Geeky yarmulke

By at 9:14 am Wednesday, Jun 1

Avi, a Jewish geek, has procured a magnificent hand-crocheted yarmulke bedecked with logos and effigies of modern gadgets. Y'know, I end up wearing a yarmulke at least once a year for a funeral or wedding or ba[t|r]-mitzvah. I would totally buy one of these.
Male Orthodox Jews wear yarmulkas (or, in Hebrew, a "kippah") to show deference to God above us. Many Jews choose the specific fabric of the yarmulka to identify with specific religious or political sub-groups; I have chosen a design to identify with an iPod, a Treo, and a PSP. God help me.

My wife Leah spent three months crocheting the gadget yarmulka based on a design I created for her. She is not pleased with the idea that I'm going to want a new one with different gadgets - maybe a WiMAX logo? Nokia 8801? Motorola PEBL? - in a few months.

Link (via Gizmodo)

show full bio

Cory Doctorow

Jun 1, Sydney Vivid
Jul 14, London EFF Speakeasy
Jun 18, Dublin Internet Freedom		Context (essays)
With a Little Help (short stories)
For the Win (YA novel)
Makers (adult novel)

Comments are closed.

Where not otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Boing Boing is a trademark of Happy Mutants LLC in the United States and other countries.