Comments on: The "random tattoo" http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 02:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Brychanus http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1301588 Brychanus Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1301588 They are/were incredibly useful in Japan, where the reign of Internet-enabled "feature phones" lasted much longer than in the US. Typing a URL can be pretty miserable on a phone keypad and the phone would come with scanning software. I see them everywhere to this day, though smartphones are finally gaining popularity. They are/were incredibly useful in Japan, where the reign of Internet-enabled “feature phones” lasted much longer than in the US. Typing a URL can be pretty miserable on a phone keypad and the phone would come with scanning software. I see them everywhere to this day, though smartphones are finally gaining popularity.

]]> By: Xander http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1301392 Xander Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1301392 So, this is the stuck-on-your-arm-for-a-lifetime equivalent to a stumbleupon button? http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/stumble/go/ So, this is the stuck-on-your-arm-for-a-lifetime equivalent to a stumbleupon button?

http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/stumble/go/

]]> By: Jordan Wright http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1301245 Jordan Wright Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1301245 Poorly executed, I have about 6 different QR code scanners on my iPhone and only 1 of them actually recognized the tattoo. http://scanco.de/1ip and it certainly doesn't connect to anything obvious if it isn't a mobile phone. A Random QR code Generator gives me a totally different picture for the same URL. fun idea, badly executed. Poorly executed, I have about 6 different QR code scanners on my iPhone and only 1 of them actually recognized the tattoo. http://scanco.de/1ip and it certainly doesn’t connect to anything obvious if it isn’t a mobile phone. A Random QR code Generator gives me a totally different picture for the same URL. fun idea, badly executed.

]]> By: taintofevil http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1301047 taintofevil Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1301047 It's really hard to get a good picture of it without help, but here's the artist's sketch. Unless you were just hitting on me. It’s really hard to get a good picture of it without help, but here’s the artist’s sketch.

Unless you were just hitting on me.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1301019 Mister44 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1301019 You seriously have a Cue Cat tattoo?  I still have my CueCat... somewhere. You seriously have a Cue Cat tattoo?  I still have my CueCat… somewhere.

]]> By: siloxane http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300934 siloxane Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300934 Well, considering that QR codes were originally created by Toyota subsidiary DENSO to track vehicle parts during automobile manufacturing, they actually already do have a non-pointless use. Well, considering that QR codes were originally created by Toyota subsidiary DENSO to track vehicle parts during automobile manufacturing, they actually already do have a non-pointless use.

]]> By: siloxane http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300914 siloxane Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300914 Just because your boss chose to encode something trivial and poorly formatted, it doesn't mean that the whole format is garbage. That's like saying books are worthless, because Sarah Palin wrote Going Rogue. Just because your boss chose to encode something trivial and poorly formatted, it doesn’t mean that the whole format is garbage. That’s like saying books are worthless, because Sarah Palin wrote Going Rogue.

]]> By: taintofevil http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300871 taintofevil Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300871 Anyone want to scan my CueCat tattoo?  It links to my MySpace page! Anyone want to scan my CueCat tattoo?  It links to my MySpace page!

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300861 franko Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300861 if that happens, just have it redirect to a random wikipedia entry, or something. if that happens, just have it redirect to a random wikipedia entry, or something.

]]> By: Chip http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300849 Chip Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300849 There is no need to curate if you don't want to.  If you get bored, you could simply redirect to an image you like and leave it there. I started a tumblr on a whim back when it was new, and just realized I've stuck with it for nearly five years.  I could certainly see getting a tattoo that redirects to my tumblr for now, and if that ever goes away, redirecting to whatever is big and exciting at that time. My only concern is finding a domain that I can trust to still exist and that I will still have control over in a few decades. There is no need to curate if you don’t want to.  If you get bored, you could simply redirect to an image you like and leave it there.

I started a tumblr on a whim back when it was new, and just realized I’ve stuck with it for nearly five years.  I could certainly see getting a tattoo that redirects to my tumblr for now, and if that ever goes away, redirecting to whatever is big and exciting at that time.

My only concern is finding a domain that I can trust to still exist and that I will still have control over in a few decades.

]]> By: Nagurski http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300725 Nagurski Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300725 yoke yoke

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300697 Brainspore Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300697 Better hope he doesn't get a new freckle that throws the whole thing off. Sure would suck to find out that it suddenly linked to, say, Two Girls One Cup. Better hope he doesn’t get a new freckle that throws the whole thing off. Sure would suck to find out that it suddenly linked to, say, Two Girls One Cup.

]]> By: rtresco http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300685 rtresco Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300685 Even if the domain doesn't die, it seems a bit much to saddle oneself with the yolk of generating content for the rest of ones life. Like starting a blog or tumblr and saying, "this one right here, this is the only one I'll ever have and I'll water and feed it everyday and everyone will love it." Fast forwrd six months, "I hate my blog - I want a new one". Even if the domain doesn’t die, it seems a bit much to saddle oneself with the yolk of generating content for the rest of ones life. Like starting a blog or tumblr and saying, “this one right here, this is the only one I’ll ever have and I’ll water and feed it everyday and everyone will love it.” Fast forwrd six months, “I hate my blog – I want a new one”.

]]> By: Mark Smout http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300679 Mark Smout Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300679 One day maybe somebody will find a use for QR codes that isn't utterly pointless. Today is clearly not that day, hence another internet fairy dies One day maybe somebody will find a use for QR codes that isn’t utterly pointless. Today is clearly not that day, hence another internet fairy dies

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300674 benher Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300674 Way to Godwin nuke the thread in the first post! Way to Godwin nuke the thread in the first post!

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300667 mccrum Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300667 One is by choice, that's a pretty big difference.  People dressing alike in uniforms might remind someone of Nazi Germany too but it's a pretty big leap between that and, say, a Nascar pit crew. One is by choice, that’s a pretty big difference.  People dressing alike in uniforms might remind someone of Nazi Germany too but it’s a pretty big leap between that and, say, a Nascar pit crew.

]]> By: Nylund http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300658 Nylund Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300658 Really?  You don't see how tattooing someone with something like a bar code, sku number, or QR code might possibly remind people of tattooing other people with serial numbers?  Really?  You don’t see how tattooing someone with something like a bar code, sku number, or QR code might possibly remind people of tattooing other people with serial numbers? 

]]> By: sagodjur http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300656 sagodjur Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300656 How many times do you have to scan it before you stumble upon this video? A little recursion is good the soul. How many times do you have to scan it before you stumble upon this video? A little recursion is good the soul.

]]> By: Scott Collin http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300653 Scott Collin Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300653 Mom, hold still so I can scan your lower back.  Mom, hold still so I can scan your lower back. 

]]> By: wholypantalones http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300652 wholypantalones Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300652 It's internet magic! It’s internet magic!

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300648 Deidzoeb Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300648 This makes me sad that my cousin lived and passed away in a time before tattooing or scanning technology or software could actually read his barcode tat. PS - Cue the inevitable MARK OF THE BEAST hand-wringing. This makes me sad that my cousin lived and passed away in a time before tattooing or scanning technology or software could actually read his barcode tat.

PS – Cue the inevitable MARK OF THE BEAST hand-wringing.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300645 Nathan Hornby Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300645 Now if it had been a vcard or a mailto: link it might have almost been convenient.  Almost. Now if it had been a vcard or a mailto: link it might have almost been convenient.  Almost.

]]> By: Matthew http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300644 Matthew Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300644 QR codes are garbage.  The other day, we were in the office, and the new boss had his business card made, with a QR code on it.  Guess he thought it was cool.  So, we try to find somebody with an app on their phone to read the thing... when we finally figured it out, it turns out the QR code is just a text version of what's on his business card, without spaces, and looking like a mess.  Good job.  These things can't go away fast enough. QR codes are garbage.  The other day, we were in the office, and the new boss had his business card made, with a QR code on it.  Guess he thought it was cool.  So, we try to find somebody with an app on their phone to read the thing… when we finally figured it out, it turns out the QR code is just a text version of what’s on his business card, without spaces, and looking like a mess.  Good job.  These things can’t go away fast enough.

]]> By: Nylund http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300643 Nylund Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300643 Handing out temporary tattoos using this same idea may be a fun compromise between the novelty of this and the concept of permanently marking your body without something bound to be obsolete relatively quickly. Handing out temporary tattoos using this same idea may be a fun compromise between the novelty of this and the concept of permanently marking your body without something bound to be obsolete relatively quickly.

]]> By: CountZero http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300642 CountZero Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300642 Huh? Jews were tattooed with a series of numbers. QR Codes were developed in Japan in the early 90's. I truly fail to see any kind of connection, other than the tenuous fact that they're both marks on skin. I think you need to examine whatever personal issues you obviously have. Personally, I think it's brilliant, I wondered if it was possible to generate a QR code for something and get it tattooed, now I see it obviously is. Excellent idea, I wonder how it gets the random images? Huh? Jews were tattooed with a series of numbers. QR Codes were developed in Japan in the early 90′s. I truly fail to see any kind of connection, other than the tenuous fact that they’re both marks on skin.
I think you need to examine whatever personal issues you obviously have.
Personally, I think it’s brilliant, I wondered if it was possible to generate a QR code for something and get it tattooed, now I see it obviously is.
Excellent idea, I wonder how it gets the random images?

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300636 Nathan Hornby Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300636 As long as the robots are an oppressive global police force I think we're on to a winning introduction to a novel, quick before Cory reads the comments! As long as the robots are an oppressive global police force I think we’re on to a winning introduction to a novel, quick before Cory reads the comments!

]]> By: Joe The Wizard http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300634 Joe The Wizard Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300634 "You mean people used to be able to go outside, grandpa?! What was it like? I mean, before the robots...." “You mean people used to be able to go outside, grandpa?! What was it like? I mean, before the robots….”

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300631 Nathan Hornby Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300631 And after explaining the concept to his grandchildren they reply quizzically: "What's the internet?" And after explaining the concept to his grandchildren they reply quizzically: “What’s the internet?”

]]> By: Christina G. Smith http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300633 Christina G. Smith Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300633 I think it's super cool. I've been talking about ideas like this with my husband for a while but hadn't seen someone do it yet. I think it’s super cool. I’ve been talking about ideas like this with my husband for a while but hadn’t seen someone do it yet.

]]> By: ferd http://boingboing.net/2011/12/19/the-random-tattoo.html#comment-1300630 ferd Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=134953#comment-1300630 "Bob, I got a bad feeling on this one, all right?  I mean I got a bad feeling!" Way to set a precedent for Big Brother. “Bob, I got a bad feeling on this one, all right?  I mean I got a bad feeling!”
Way to set a precedent for Big Brother.

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