Geeky Jack ‘o Lanterns

October 28, 2009 by Casey | 0 comments

It’s nearly time for Halloween, which means the flickering lights of jack ‘o lanterns on doorsteps. Here’s what wikipedia says about jack ‘o lanterns:

In a jack-o’-lantern, typically the top is cut off, and the inside flesh then scooped out; an image, usually a monstrous face, is carved onto the outside surface, and the lid replaced. At night a light is placed inside to illuminate the effect. The term is not particularly common outside North America, although the practice of carving lanterns for Halloween is.

Of course, a “monstrous face” isn’t always the only thing on the menu, and why go for the usual when you can show your personality? In my experience, one of the best ways to spot a geek home is what we choose to carve into our pumpkins. And hey, there’s still a few days left until Halloween. Plenty of time to get some inspiration…

To start out with, of course, all of our pumpkin photographs are licensed through Creative Commons. Though this is the only one that is actually a Creative Commons pumpkin. Providing a flexible range of protections and freedoms for pumpkin carvers everywhere! – base10 (CC)

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Next up, a batch of geek icon pumpkins. Display your inner fanboy/girl on your doorstep for all to see! After all, if you can’t find the perfect Chewbacca costume to wear yourself, you can always just put his face on a pumpkin. Here we also have a Cylon, Spider-Man, Strongbad, Death from the Sandman universe, and Captain Jack (’o lantern?) Harkness. – metalchris (CC), oskay (CC), randycox (CC), frozenchipmunk (CC), qwirksilver (CC), monkeyboy69 (CC)

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Of course, if you really want to show your geek cred, here are some technology-themed options. Really, really excited about that Windows 7 launch? Or maybe you just want to spread the good word of BSD. Or maybe you pulled yourself away from the Xbox 360 (or from playing Katamari Damacy) just long long enough to carve the pumpkin. – zeusandhera (CC), sleighboy (CC), penner42 (CC), rakka (CC)

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I was hoping to find some pumpkins carved with entire physics equations, but this was the best I could do. Still, if you’re a fan of pumpkin pi… – jpstanley (CC)

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