Man Keeps Linux Distro in His Prosthetic Finger
Man Keeps Linux Distro in His Prosthetic Finger
Posted 03/11/2009 at 11:55am
| by Paul Lilly
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Here's one you don't see every day, and have probably never seen before: A man with an embedded USB drive in his prosthetic finger.
After being involved in a motorcycle accident last May, Jerry Jalava was half a finger short of having all five digits on his left hand. On the advice of his doctor, who learned that Jalava was "a hacker," Jalava opted to have a USB drive attached to the fingertip of his prosthetic finger, instantly earning himself several hundred geek cred points. And if that weren't enough, Jalava earns a geek merit badge for carrying around a Billix Linux distro and the Freddy Got Fingered movie on his USB key.
On his blog, Jalava clarified that the prosthetic finger is removable, allowing him to detach and "just leave my finger inside the slot" until he's finished.
Many more phots here.
Image Credit: Henri Bergius
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mojosico
March 12, 2009 at 2:09pm
i did not know there was goth geek he looks kinda creppy ya know??
horzo
March 12, 2009 at 8:29am
Must be all kinds of fun in bars...
"Hello ladies... have you seen my finger?"
hogkill
March 12, 2009 at 7:53am
Looks like the technology depicted in Ghost in the Shell is getting nearer and nearer. Of course a USB finger isn't nearly as cool as a full prosthetic body with a cyberbrain, or hands that bust open to cover all keys on the keyboard at once, but it's the closest I've seen so far.
K0BALT
March 11, 2009 at 9:29pm
Look at this dude..... at least he didn't use his prosthetic finger to store his weed in....
roninnder
March 11, 2009 at 7:42pm
Freddy Got Fingered is garbage, and earns no geek cred from me, successful pun or no.
Marcus_Soperus
March 11, 2009 at 1:33pm
...how did I ever get along with five? (YouTube link to classic TV ad). Who could have imagined a real-life example that trumped one of my favorite toys?
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It's amazing how illogical a business built on binary logic can be.
AntiHero
March 11, 2009 at 12:36pm
If only it were his thumb, then the name "thumb drive" would apply lol. Seriously, sorry you're missing a finger, at least you can make do without that one, i don't use either of mine very often. Middle, index, thumb on space and pinky on shift get me to my 90 wpm speed, my tech teacher back in school hated it.
JoetheMobster
March 11, 2009 at 12:12pm
SWEEEET! Don't get me wrong, I'd rather have my finger but hey...the USB drive is the next best thing!
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