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I love that there’s no need for me to write a pun to go along with this post – Turk took care of that for me! (Sadly, he did not bring me a real sammich.)

Tattoo by Adam Turk at Left Hand Black Tattoo in San Diego, CA

I doubt this tattoo is a Matmos reference–or even a Ludwig Wittgenstein reference, for that matter. Don’t care, still love it.

Tattoo by: Adam Turk at Left Hand Black Tattoo in San Diego, CA

To help balance out that last post about another tattoo reality television show, I’m going to post this rad piece by Adam Turk. I’ve never met Adam, but I follow him (in a non-creepy way) via social networking. With that being said, I feel pretty confident in saying he represents the real tattoo artists out there.

Tattoo by: Adam Turk at Left Hand Black Tattoo in San Diego, CA

Adam Turk posted this pretty serious untraditional Dad tattoo on his Twitter a couple days ago.

I call it seriously untraditional for the following reasons:

1. It’s on the hand. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of the hand tattoo if you can pull it off. By pull it off, I mean you don’t have to worry about the repercussions of having a hand tattoo – but that’s an entirely different topic. The hand just isn’t a place you typically see a tribute to Dad.
2. How much of a bad ass must Dad be if his tribute tattoo is brass knuckles, switch blades, and razor blades? I’d be excited to hear the stories of what Dad and son did during their bonding time.

Tattoo by: Adam Turk at Left Hand Black Tattoo

Last month, I decided to treat myself to a new laptop. With the amount of time I spend on a computer writing entries, and generally wasting time, I easily justified the purchase. I don’t need anything fancy, so I just bought myself a basic Macbook.Between traveling and tossing it around, I figured I could use a cover for it as well. I might as well put one on now, as the computer was brand new and all. I’ve seen a number of tattoo artists mention they did designs for Ding, so I took the plunge and checked out the site.

The site has a separate section for tattoo artists, and they fill it up nicely. They have designs from a number of artists, and several tattoo related companies. Each design comes in a version to fit your cell phone, laptop, iPod, or gaming device. They even make covers for your Guitar Hero controller.

The laptop cover costs around $30, but coupons aren’t hard to find (check their Twitter.) I think when everything was said and done, I ended paying around $27 for the cover. After ordering it, it took about fourteen days to come in with standard shipping. Once it was here, it only took a few seconds to apply. It doesn’t use glue or anything that’ll ruin your device, but yet it doesn’t easily come off either. Don’t ask me that works – it just does.

Overall, it’s a decent way to protect your device and support a tattoo artist at the same time. It beats the gem encrusted alternative for sure.