Gold computer chip ring

Over at Boing Boing Gadgets, Rob has the details on this 8-bit bit of bling, specifically an 18k gold ring cast from a 1981 Atari chip.
"1981 Atari Ring"

[#1 posted by mdh, March 30, 2009 10:56 AM]

Bling, meet Pong.

[#2 posted by Kevin Fox, March 30, 2009 11:26 AM]

Looks more like a 32K ring to me.

[#3 posted by Daemon, March 30, 2009 11:35 AM]

Nerdcore bling.

[#4 posted by GoldMatenes, March 30, 2009 11:46 AM]

I would like to know about the possibility of a 64k gold ring.

[#5 posted by Xopher, March 30, 2009 11:53 AM]

Silly and geeky.

Silly is a minus. Geeky is a plus.

(Please note: I consider almost all bling silly.)

[#6 posted by Patrick Dodds , March 30, 2009 12:04 PM]

In the continuing absence of a comment recommendation system on BB, here's a written one for #1.

[#7 posted by arkizzle, March 30, 2009 12:06 PM]

GoldMatenes,

Oh, they have 64k rings, but all the fingers are 32.. Just wait 'til Moore's starts affecting body parts.

[#8 posted by arkizzle, March 30, 2009 12:07 PM]

"I consider almost all bling silly."

I consider all bling silly, and I have the suffix "izzle" in my name.

[#9 posted by Anonymous, March 30, 2009 12:09 PM]

I would call this "blang". Wait for it...

[#10 posted by Roy Trumbull, March 30, 2009 12:21 PM]

Techie jewelry started many decades ago at EIMAC. They gifted folks with one of their mini tubes mounted to a tie clip.
Once upon a time vacuum tube volt meters had hot dog like probes that felt warm. Inside was a tube that was responsible for the high input impedance.

[#11 posted by eclectro, March 30, 2009 12:44 PM]

imho they chose the wrong part. There really is nothing special about a plastic case 24 pin DIP memory rom.There is really nothing to link it specifically to an atari 2600 as this (like other) parts was used widely in electronics.

[#12 posted by adonai, March 30, 2009 3:15 PM]

Are they working on a dual-core ring for the poweruser market?

[#13 posted by Dedalus, March 30, 2009 10:07 PM]

two dual-core's together for a server/brass knuckles feature

[#14 posted by Modusoperandi, March 31, 2009 6:56 AM]

Instead of gold, shouldn't it have a little bit of copper and great gobs of lead solder?

[#15 posted by arkizzle, March 31, 2009 7:06 AM]

"..a little bit of copper and great gobs of lead solder?"

Hmm.. I think you're missing the whole "bling" thing there, Modus..

[#16 posted by Modusoperandi, March 31, 2009 8:08 AM]

What says "Bling" better than lead poisioning, Mister Smartguy?

[#17 posted by jonesey, March 31, 2009 9:13 PM]

@11, you wouldn't be so cavalier if your childhood's most valued possession was an Atari 2600 and your dad knew this guy who worked for Activision and was able to supply me with raw chips just like these (except not gold) that I could insert into a case-less Atari cartridge that I could then very carefully insert into my 2600 using a tiny flathead screwdriver to open the slot and play those Activision games until the web between my thumb and forefinger was blistered all to hell and it was all free, no charge, because I was a pre-teen software pirate, so bittorrent eat your heart out. Sigh. Life is not as simple as it once was, but the effervescent joy of the run-on sentence lives on.

[#18 posted by Anonymous, May 24, 2009 2:39 PM]

Where can I buy this. I want to get it as a birthday gift for my boyfriend.