Hello everyone! My name is Robert Palmer, and I'd like to first thank you in advance for letting me blog for you here at TUAW. I've been using a Mac since 1992, and have owned five Macs since. By day, I'm a web developer, specializing in clean, honest, standards-compliant XHTML and CSS. By night, I am asleep. Here's me a dozen years ago, photographed with my high school girlfriend.*
Up until I started working for myself last November, I was the de-facto IT guy for a 15-workstation Mac network in a graphic design studio environment. I plan to cover plenty of ground for you at the crossroads of the design and Mac worlds.
Cheers to everyone, and be so kind as to leave your best "Addicted to Love," "Simply Irresistible," or "Looking for Clues" jokes in comments. That's right, get it all out of your system now.
*First commenter to correctly name the model pictured wins at the Internets. Hint: It was photographed in a classroom.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
5-06-2008 @ 2:37PM
Constm said...
Looks like Power Macintosh 5500 (5400?)
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5-06-2008 @ 4:10PM
Robert Palmer said...
And Constm gets it in one. Wow. I'm going to have to come up with more complicated challenges from now on. :)
5-06-2008 @ 4:10PM
Robert Palmer said...
Oh -- and it's a Power Mac 5500, ftw.
5-06-2008 @ 2:38PM
Rodrigo said...
Macintosh Performa 5200 PowerPC
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5-06-2008 @ 2:39PM
Jericon said...
I concur. Looks a lot like a 5200 to me.
5-06-2008 @ 2:41PM
Rodrigo said...
ok i think it is this
Power Macintosh 5200 LC: Sold only to the education market. Features a 500 MB hard drive.
5-06-2008 @ 2:43PM
guerro said...
No, that is the 5400/5500 series case. The 5200 was slightly different in case design.
5-06-2008 @ 2:38PM
Stephen said...
LC 520! I used one too.
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5-06-2008 @ 2:39PM
actionbastard said...
5200/75.
The 'Star Trek' shirt explains why you're asleep every night.
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5-06-2008 @ 2:41PM
Vidyut Luther said...
Do you find Macs Simply irresistible ? Are you Addicted to Macs?
Thanks for letting me do this!
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5-06-2008 @ 2:42PM
Shane Stout said...
Powermac 5200??
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5-06-2008 @ 2:46PM
kertof said...
performa 5000 series obviously, I had one, it still sits on my old desk...
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5-06-2008 @ 2:47PM
George Pyrgiotakis said...
It is the Performa 5200 with the Power PC. Performa had a quite large computer series but I can tell this is the 5200 by the little black IR receiver port in the front, that could turn it into a TV.
I had one just like it. I am still working on it, but only for sentimental issues. I guess I am older than you, but I am using macs since 1985!!!
Cheers.
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5-06-2008 @ 2:47PM
Pete said...
I say Performa 5300CD...
I had one and it was Education Store Only...
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5-06-2008 @ 2:50PM
Andy said...
You dated a Mac?
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5-06-2008 @ 2:50PM
Galley said...
Robert, you shouldn't have been so funny on your first post. Now folks are gonna expect you to crack jokes all the time.
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5-06-2008 @ 2:55PM
Michael said...
"... be so kind as to leave your [Robert Palmer] jokes in comments."
Oh, OK.
You look shorter on the videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjSjmw_7uIE
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5-06-2008 @ 2:55PM
Mitch said...
when did "thank you in advance" become so popular and acceptable? You can't do it in advance, you either thank someone or you don't
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5-06-2008 @ 3:58PM
catachip said...
He is thanking people in advance for the opportunity to blog on the website, prior to actually getting any feedback on his performance at a TUAW contributor.
I'm not sure where you're going with this...
5-06-2008 @ 3:00PM
nate said...
All those hot girls with the slicked back hair and you dated a computer? You define geek. :)
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