Oren Eini

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Jul 04 2011

All the Rhinos in the World, Unite!

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Update: You can see all the photos here

Well, I might have gone a bit overboard, but I do like Rhinos.

Say hello to my crash of rhinos.

And here is a nice family of them:

I don’t get this way very often, but AWESOME!

Entering to the office…

And just to give you some perspective:

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04 Jul 2011
10:39 AM

Bogdan Marian

Do i see a rhino tatoo on your left arm?

04 Jul 2011
10:42 AM

Ayende Rahien

Bogdan, Yes

04 Jul 2011
10:49 AM

Christoff Truter

I live about 1km from a nature reserve (in Pretoria South Africa) thats got rhino, I guess you'll love it here :)

04 Jul 2011
10:50 AM

Igal Tabachnik

Dude, you look great! Congratulations!

Oh, and the rhinos look cool too! :)

04 Jul 2011
10:51 AM

Johan

Haha! That's alot of rhinos. Never realized thought that rhinos created so much awesomeness for my everyday worklife. :)

04 Jul 2011
11:52 AM

Miguel

Hello Ayende,

in Dortmund/Germany you can find the "flying rhino" in form of sculpture all around the city as it is the concert hall's heraldic animal. It is customized to the place and/or the organizations exhibiting them. Check this gallery for a small selection: http://www.rysch.com/nashorn/index.html

Best regards Miguel

04 Jul 2011
12:40 PM

Justin A

Ayende looks like he's single (hint: he's smiling)..... maybe he's in his honeymoon period. (or that i'm just jaded..)

Love the crash of rhino's :) So many!! And u have ink! And the collective noun connection to programming ...

Time to start a project/company called HibernatingWildCats .. cause their collective noun is called a destruction of cats (wild cats). RAWR! (sounds like my fail code -> all destructive)

04 Jul 2011
12:42 PM

Ayende Rahien

Justin, If you'll look closely, you can see my Wedding Ring.

04 Jul 2011
13:22 PM

Bogdan Marian

Yeap, the ring is there ... so to all she-programmers: Ayende's not free any more! ;)

04 Jul 2011
15:51 PM

Luk

Is that a rhino mezuzah?

04 Jul 2011
16:49 PM

Ayende Rahien

Luk, No, just a door plaque

05 Jul 2011
07:24 AM

Rob Ashton

My favourite is the black one in the second picture.

05 Jul 2011
08:23 AM

Ayende Rahien

Rob, That is a girl rhino :-) Seriously, BTW

05 Jul 2011
08:35 AM

Rob Ashton

You know, I just thought it was being aggressive, but now I see that pose in a whole new light.

05 Jul 2011
09:10 AM

iwayneo

i worry about you guys sometimes :D

05 Jul 2011
14:06 PM

Rob

All those rhinos, and not one Rhinox? For shame.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rhinox#Toys

06 Jul 2011
13:56 PM

doctor what

mmm... did you know that collecting things is an early symptom of OCD?

06 Jul 2011
20:35 PM

Mohammad Azam

This is awesome!

Now, lets take it to the next level and actually purchase a real Rhino as a pet. That would be epic!

08 Jul 2011
09:24 AM

Sergii Lazurenko

Awesome)) Thanks for good mood for all working day)

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