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You're gonna have to face it ...
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.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Constm said 2:37PM on 5-06-2008
Looks like Power Macintosh 5500 (5400?)
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Robert Palmer said 4:10PM on 5-06-2008
And Constm gets it in one. Wow. I'm going to have to come up with more complicated challenges from now on. :)
Robert Palmer said 4:10PM on 5-06-2008
Oh -- and it's a Power Mac 5500, ftw.
Rodrigo said 2:38PM on 5-06-2008
Macintosh Performa 5200 PowerPC
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Jericon said 2:39PM on 5-06-2008
I concur. Looks a lot like a 5200 to me.
Rodrigo said 2:41PM on 5-06-2008
ok i think it is this
Power Macintosh 5200 LC: Sold only to the education market. Features a 500 MB hard drive.
guerro said 2:43PM on 5-06-2008
No, that is the 5400/5500 series case. The 5200 was slightly different in case design.
Stephen said 2:38PM on 5-06-2008
LC 520! I used one too.
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actionbastard said 2:39PM on 5-06-2008
5200/75.
The 'Star Trek' shirt explains why you're asleep every night.
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Vidyut Luther said 2:41PM on 5-06-2008
Do you find Macs Simply irresistible ? Are you Addicted to Macs?
Thanks for letting me do this!
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Shane Stout said 2:42PM on 5-06-2008
Powermac 5200??
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kertof said 2:46PM on 5-06-2008
performa 5000 series obviously, I had one, it still sits on my old desk...
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George Pyrgiotakis said 2:47PM on 5-06-2008
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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Pete said 2:47PM on 5-06-2008
I say Performa 5300CD...
I had one and it was Education Store Only...
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Andy said 2:50PM on 5-06-2008
You dated a Mac?
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Galley said 2:50PM on 5-06-2008
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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Michael said 2:55PM on 5-06-2008
"... 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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Mitch said 2:55PM on 5-06-2008
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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catachip said 3:58PM on 5-06-2008
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...
nate said 3:00PM on 5-06-2008
All those hot girls with the slicked back hair and you dated a computer? You define geek. :)
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