Transform Your Children Into Computer Programmers With SourceGear

Eric Sink, in another of his inspired, yet somehow dorky, marketing ploys, wants us to make fools of ourselves by posing as idiots in exchange for free t-shirts.

For example -- poor Craig Andera was tricked into posting this rather sad display:

(available from here in a larger, and therefore dorkier, image.)

The smart people don't lower themselves to this kind of behaviour. Instead, we get our kids to do it ;-)

Here's Lily before she became an evil mastermind:

Notice the vacant stare and the inability to concentrate on her keyboard.

Here she is after donning a sourceGear shirt and being instantly transformed into a megalomaniacal computer genius/evil mastermind.

(You may recognise her Commodore 64 from earlier adventures, and you may recall sourceGear vault from earlier dragon-dodging escapades).

(um... no offence meant Craig... I know you're not a dork, but rather an "Über Cool Nerd King" [pronounced: 'dörk'])

'jonnosan' on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:12:14 GMT, sez:

I thought you said left the c64 by the side of the road?

The truth doth out...

'lb' on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:21:47 GMT, sez:

i *did* leave the C-64 behind -- and i was shattered when i thought that it had been collected by some scavenger.

but that night on my way home i found it was still there, thus i grabbed it and took it home.

i expected it wouldn't pass the WAF, but i quickly made up an excuse about it being a toy for our baby -- and thus convinced her to let it hang around my office ;-)

good observation though jonno!

'John' on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:15:50 GMT, sez:

Congrats... that is one super cute baby. You are a lucky man having a baby around the house.

'Eric Sink' on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:50:01 GMT, sez:

Three things:

1. Every time I read "inspired, yet somehow dorky", I want to change it around. I'm thinking it would be better to say "dorky, yet somehow inspired".

2. I don't care what you say -- Craig Andera channels the evil mastermind very, very well.

3. Cute kid.

'lb' on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:55:27 GMT, sez:

cheers Eric.

And thanks for dropping by!

I'll never wash this website again having been graced with a visit from my hero ;-)

'Craig' on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:29:14 GMT, sez:

Do I get bonus points for posting the picture of me *and* of my daughter? :)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/426750442_875cbd4b0a.jpg?v=0

'Casey Barton' on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:28:54 GMT, sez:

From the old post: "Included in their dusty heap of crap was an original commodore 64!"

Hardly! What you've got there is one of them newfangled 64c's.

Now, THIS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Commodore64.jpg is an original Commodore 64.

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