How about the Japanese Crane?
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Grus_japonensis/GES000012.html?size
=large
Why couldn’t the mascot be a (ruby) red panda? White bits stay white,
but black bits are red. Just throwing that out there.
~Nate
On Aug 1, 2006, at 17:17, pixelnate wrote:
How about the Japanese Crane?
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Grus_japonensis/
GES000012.html?size
=largeWhy couldn’t the mascot be a (ruby) red panda? White bits stay
white, but black bits are red. Just throwing that out there.
One reason is because pandas are from Japan much like penguins are
from the North Pole.
There was a brief discussion on the merits of pandas as a mascot up
the thread a bit that goes into slightly more depth.
matthew smillie.
On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 05:30:29PM +0900, A. S. Bradbury wrote:
On Tuesday 01 August 2006 08:44, Tom J. wrote:
How about the Japanese Crane?
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Grus_japonensis/GES000012.html?size
=large– Tom.
On that note, an Origami crane (to me) looks distinctly Japanese, and might
look pretty cool if you could get a good image.
The result of some quick graphical hacking:
A Shinkansen train, with the Fujisan in the background.
The image linked to by nobu, vectorized so it can be rastered at the
desired
resolution:
Matthew S. wrote:
the thread a bit that goes into slightly more depth.
Duh, pandas are from China. Sorry, just a little brain-dead today. Ok,
so how about a red Pokemon, it’s Japanese! ;^) I am just kidding of
course, trademark issues aside.
~Nate
Nate, the problem is that Pandas aren’t natively found in Japan, and,
not to discriminate against Chinese rubyists, we’ve decided (or,
really, I was persuaded that) it didn’t really reflect the text of the
shirts very well.
Others: I’ll try to play around with some designs for origami, etc.
When I upload them to SpreadShirt, they have to go through an approval
process, so they may not be immediately available. I’ll work on it
when I get home today.
M.T.
Matt T. wrote:
Nate, the problem is that Pandas aren’t natively found in Japan, and,
not to discriminate against Chinese rubyists, we’ve decided (or,
really, I was persuaded that) it didn’t really reflect the text of the
shirts very well.
Yeah, my bad. But have you heard of a Tanuki? It is a “Raccoon Dog”
native to Japan.
Nyctereutes - Wikipedia
I know, I am just digressing here. I am done.
~Nate
On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 10:34:49PM +0900, Paul R. wrote:
How about have the same panda but another slogan? “Ruby is so easy,
even Pandas can do it” which has a sort of double entendre element to
it…
I like this one: “Just like a panda, Ruby is never a bear (to use).”
Muahahah. Implicit puns. I am t3h r0xx0rz.
On Tuesday 01 August 2006 17:17, pixelnate wrote:
How about the Japanese Crane?
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Grus_japonensis/GES000012.html?
size =largeWhy couldn’t the mascot be a (ruby) red panda? White bits stay white,
but black bits are red. Just throwing that out there.~Nate
While we’re talking about mascots, I think I may as well reference a
thread on
the topic from a month ago[1], if only to link again to Chip the talking
coding block[2]. Unarguably the coolest programming language mascot
ever.
Alex
[1] http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/200056
[2]
http://web.archive.org/web/20020703073036/knossos.shu.edu/dblack/chip.html
I’ll work on that as well. I’m fond of the Tanuki as well. (Has anyone
else seen Pom Poko, a Studio Ghibli film?)
M.T.
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:53:36AM +0900, pixelnate wrote:
Matt T. wrote:
Nate, the problem is that Pandas aren’t natively found in Japan, and,
not to discriminate against Chinese rubyists, we’ve decided (or,
really, I was persuaded that) it didn’t really reflect the text of the
shirts very well.
Yeah, my bad. But have you heard of a Tanuki? It is a “Raccoon Dog”
native to Japan.
Nyctereutes - Wikipedia
I mentioned raccoon dogs in the same message in which I mentiond the
daikon. I think a ruby-red Tanuki would be a great choice.
Just browsing for cranes, I came across this graphic
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/opane_1901_46945560
which would look great on a shirt.
I think opane.com owns it.
For the curious, instructions on making a crane origami
http://www.opane.com/crane.html
– Tom.
On 8/1/06, Mauricio F. [email protected] wrote:
–
Mauricio F. - http://eigenclass.org - singular Ruby
–
“Nothing will ever be attempted, if all
possible objections must first be
overcome.” - Samuel Johnson
“Luck is what happens when
preparation meets opportunity.” - Seneca
Chad P. wrote:
I mentioned raccoon dogs in the same message in which I mentiond the
daikon. I think a ruby-red Tanuki would be a great choice.
Me too. According to wikipedia “Its testicles are notably large, which
figure into Japanese folklore.” Doesn’t that describe Ruby? [grin]
Honestly, what else would you rather represent you on the cover of an
O’Reilly book?
~Nate
Mt. Fuji is the archetypal image of Japan.
And lava is red…
Matt T. wrote:
http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?op=article&article_id=1407422#top
That rocks. Says it all.
I’d love to have a Ruby shirt that said “Ruby’s Big in Japan”, or “Ruby:
It’s Big in Japan”. It feels like an inside joke, even though I’m
pretty sure it’s not a joke at all. Still, it’s got references to Punk,
Tom Waits, and Ruby; what else could you want?
I’ve made that comment, half-joking, and sometimes people will break
into wild laughter, and I never really know why.
Ruby… It’s Big In Japan
http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?op=article&article_id=1409482#top
http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?op=article&article_id=1409494#top
I’m going out for a while, but I should get back and work on some of
the Tanuki & Crane ideas.
M.T.
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:05:03AM +0900, Luke K. wrote:
I’d love to have a Ruby shirt that said “Ruby’s Big in Japan”, or “Ruby:
It’s Big in Japan”. It feels like an inside joke, even though I’m
pretty sure it’s not a joke at all. Still, it’s got references to Punk,
Tom Waits, and Ruby; what else could you want?I’ve made that comment, half-joking, and sometimes people will break
into wild laughter, and I never really know why.
It’s probably because of the song, which is funny in and of itself.
Ruby = :“big in Japan”
Matt T. wrote:
Ruby… It’s Big In Japan
http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?op=article&article_id=1409482#top
http://www.spreadshirt.com/shop.php?op=article&article_id=1409494#topI’m going out for a while, but I should get back and work on some of
the Tanuki & Crane ideas.
Sweet! Purchased, thanks.
Hi,
At Wed, 2 Aug 2006 05:40:54 +0900,
Chad P. wrote in [ruby-talk:205539]:
I mentioned raccoon dogs in the same message in which I mentiond the
daikon. I think a ruby-red Tanuki would be a great choice.
Sometimes Tanuki is considered green rather than red, whereas
Kitsune (fox) is called red instead. 
http://www.maruchan.co.jp/toyosuisan/products/goods_list.php?c_id=0101
This is the design that I’m going to submit to SpreadShirt for their
approval. Once this is approved, I’ll use it to design a new shirt.
Any ideas for the words?!
M.T.
( Or just look at the picture online at http://maraby.com/tmp/tanuki.png
)
