Udo's Techblog

A few days ago, when I came home I found that Nick Hodge from Microsoft Australia had sent me an "I'm a PC" t-shirt! Because I love geek clothing, and also because I had promised to actually wear it, next day I went to work purporting to be a PC. You know, the "I'm a PC" slogan is of course completely unknown in Germany, but at least I got a few smiles from nerdy tourists in downtown Frankfurt...

Anyway, my very very old G5 at work died that day. It had been on life support for a while, but after the power supply blew out, it was decided I should get a new workstation. Accounting said I could either order online or head over to the (Gravis) Apple store and get one right away. The store is just a few hundred meters down the pedestrian zone from our office and I always opt for instant gratification...

And thus it came to pass that Udo went to the Apple store wearing a Microsoft fan shirt! The Gravis store is completely staffed with 20-something geeks, and within minutes my shirt had drawn quite a following. Everybody was super nice and we exchanged friendly Microsoft- and Apple-related quips for quite a while as I bought my new Mac. Good times! The conversation in all its friendliness was completely ungerman (we're a hateful little country), and I left with warm fuzzy feelings. When it comes right down to it, we're all just software geeks - I like to think that all the zealous fanboys work in marketing ;-)

Any suggestion what I should do next? My immediate plans include wearing Jesus shirts at atheist conventions, ordering Israeli food at Arab restaurants and maybe requesting a new BMW at the Mercedes dealership.