THE BEST GEEK TATTOOS: These Folks Really Love Tech

Geek tattoo
Flickr/vernhart

Tattoos have been around almost as long as skin.

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There are as many reasons to get a tattoo as there are people. For instance, in the 5th century BC, they were used to transmit secret messages across enemy lines. A few thousand years later, sailors would tattoo a pig on one foot and a rooster on the other to protect them from drowning.

These days they are often a symbol of love.

And some people love tech so much they tattooed their favorite tech symbols on their bodies as tribute.

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If you sometimes lose your head, these HTML tags could come in handy.

HTMl tattoo
Flickr/Massimo Valiani

He's got a chip on his shoulder.

Microchip tattoo
Flickr/blakespot
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You never forget your first network router.

Cisco tattoo
Flickr/simonov

This guy is keeping Apple close at hand.

Apple tattoo in progress
Flickr/Florin Hatmanu
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Apple always on her mind -- or at least -- on her backside.

Apple tattoo
Flickr/Jesska M

Ubuntu Tattoos galore for the love of Linux.

Ubuntu Linux Tattoo
Flickr/Myles Braithwaite
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The Linux Foundation's own Jon "maddog" Hall looking mean with his Tux mascot tat.

Jon Maddog Hall's Linux tattoo
Flickr/alviseni

If you can read this, you're a computer. (It's his name in binary code).

binary tattoo
Flickr/brainlesssteel
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Armed with Windows 7.

Windows logo tattoo
Flickr/bremiclem

Hey, that tickles!

programmer tattoo
Flickr/juhansonin
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