Android tattoo girl

Natalie "Kommodore" Thompson just joined the rarified ranks of Zune Guy and the BlackBerry Storm Cankle Man with her very own Android tattoo. While obviously a fan of the brand new mobile OS, she says she did it mostly to show her support of open source in general, and ol' Tux lost out to the more-adorable little green bot (known affectionately around the Engadget HQ as "Marvin"). Add in that shutter shades t-shirt -- for a 100x multiplier -- and we're likely dealing with our very first fit-for-society tattoo nerd. Too bad she only dates robots.

[ILoveApple @ Jan 4th 2009 4:08PM]

Excellent!

[blueangel00100 @ Jan 4th 2009 3:59PM]

SHE IS HOT!!!

[Flashpoint @ Jan 4th 2009 4:26PM]

She looks EMO

[KAIKAI @ Jan 4th 2009 4:29PM]

@flashpoint
there fore HOT!!! :D

[Messymeese @ Jan 4th 2009 4:43PM]

@Flashpoint

Are you 12?

[Brent Schmidt @ Jan 4th 2009 4:57PM]

This is full of win.

[anus1220 @ Jan 4th 2009 5:07PM]

mmmmm cute.
but it looks like she did the tat herself lol

[ProfessorDex @ Jan 4th 2009 5:13PM]

Tattoo also looks a little wonky to me too. Looks like she got creative with some markers and it'll wash off if she sweats too much.

[wickedpheonix @ Jan 4th 2009 6:25PM]

"Too bad she only dates robots."

I'm a robot... in bed ;)

[Jason @ Jan 4th 2009 8:31PM]

Warning: Replies to the following comment are prepubescent bilious smut.

[ninjatales @ Jan 5th 2009 2:30AM]

But can she do the "Robo-boogie"?

[ILoveApple @ Jan 4th 2009 4:00PM]

Nice carpet!

[FILA @ Jan 4th 2009 5:47PM]

that is pretty nice carpet if i must say myself

[Cameron @ Jan 5th 2009 2:08AM]

Oh, go back to Playstation Home already, will you?

[Aaron @ Jan 4th 2009 4:01PM]

Watch her go nuts in 9 months time when Google don't invite her for a tour of their offices.

[Will H. @ Jan 4th 2009 4:18PM]

9 Months? Are you suggesting she's pregnant with a Google Android lovechild?

[madoc @ Jan 4th 2009 4:02PM]

Looks like a felt tip job to me...

which is much better than making a lifetime advert commitment.

[sinai @ Jan 4th 2009 5:23PM]

it also looks like she's left handed

[jercb123 @ Jan 4th 2009 10:11PM]

i agree looks like marker

[XChrisX @ Jan 4th 2009 4:03PM]

Girl is definitely hot, great tattoo as well.

[Kris120890 @ Jan 4th 2009 4:03PM]

I expect a load of 12 Year olds saying shes cute.

[Jazzwall @ Jan 4th 2009 5:17PM]

Guess you stopped finding girls cute once you hit the 12 year mark... That's ok.

[loosely_coupled @ Jan 4th 2009 6:50PM]

Well for a geek that wants to show support of "open source", she is definitely cute! Its really not that different from guy geeks, 8/10 or more are overweight, unattractive, and/or unable to court members of the opposite sex (or same if you are into that).
With that in mind, this chick definitely scores high on the charts...

Oh, and "Apple Girls" don't really count unless they know how to use the command line or setup their own wordpress installation .. LOL

[Lunasea @ Jan 4th 2009 9:09PM]

Actually I don't find her very cute or attractive at all.

[Daniel @ Jan 4th 2009 4:03PM]

if she is all about open source why not go with Linux penguin?

[Wiigee @ Jan 4th 2009 4:06PM]

you mean Tux as mention in article....

[Wiigee @ Jan 4th 2009 4:07PM]

**as was mentioned

[ethana2 @ Jan 4th 2009 4:52PM]

The best thing any non-techie can do for themselves and FOSS is to forget the word 'linux' entirely.
Sure, the penguin's cute, but if people don't know the difference between a kernel, desktop environment, and operating system, you shouldn't be telling them about 'linux', just as you shouldn't be telling them about XNU or NT6.

[Benson @ Jan 4th 2009 7:09PM]

Correct; one should be preaching two doctrines:open-source, and UNIX, and pointing them at whichever (semi-)open UNIX fits their situation. That's generally either Cygwin (if they're bound by a Windows-only professional app) or some Linux-based system, but AFAICT FreeBSD isn't a bad choice for Windows power users. And if you turn them onto, say, Ubuntu, call it _Ubuntu_, not Linux.

(A singular advantage of the BSDs: you can't tell a noob is conflating the kernel and userland, because the whole thing's one project. :D )

[Kris120890 @ Jan 4th 2009 4:03PM]

Too late.

[SimonRichards @ Jan 4th 2009 4:04PM]

Should have gone for Tux instead. I sense that android won't really be the hit it's expected to be.

[m @ Jan 4th 2009 5:02PM]

who ever called linux a "hit"? i'm willing to bet that, very soon, there will be far more people using android than linux. most of them won't even know what "open source" means.

[SimonRichards @ Jan 4th 2009 5:10PM]

Well that's a great shame but you are possibly right. I still don't think Android will become that popular though. It still has a long way to come before it is the must-have OS for phones and PDAs. At the moment it is pretty much just a gimmick. I rather see someone get a Tux tattoo as Tux is THE open source mascot.

[morcheeba @ Jan 5th 2009 12:06AM]

Hopefully people don't decide on tattoos based on anticipated market share.

Which gives me hope that I'll find a girl with a "Glenda the Plan 9 bunny" tattoo (preferably with helmet):

[Mark @ Jan 4th 2009 4:04PM]

Her and Zune Guy should go out on a date. Damn sure they aren't dating anyone right now.

[Wiigee @ Jan 4th 2009 4:09PM]

she might be seeing someone. zuneguy, id guess is single.

[thetansman @ Jan 4th 2009 4:12PM]

Weird, comment I was lambasting has disappeared. Oh well, it applies to most of the rest of you freaks.

[Osayi @ Jan 4th 2009 4:51PM]

It says on her MySpace page (if you follow the Read link) that she's in a relationship. I don't think it's with the Zune guy. Maybe he should wait for a Symbian girl?

[Daren @ Jan 4th 2009 6:48PM]

zune guy doesnt use the zune anymore. He has a slacker G2 now.

[ProfessorKaos @ Jan 4th 2009 7:13PM]

Until she SEES zune guy, why would anyone go near that guy? lol, she deserves better, not implying me, who is taken :)

[Metamorphic @ Jan 4th 2009 4:07PM]

She has amazing eyes (imo).

[KAIKAI @ Jan 4th 2009 4:34PM]

i agree :)

[Jason @ Jan 4th 2009 8:37PM]

+1

[BigD145 @ Jan 4th 2009 4:08PM]

....Tech? No? Slow day?

[Wiigee @ Jan 4th 2009 4:11PM]

cute girl will always take priority over the next apple product. cute girl linux user will take top priority over anything.

[Jonathan-DBOSS @ Jan 4th 2009 5:53PM]

I liek BooBz. Those are magnificent gadgets!

[KIFF @ Jan 4th 2009 4:08PM]

Wait, Android is open source? What's with all the secrecy then?

[Acidox @ Jan 4th 2009 4:08PM]

That is one shit quality tattoo, looks like she did it herself.
Poor girl.

[Acidox @ Jan 4th 2009 4:12PM]

I'd just like to add that it would be a pretty cool tattoo if it was done well.

[Magnulus @ Jan 4th 2009 4:32PM]

No, it's not a shit quality tattoo, it's just a pretty new one. I would guess a day or two old. Before the "scabs" fall off, new tattoos always look a little strange and crumpled.