Bringing the Eternal Beachball to life

Holly Gray · 03:27 PM

I was reading xkcd today, and I realised that this would be a viable memorial. It'd be expensive, due to the energy needed to keep the beachball spinning, but it could be a poignant, almost beautiful commemoration without being overbearingly schmaltzy. It could be a tangible, permanent tribute from the Apple community. If anyone agrees, I'm more than willing to look into the mechanics of it, etc.

Of course, some might consider it too light-hearted or a little flippant. I'm quite a poor judge of what's too light-hearted for remembrance - I think that this hits the perfect balance of tastefulness without heavy-handedness, but what are your opinions?

Tower-Union · Oct 7, 2011, 06:14 PM

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I love the idea.

neilmacd · Oct 7, 2011, 09:46 PM

Problem is who actually appreciates the beachball? IMO its not a positive image/icon.

I'd rather have something that incorporates the sleeping power button

boss.king · Oct 7, 2011, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by neilmacd

Problem is who actually appreciates the beachball? IMO its not a positive image/icon.

I'd rather have something that incorporates the sleeping power button

My thought exactly. No one likes to see it cos it usually means they're being inconvenienced. Not to mention that it wouldn't translate well into a physical thing without looking a little tacky.

Honestly, in keeping with Jobs design ethic and personal preference for privacy, less is more when it comes to a memorial for him.

MadeTheSwitch · Oct 7, 2011, 10:12 PM

Yeah the beachball has a negative connotation. I say instead of that, a pulsating symbol (like when your computer goes to sleep) is the way to go. A nice soft pulsating white LED. The technical equivalent of the eternal flame.

InuNacho · Oct 8, 2011, 01:16 PM

It's the eternal flame of rage.

Oct 7, 2011, 03:06 PM	#1
Holly Gray macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2011	Bringing the Eternal Beachball to life I was reading xkcd today, and I realised that this would be a viable memorial. It'd be expensive, due to the energy needed to keep the beachball spinning, but it could be a poignant, almost beautiful commemoration without being overbearingly schmaltzy. It could be a tangible, permanent tribute from the Apple community. If anyone agrees, I'm more than willing to look into the mechanics of it, etc. Of course, some might consider it too light-hearted or a little flippant. I'm quite a poor judge of what's too light-hearted for remembrance - I think that this hits the perfect balance of tastefulness without heavy-handedness, but what are your opinions? Last edited by Holly Gray; Oct 7, 2011 at 03:27 PM.
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Oct 7, 2011, 06:14 PM	#2
Tower-Union macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2009	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_5 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/8L1) I love the idea. __________________ http://xkcd.com/961/
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InuNacho macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: In that one place	It's the eternal flame of rage. __________________ I am currently taking wagers on whether or not Finder will be killed off in 10.9.
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neilmacd macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle, UK	Problem is who actually appreciates the beachball? IMO its not a positive image/icon. I'd rather have something that incorporates the sleeping power button
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MadeTheSwitch macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2009	Yeah the beachball has a negative connotation. I say instead of that, a pulsating symbol (like when your computer goes to sleep) is the way to go. A nice soft pulsating white LED. The technical equivalent of the eternal flame.
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