The Pinwheel of Death!
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1634 days ago
Submitted on:
Dec 06 '07
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65 comments
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1.99 from 1,380 votes
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Even the sight of it on a t-shirt made my heart skip a beat. good job.
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xiv on Dec 06 '07 i always thought of it as the spinning beach ball of DOOM.
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i dont have a mac but ive used one when editing a movie a few times... things a pain
great halftones and looks great on a shirt 5$ |
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$5 Hope they print this, and your last subs too! So good!
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beesneak on Dec 06 '07 way cool....print it up
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$5 I'd so wear this!!!
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noice
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haha nice!
yeah in the mac lab, we call it the spinning beach ball and i always want to puncture it. |
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polynothing on Dec 06 '07 XIV: most places I've worked for call it either the "spinning beachball of doom", or the "pinwheel of death" Which is funny, cuz wikipidea even sites both names.... :) Either way... pure evil!
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I have seen this WAY TOO MUCH lately!!! I have been using DreamWeaver and lots o' other apps... my poor Mac has to deal with all my shananigans! $5.
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sketchboy01 on Dec 07 '07 hey yea, sweet halftones! -- i dont even have a mac and am still filled with dread.... 5!
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I didn't even know it had a name...I only just upgraded from OS9 where it was all black and white. This would make waiting even more fun, $5
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Like Brandon I don't have a Mac either and I had no idea what this was until now...
However I have experience the pinwheel of death working on Macs before. Great Job and Idea!!! |
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the gig of ram im getting for my G5 today should drastically reduce my 'pinwheel of death' time. *very excited*
sweet design. 4 |
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Ha, nice. $5
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coolio
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Awesome shirt! I like the concept.
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viralVISUAL on Dec 07 '07 Great use of halftones
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Hahahahaha...awesome!
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Rockslide on Dec 07 '07 Yeah, when it does that on my mac, I make it bounce around and off of stuff like a beachball, or do a power roll like Sonic the hedgehog.
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ISABOA on Dec 07 '07 I hate that pinwheel bastard - 5$
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pretty ill...
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Nice! Print this NOW!!!! $5
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polynothing on Dec 07 '07 Opifan: I'm pretty unsure, usually if it pinwheels for more than 5 minutes, I manually turn it off... damn pinwheel!
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this makes me laugh because there have been so many times that damned pinwheel appears and tries to kill my computer!!
Cool idea! $5 |
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I LOVE this shirt because I hate that dang pinwheel of death because it always happens at the worst time. Good bye last 5 hours of work, hello $5 vote! PRINT!!!!
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jstumpenhorst on Dec 08 '07 i'm surprised this shirt doesn't have more comments! nice job!!
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polynothing on Dec 08 '07 Thanks Jared!
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I don't know much about Macs, so I just learned something.
When I first saw it I thought of the Punisher symbol ( the one on his chest ) mixed with candy or a lollipop. So those clueless about Macs are going to wonder what in the world is that symbol all about. |
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polynothing on Dec 09 '07 Helo: true... This is pretty mac specific... So hopefully mac users can dig it!
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i wish the eyes and nose were knocked out to the color of the shirt. 3.
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hahaha i love it! :D
the macs all have this and its so annoyinng! XD |
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FRICKINAWESOME on Dec 09 '07 Very fun to look at yet scary when your brain digests it for a bit. Awesome!
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alvarejo on Dec 09 '07 clever use of colors!!!!!!
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Ellsswhere on Dec 09 '07 this is ace... im thinking about a macbook pro, but pc's have worked for me so far, im scared of change, 5$
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i dont get it?
is this like a inside joke for people who have macs? like the colors though |
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polynothing on Dec 09 '07 Gabriel,
It's definitely mac specific... "the pinwheel of death" or "beachball of doom" is a spinning Icon that goes on your screen usually to show that it's going to take more time to complete a task... but more commonly happens before a program freezes up. Thus the "of death" or "doom" added to the nickname. |
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beachball of doom...hahha. $5
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$5 but I think its to big. Smaller please.
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polynothing on Dec 10 '07 Transcom: agreed. I think it'd be best smaller on the shirt... So if it gets picked up for print, I'll make sure it's at least 1/3 smaller than shown placed above :) Thanks for the feedback!
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i do love this shirt the way it is, but think it would look more like the mac pinwheel if the one color faded into the next rather than lines seperating them.
...just a thought. |
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Yup, a little smaller and it 's good
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Nice.
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4
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polynothing on Dec 10 '07 Sweet! Thanks for all the feedback, comments, and votes you guys! Keep em comin!
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5 dollares!
too bad PC users might not get it. |
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roadkill3d on Dec 10 '07 noice! $5!
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kooky love on Dec 11 '07 GREAT $5
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dacat on Dec 11 '07 I don't have a Mac, but this looks cool still!
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I know the feeling - Any Mac based designers would love this tee. Well done
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polynothing on Dec 11 '07 Word! Thanks for all your comments guys! I can totally see how this is specific to mac (sorry PC users)... Anyhow, keep them comments a'rockin!
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beautyful use of halftones!
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Quality work.
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hehe..yeah it took a while before i did understand the joke in here......think i have to raise it up for making me laugh....from 4$ to 5$!
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Very clever, m'man.
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polynothing on Dec 11 '07 Thanks guys! Keep those comments goin!
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MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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I'd buy it if I had a mac
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ndstillie on Dec 12 '07 nice design 5
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polynothing on Dec 13 '07 Wow! 63 comments! Thanks so much guys! If ther's still time, keep em a rockin... I'm curious to see the score for this, as it's pretty mac user specific!
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make it smaller..
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haha, as a graphic designer using Illustrator and photoshop at the same time, i know this pinwheel far too well.
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110 days later
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HAHA... my school gives everyone a MacBook for schooly stuff and you have no idea how many times a day I hear "Stupid spinning wheel of death..." being muttered at desks of students downloading the HUGE hw files our profs give us.
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Great idea, this is really funny to me because I just listened to the episode where you mention your bad luck with macs. Kind of a self portrait?
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