I'm 'uber famous' in the..... [Archive]

mac15

Oct 20, 2003, 04:23 AM

I had a rather bizarre conversation with someone over AIM. The guy was so excited to chat to me, he was like OMG wow your mac15! Your uber famous in the mac scene, I can't believe I'm actually talking to you!

So I though well uh wow sure , I try right ;) It just hit me as od is all. Someone calling me uber famous.

Sure I run funmac.com , and I play a role in the ambitiouslemon.com and I'm always getting out and spreading the word of new software. Remember those Panther screenshots that appeared on funmac.com, the ones from WWDC and the GM build, yeah that was me.

Also for a few who remember Funmac.coms famous character 'Mr. Apple' who was know for leaking apple ADC software onto the net. Yep that was me again.....

This may sounds like a weird thread, and I'm not sure if I'm as know as Arn and guys like Nick dePlume from Thinksecret. or the fact that I'm famous at all.

this thread is sounding silly so I'll call it the quits :D

saint

Oct 20, 2003, 06:28 AM

Well I never thought you were anything special, but after reading your autobiography just there, I would have to say you are one of the coolest guys on earth.

I think its great that super-famous people like you can spare time to come on these forums and talk to all us losers. :p

edesignuk

Oct 20, 2003, 06:29 AM

Can I have your autograph? :D

jefhatfield

Oct 20, 2003, 07:27 AM

congrats

the online mac community is a small village and certain people get to be known pretty well...i am sure arn must be known by many at macworld

macheads know the chief designers at apple who make the hardware...what dell user can name their hardware designer?? and what dell user even cares?

and as for a dell online comminity or dell rumors?

who cares?

with mac users, we are proud to use the "better" machine and grateful that we somehow survive in a sea of PC makers with unlimited money and influence...so that is one of the perks for being on a computer platform that includes less than five percent of the market...people can easily know about you and care what you have to say

i still get excited every time i see an apple sticker on a car and i sometimes wonder what PC users think of the apple logo thinking that it is some sort of secretive cult:p

Moxiemike

Oct 20, 2003, 08:25 AM

If you have to tell everyone how famous you are, you're probably only famous in your own mind.

This is one of those threads where, early in the morning, i'm reading it thinking "i couldn't be imagining this...."

hehehe.

I'm gonna go over to the photography thread and find me some famous photographers. :) Hehehe

zarathustra

Oct 20, 2003, 09:13 AM

You know, you are missing something. It's called a point - it makes a story so much more interesting. :rolleyes:

I am sure you are a swell guy, but I believe it should be your actions or others singing your praises, but not yourself. Seems kinda, well, egotistical.

eyelikeart

Oct 20, 2003, 09:14 AM

I honestly have no clue if "eyelikeart" is famous or not. I do know I've been running around with this handle for 6 years or so, so it's possible. ;)

I did a google search for S&G...and wow...

anything from my website, to my resumé, to posts here as well as a few other boards, my birthdate...

Moxiemike

Oct 20, 2003, 09:21 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I honestly have no clue if "eyelikeart" is famous or not. I do know I've been running around with this handle for 6 years or so, so it's possible. ;)

I did a google search for S&G...and wow...

anything from my website, to my resumé, to posts here as well as a few other boards, my birthdate...

See, eye, any fame you might have is directly proportional to the work that you've done. You'd never have to say it.

I run into people from FLUX northside who remember your work.

There's two types of notoriety—perceived buzz and actual buzz.

You've got actual buzz.

That said, I'd NEVER wanna be famous for posting on internet bulletin boards.

eyelikeart

Oct 20, 2003, 09:26 AM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
I run into people from FLUX northside who remember your work.

u mean aside from the ones I know out there? ;)

that's pretty cool...do they hate my work?

Moxiemike

Oct 20, 2003, 09:30 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
u mean aside from the ones I know out there? ;)

that's pretty cool...do they hate my work?

haha. well, megan always asks...remember her? freudian slip?

I'd like to slip....ah nevermind.

No they actually like your work. Pittsburgher's are easily awed by mediocre talent, erego, you and I absolutely amaze them with our surplus of talent. :)

Though megan does have a great eye for stuff

Mr. Anderson

Oct 20, 2003, 09:40 AM

self inflamation of the ego is something I think you can cure with over the count meds.....;)

glad you made it! But you might want to watch out - it might have been one of your friends messing with you.

D

eyelikeart

Oct 20, 2003, 09:57 AM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
haha. well, megan always asks...remember her? freudian slip?

do I remember her?

ps: u will notice that's MY flower postcard she's holding... ;)

Moxiemike

Oct 20, 2003, 09:59 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
do I remember her?

ps: u will notice that's MY flower postcard she's holding... ;)

Unfortunately you can't see it, but the frame she's holding is one of MY photos. :)

I win frank. I'm uber famous and you're not. ;)

eyelikeart

Oct 20, 2003, 10:07 AM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Unfortunately you can't see it, but the frame she's holding is one of MY photos. :)

I win frank. I'm uber famous and you're not. ;)

I must be uber-mediocre then...

damnit...

Moxiemike

Oct 20, 2003, 10:09 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I must be uber-mediocre then...

damnit...

Perhaps we're more uber mediocre than even the supposdely famous Mac15 (who's just as uber mediocre as anyone else, barring greats like Ghandi and Abe Lincoln. hehe) because we're discussing who's more ubder famous due to the possession of our photos by an uber babe.

Goddamn the germans and their uber word.

eyelikeart

Oct 20, 2003, 10:11 AM

hmm...true...

maybe we're uber-overanalyzing this whole thing though...

excuse me while I uber-burp...

Moxiemike

Oct 20, 2003, 10:13 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
hmm...true...

maybe we're uber-overanalyzing this whole thing though...

excuse me while I uber-burp...

will do. i have to go take an uber-poop

Mr. Anderson

Oct 20, 2003, 10:37 AM

this thread is on its way to the newly created forum - the über-wasteland......

(can't for get the umlauts ;) )

D

shadowfax

Oct 20, 2003, 10:41 AM

Originally posted by zarathustra
You know, you are missing something. It's called a point - it makes a story so much more interesting. :rolleyes:

I am sure you are a swell guy, but I believe it should be your actions or others singing your praises, but not yourself. Seems kinda, well, egotistical. since you seem to have such a penchant for criticizing people's motives, why not try criticizing your own motives in going down on him like that? not very friendly, if you ask me.

mac15--creating a popular site, especially in the mac community, will definitely get you some recognition, heh.

wdlove

Oct 20, 2003, 10:49 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
I must be uber-mediocre then...

damnit...

You are uber famous in my eyes eyelikeart. ;)

Thank you for sharing that story mac15. Just take it as an ego stroking for the day, something to make you feel good about yourself. I think that in our own world we are famous to someone. That we each make a difference in someone's life.

eyelikeart

Oct 20, 2003, 10:58 AM

Originally posted by wdlove
You are uber famous in my eyes eyelikeart. ;)

hey...I'm über-money... ;)

shadowfax

Oct 20, 2003, 11:04 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
hey...I'm über-money... ;) well, for wdlove, it sounds like mediocrity=über-famousness to a select, small group of people. so in that sense... remember that girl that hung on you like a gluestick? ;)

wdlove

Oct 20, 2003, 11:13 AM

Originally posted by shadowfax
well, for wdlove, it sounds like mediocrity=über-famousness to a select, small group of people. so in that sense... remember that girl that hung on you like a gluestick? ;)

I was trying to boost the morale of eyelikeart a little. Hope it isn't that you think I'm mediocre. :p

shadowfax

Oct 20, 2003, 11:17 AM

Originally posted by wdlove
I was trying to boost the morale of eyelikeart a little. Hope it isn't that you think I'm mediocre. :p what's wrong with mediocrity? hell, i'm mediocre, so obviously, it must be kinda cool. i'm all for making people feeling better, but making tenuous arguments like "you're famous so someone you may not even know about" seems like a poor way to go about doing that. it's much better to quote Saliere from Amadeus: "I absolve you of mediocrity!"

beyond that, if you got to know eye, you'd know he's a well-adjusted guy who doesn't need to feel famous to be happy with his life. he was only joking, as is the wont of many on the forums, myself included.

eyelikeart

Oct 20, 2003, 11:21 AM

Originally posted by shadowfax
well, for wdlove, it sounds like mediocrity=über-famousness to a select, small group of people. so in that sense... remember that girl that hung on you like a gluestick? ;)

exactly...she was a bit creepy though... :eek:

but nonetheless...she knew... ;)

Moxiemike

Oct 20, 2003, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
exactly...she was a bit creepy though... :eek:

but nonetheless...she knew... ;)

eye was only mediocre until he bought a D100. Now he's awesome.

shadowfax

Oct 20, 2003, 11:29 AM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
eye was only mediocre until he bought a D100. Now he's awesome. he's going to be the next...

er... some famous photograher whose name i forgot. so much for the "famous" part, eh?

:p :p

Moxiemike

Oct 20, 2003, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by shadowfax
he's going to be the next...

er... some famous photograher whose name i forgot. so much for the "famous" part, eh?

:p :p

Famous d100 user... like MoxieMike perhaps? ;)

shadowfax

Oct 20, 2003, 11:31 AM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
Famous d100 user... like MoxieMike perhaps? ;) moxiemike? damn it, i should know that one... crap! alright, who is he?

;)

Moxiemike

Oct 20, 2003, 11:34 AM

Originally posted by shadowfax
moxiemike? damn it, i should know that one... crap! alright, who is he?

;)

some hack who's about as useful to art as herpes is to someone's sex life. ;)

eyelikeart

Oct 20, 2003, 11:37 AM

Originally posted by Moxiemike
some hack who's about as useful to art as herpes is to someone's sex life. ;)

hmm...right... ;)

but it's strange how I've become known as the photo guy around here among people I know...many who have never even seen a photo of mine...

Moxiemike

Oct 20, 2003, 11:38 AM

Originally posted by eyelikeart
hmm...right... ;)

but it's strange how I've become known as the photo guy around here among people I know...many who have never even seen a photo of mine...

perception is an amazing, and wonderfully entertaining thing.