Moof and other Mac Icon Shirts

Well, I knew this would get several of the same comments, ie the Dogcow is named Clarus.

What if I told you there are two others? Moofo (with an "o" on the end) the psychic dogcow, and Lackey the obnoxious talisman dogcow. Both used internally at Apple Developer/Tech Support.

And Susan Kare (with a "K" not an "H" :) ) -- by her own admission -- knows the dogcow is called Clarus, but says "I kind of like 'Moof.'" Didn't say she uses Moof, but she does like it.

Do not doubt Pie's intelligence... or... er... reference material.

(You'd think these bloggers would hire someone to do a writeup on this stuff... hint hint! Um... for millions of dollars of course. hint hint hint.)

http://www.storybytes.com/view-moof/articles/mim.html

NOTE: the previous post had a bad link caused by the blog software, it ends in ".html" so if there are other characters after, delete those and you got it.

-Pie

In defence of the blog: The commercial site labels the Clarus-stuff as moof. It might well be that Susan Hare actually called or calls Clarus Moof.

The Dogcow is named Clarus, not Moof.

I'm going to sound like a troll, but TUAW needs to step up the journalistic integrity efforts and prevent the spread of misinformation. Errors like this are too common. And don't try to hide behind "it's a blog and just for fun." With high reader subscription comes responsibility.

Um. The Dogcow is named Clarus, not Moof (don't feel bad, even the New York Times boned this one :) ).

For the real -- and only accurate! -- story on the history of the dogcow, check the Moof in Mind site:

http://www.storybytes.com/view-moof/articles/mim.html

-Pie