[neilk]

Yeah. For a long time I had a crude X in black duct tape on my laptop, and no other stickers. Almost everybody asks what it means because... it looks like it means something.

It doesn't mean anything; I bought this laptop & went directly to a conference, and just wanted it to look slightly distinctive, and the duct tape was all I had. It does cover the Apple logo so it looks like I hate Apple or something (I do hate excessive and ostentatious branding).

I kept it because I kept having conversations about it. Even baristas remember me as the guy with the X.

It's odd but I don't think a logo has any meaning any more, because real life turned into Nascar.

[mindcrime]

Yeah. For a long time I had a crude X in black duct tape on my laptop, and no other stickers. Almost everybody asks what it means because... it looks like it means something.

If I saw that, I would probably have assumed you were just a huge X-Files fan or something.

Actually, thinking about it now, I think the next laptop I buy, I'm going to put an X like that on there, along with a small sticker that just says "I Want To Believe".

[neilk]

FYI: it didn't hurt my laptop, but, over time, the glue from the duct tape melts and fills the depression in the Apple logo. Removing it is not fun.

[mindcrime]

the depression in the Apple logo

Well, that's one problem I won't have to worry about. :-)