and thanks for playing. Congrats, and thanks for playing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057918 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057918 I'm sorry for saying that Wired photoshopped you. It never occurred to me that lighting, makeup, and hair styling were part of the process. I will be more careful about posting like that from now on. I’m sorry for saying that Wired photoshopped you. It never occurred to me that lighting, makeup, and hair styling were part of the process. I will be more careful about posting like that from now on.

]]> By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057158 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057158 Noted. Apparently a variety of commentary, both lavatory subcategory and preemptively castratory pillory, are patently obligatory Noted.

Apparently a variety of commentary, both lavatory subcategory and preemptively castratory pillory, are patently obligatory

]]> By: Neural Kernel http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057159 Neural Kernel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057159 Heh... a magazine with an article about how great it is to make things yourself... along with another article about a scratch built drug smuggling sumbarine... weee!!! Heh… a magazine with an article about how great it is to make things yourself… along with another article about a scratch built drug smuggling sumbarine… weee!!!

]]> By: Ambiguity http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057930 Ambiguity Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057930 <blockquote>It's disappointing that not even Wired realizes that intelligence is a lot sexier than genericized fake plastic looks.</blockquote> Since when is life a zero-sum game? Demand both! Heck, I try to be both sexy <i>and</i> brilliant -- it's the least I can do for my wife, who would appear to be stuck with me for the rest of her life. (But seriously, I don't see any evidence of fake plastic boobs in that picture. They may have done some weird stuff with it, but not in that way.)

It’s disappointing that not even Wired realizes that intelligence is a lot sexier than genericized fake plastic looks.

Since when is life a zero-sum game? Demand both! Heck, I try to be both sexy and brilliant — it’s the least I can do for my wife, who would appear to be stuck with me for the rest of her life.

(But seriously, I don’t see any evidence of fake plastic boobs in that picture. They may have done some weird stuff with it, but not in that way.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057164 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057164 She's been photoshopped! You can see what she really looks like in the first video on the Adafruit Industries "About" page: http://www.adafruit.com/blog/about/&zenid=b19eee8e0edf516ca6df51c0bed9225c She’s been photoshopped! You can see what she really looks like in the first video on the Adafruit Industries “About” page: http://www.adafruit.com/blog/about/&zenid=b19eee8e0edf516ca6df51c0bed9225c

]]> By: patrikd http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057423 patrikd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057423 In Wired's defense, they were obviously aiming for an homage to the classic "We can do it!" (aka "Rosie the Riveter") poster. It's entirely possible this is completely un-photoshopped - you can do a lot with the right makeup, lighting and lenses. And if the photographer is actively trying to match a 40's era oil painting, it's not surprising it looks a little artificial. Personally, I do think the cover would have looked even cooler *with* her lip ring and glasses - this ain't your grandmother's Rosie! In Wired’s defense, they were obviously aiming for an homage to the classic “We can do it!” (aka “Rosie the Riveter”) poster. It’s entirely possible this is completely un-photoshopped – you can do a lot with the right makeup, lighting and lenses. And if the photographer is actively trying to match a 40′s era oil painting, it’s not surprising it looks a little artificial.

Personally, I do think the cover would have looked even cooler *with* her lip ring and glasses – this ain’t your grandmother’s Rosie!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1061278 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1061278 Sorry for trying to stray back on topic, but will Limor only be starring on the US edition or will she also appear on the UK edition of the magazine? Wired.co.uk site shows no hits for "limor" or "limor fried", so I guess the answer is "no". Sorry for trying to stray back on topic, but will Limor only be starring on the US edition or will she also appear on the UK edition of the magazine? Wired.co.uk site shows no hits for “limor” or “limor fried”, so I guess the answer is “no”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1059754 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059754 hot damn, and well done ada. Getting some well-done publicity, first in the NYT and now wired -Noah hot damn, and well done ada. Getting some well-done publicity, first in the NYT and now wired -Noah

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1060272 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1060272 Read the Good article. Studied the photos. I'd cross the street to meet the woman in the cover photo, and cross the street to avoid the woman in the other photo. I never cared for the "King of the Hill" characters. But to paraphrase the Hank Hill character from a commercial, "I like it when people wear tattoos and have pierced body parts, it makes it easier to recognize the crazies." Read the Good article. Studied the photos. I’d cross the street to meet the woman in the cover photo, and cross the street to avoid the woman in the other photo. I never cared for the “King of the Hill” characters. But to paraphrase the Hank Hill character from a commercial, “I like it when people wear tattoos and have pierced body parts, it makes it easier to recognize the crazies.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1060025 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1060025 I find the comments about how it "doesn't look like her at all" to be appallingly bad taste. Good for you, boys, to insult women's looks like that, when it's clear that you are the ones with the lack of eyeballs. I didn't know her, but even still it was immediately obvious that the lighting, the make up and the combing were enough to make her to look like that! I really enjoy the looks of her, btw, it reminds me a lot of Mona Lisa. I find the comments about how it “doesn’t look like her at all” to be appallingly bad taste. Good for you, boys, to insult women’s looks like that, when it’s clear that you are the ones with the lack of eyeballs.

I didn’t know her, but even still it was immediately obvious that the lighting, the make up and the combing were enough to make her to look like that!

I really enjoy the looks of her, btw, it reminds me a lot of Mona Lisa.

]]> By: stevemullis http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057212 stevemullis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057212 Is it just me, or is there a bit of a Photoshop disaster going on with her hand holding the tool? Is it just me, or is there a bit of a Photoshop disaster going on with her hand holding the tool?

]]> By: wakeupsilver http://boingboing.net/2011/03/16/limor-fried-on-the-c.html#comment-1057727 wakeupsilver Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1057727 Awesome Limor!! A lot of people back at the Media Lab really look up to you and your company as an example of what's possible. Some of the undergrads are impressed that we used to work in the same lab as you. Rock the cover!!! Literally yesterday in the class I'm teaching (Radical Design for Learning) Leah Buechley gave a guest lecture and had you up on a slide. (: Awesome Limor!! A lot of people back at the Media Lab really look up to you and your company as an example of what’s possible. Some of the undergrads are impressed that we used to work in the same lab as you. Rock the cover!!! Literally yesterday in the class I’m teaching (Radical Design for Learning) Leah Buechley gave a guest lecture and had you up on a slide.

(:

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