Monday, August 3, 2009

Blogroll addition, Northeast Blogshoot edition

I met a new (to me) blogger at yesterday's blogshoot, Meataxe from Men Are Not Potatoes. Not only was he kind enough to let #2 Son and me shoot an arsenal fearsome enough to conquer France, but he made a very interesting comment:
When will we know that the gun nuts have won the Culture War? When Apple starts making guns. If you extend Apple's existing design aesthetic to firearms, I think you end up with a lot of brushed steel, rounded edges, ambidextrous safety, low recoil, adjustable sights that are as high-speed-low-drag as fixed sights, and the ability to drop in a whole range of authorized parts and accessories.
Well, that sounded like a job for PhotoShop The Gimp*, and so with no further ado, offered for your consideration, the Apple iShoot:


It's in .45 ACP, because that's insanely great. With rails to mount a laser aiming device for the bayonet.

Meataxe, thanks for the idea for a Photoshop, and welcome to the blogroll!

* #1 Son helped me with a couple of the more esoteric transforms when my Gimp-fu was weak. Sort of his contribution to the New England Blogshoot community, because he's all out of Pokemons.

2 comments:

  1. MeatAxeAugust 4, 2009 at 11:22 AM

    That's awesome. And it even looks like your hot gunnie chick silhouette is following the 4 Rules. (At the very least, the muzzle is pointed in a safe direction)

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  2. 孔夫子, the Œcumenical Volgi (The Notorious ŒV)October 17, 2010 at 3:37 PM

    Ah, but would Apple be satisfied with .45 ACP? I see them more going with something a little, er, different, like .45 GAP or 5.7x28mm FN or something equally exotic that would be arguably better, but off-beat enough to piss off most people and unleash a reverse-snobbery backlash.

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