[clug] MicroTux

[Darren Freeman]

Hi all,

well it took me a while to get around to it, but here is the MicroTux I
promised.

Starting with the image on the below mentioned site (in PNG form),
128x128, I first created a bi-level outline that looked about right to
my eyes.

Then I used the ANU Focused Ion Beam and my custom lithography software
(running on GNU/Linux of course) to raster the bi-level image onto a
film of AMTIR-1 chalcogenide glass, which is the material I stare at
most days. Each pixel is 50 nm. For reference, parts of his feet are one
pixel wide. The ion beam has milled away a shallow Tux-shaped trench,
maybe 200 nm deep. It took 60 seconds.

I'll do a more decent page about it later if people are interested, and
find a Slashdot hardened server to put it on :) But here is a low-res
JPEG to prove I did it!

Perhaps I'll offer to sign Linus's CPU if he comes to Canberra for the
conference. Larry Ewing can have one too (he drew Tux).

Have fun,
Darren

On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 03:30, Francis James Whittle wrote:
> There's an SVG version @ http://www.sodipodi.com/index.php3?
> section=gallery/logos
> 
> Also has The BSD daemon and a few others (including an evil one or two).
> 
> I'm not really in with the whole micron-cpu-signing crowd....
> 
> Cheers,
> Francis