It's that time again - time for a caption contest that is. We'll start out, as always, with our basic rules:
- Leave your funniest clean caption in the comments section below. We reserve the right to delete captions that we deem inappropriate.
- Captions submitted any other way besides in the comment section, whether it be smoke signal, carrier pigeon, feedback form, email or otherwise, will not be accepted!
- Captions will be accepted from the moment this post goes live until tomorrow, June 12th at 2 p.m. Mountain Time.
- A crack team of humor experts will pick the winner and we will announce it on Friday (June 14th).
Here's the image:
The winning caption: "In the Jurassic Age, data was transferred in Mega Bites…" - Member #430268!
And for the prize we are going to keep it simple - $100 in SparkFun credit! Good luck and may the best caption win!
One-eyed, one-armed, purple PCB eater.
You know that song was a hit a LONG TIME AGO. My age is showing for voting this one up! Sheb Wooley, where are you?
"I much prefer this to the other Flora I've seen around"
In the Jurassic Age, data was transferred in Mega Bites...
T/Rx
Can't reach connector...arms to short....
Can't reach connector...arm to short...
you mean "Can’t reach connector…arm too short…"
That's me, Mr. grammar nazi
Third Hand (RETIRED) Replacement: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9317 The new version has a more stable base and does not require feeding.
The extinct version of the Helping Hand.
Do I have a chip in my tooth?
The LilyPad, for all your T-Rextiles. Er, E-Textiles. Whatever.
I wish Sparkfun open-sourced the nutrition facts...
Whoever said this was a "Raspberry Pi" was clearly lying to me.
Error: ARM processor does not have the required capacity!
My arms only support microSD.
Here we examine the Lilysaurus Rex protecting its treasure.
Corvax found that no matter how much he tried, the reset button remained out of reach, basically rendering his LilyPad bricked for good.
...and that's why we no longer use dinosaurs as test fixtures.
Jurassic Spark!
when god created TRex he said: "thou shall not have ARMs", and gave them Amtel instead.
Tx port? I thought you said T-Rex port.
Good till the last byte.
"Gahh! I'm running out of space(again)... I'll give this board a few more bytes."
New product Friday: DinoVise. Fully articulated, amazing grip, static-free skin. Get yours before the next Ice Age wipes them out.
Jurassic Park 4, coming via audio to your Lilypad soon.
By the time Dr Fritzboomer realized his Frisbuino Time Machine was a bad idea, it was too late for his dog...
Sparkfun is giving away a free Lilypad, there's just one catch . . .
Mmmm... Tastes like chicken!?
A little late to this party, but my first thought for a caption was...
"Dino-byte!!"
How the Gorn could have defeated Kirk.
32 Kilobytes I think I can kill it in one.
Who said dinosaurs can't go to college for electrical engineering?
The new star of the movie Jurassic Spark.
This dinosaur lives in the Jurastatic Age.
Lilypad: more processing power than a T-Rex's brain.
The IC age, not to be confused with the ice age.
The Lillypad MP3 is Dino-mite!!!
Sigh... Mom, Rex ate Buzz Lightyear again! (Toy Story)
nice... I was actually going to post something similar, but you beat me to the punch
A Byte a day keeps prehistoric knowledge away
Sorry professor, I couldn't complete my lab work. A dinosaur ate my Lilypad.
The same amount of memory , yet, different sizes...
"It's an Arduino board! I know this!"
(Sorry, I just wanted an excuse to quote Jurassic Park )
How many MegaBites you think that thing can handle?
Rex's sad attempt of becoming an herbivore.
The dire consequences of testing the first prototype Infinite Improbability Drive
Eat my shorts!
Enticing her prey with a Lilypad mp3...Clever girl...
Back off! Get your own Lilly Pad!
How Grimlock became a Dinobot...
"Dino DNA!"
"Sorry guys my pet ate my homework." --To Senior Design team
E-textile tastes nothing like reptile.
Tasty chips... now where's the solder paste dipping sauce?
I've got your Arduino right here. Come and get it.
forgive my ignorance, but has the winner been announced yet? where?
Mom,a bright light appeared and opened a vortex,sucking me into a parrell universe.all the cavemen were wearing coverings.they taste much better than our cavemen. what?, oh this thing? i think it was attached to their coverings...i thought it was just roughage...
So it's not coding errors. There is a short in the space time continuum.
Introducing the all new LillyPad 2 - Low Fat - Zero Cholesterol - High Fiber - Breakfast Alternative!
What happens when sparkfun gets drunk
"Ok, got it from that boring singing Teddy Bear as you told me to do. Now make my eyes shoot lasers as you promised!"
...and for only a small up-charge, Sparkfun will ship you your new Lilypad Fed-Rex.
The Creationist museum find more proof that dinosaurs and man coexisted....:)
"Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal" -Wash, late pilot of the starship serenity
Ha ha ha! Mine is an evil laugh.
Spoiler alert, jeez :\
A leaf on the wind...
If anybody makes any jokes about my small arms, the LilyPad is going to die.
Although the fauna of that era was quite different, the flora was exactly the same.
Tastes just like velociraptor.
Release your creativity! With lilypad you make fantasies with intelligence. But be careful not to overdo the realism, otherwise you will scare your friends!
Sometimes it's okay to admit defeat; this is one bug I think I'll let resolve itself.
Yea, I'm into Arduino...Wanna make somethin out of it?
This stuff will probably be the death of me
Bigger tastes better
contrary to popular belief, the T-Rex was a vegitarian
Trying to go vegan isn't working out... this Lilypad sure does scratch the roof of your mouth!
From a young age, T-Rex learned to pick the wearables off his dinner. The circuit boards gave him indigestion.
Jurassic - Spark! (Fun)
New specie named Arduinosaur, with LED-lit eyes, is found near the Boulder area, Colorado.
Zombie Robot.....(Obviously a zombie robot would eat robot brains...)
"Wait, I don't have ears to listen LilyPad mp3, this deserves the extinction"
Lilypad accessory - Prehistoric motion sensor
I got a big head and small arms... I don't think this was well thought out.
"It's a living."
If all we can find to eat are Lilypads, we'll go extinct.
Curse your sudden but inevitable form-factor change!
ARM have recently announced the processor to be used in future mobile devices... ARM 0
Open the door. Get on the floor. Everybody code like a dinosaur.
Take a bite of the Lillipad MP3 Player. It’s better than Rasberry Pi. Message T/Rx’ed.
Rex our spokesman "Introducing the new Dinoduino"
With this technology, those mammals don't stand a chance...
T/Rx is != vegetarian..
The raptor's last-ditch attempt to build an asteroid diverting device failed when he discovered that his chosen processor was not powerful enough for the application.
Just one more byte!
now where did I put the conductive thread & needle??
"Ah, yes! What I've always wanted, a giant Lily.... What!? Wait! Why are you guys so large all of a sudden?"
Sparkasaurus' evil plan to take over Spark Fun was thwarted when he did not heed 'The Moment of Truth' post and double check the polarity of his capacitors in his Evil Gigantinator Ray Gun.
sigh "Still missing an arm[CPU]..."
Hey kiddies, I'm old school, I solder with my effing teeth.
MINE! All MINE!
Yo dawg, We heard you like to communicate. So we put a T-/RX in a T-REX
Sparkfun, pets allowed.
Now if I could just sew this into my jumper i can finally make that robot arm. To fix these silly little things.
Sparkfun goes back in time to answer the question that's been bothering every modern scientist: "Did dinosaurs disco?"
Historians report that, despite inventing Ultimate LED Frisbee, Tyrannosaurus Rex struggled in the local leagues.
A bit crunchy on the palate, with hints of lead and polymer, and a smooth aftertaste
Mmm, those time travelers were tastEE! Hey... what does this say? "If found, please return to Chicxulub." Huh. OK.
Chips are not a good diet, TRex.
AVR - not going the way of the dinosaurs any time soon.
Jurassic Spark - fun!
It followed me home. Can I keep it?
I CAN HAZ TECH?
Think wearable computing will be a big thing? You bet Jurassic!
If Trex had been a flower-eater it may have survived extinction.
Argh!!!! Segmentation Faults!!!!!
Rexy finds electronics sew fun!
Ugh, who let the Tyrannosaurus Rex out in the E-Textiles section again?
"Honey, you know chips aren't healthy..."
"My dinosaur ate my Lilypad MP3."
Before SparkFun was created, this is the best "third hand" you could find.
dinosaurs were actually very smart, they had electronics...but there's no record of this since they kept eating it all
coincidentally this is how they went extinct
This is how "cavemen" soldered, before the third hand was invented.
How about this byte then!
This confirms my suspicion, dinosaurs inveted the transitor before us! Paleontologists have been lying all along... Who knows what else they have been lying about? Maybe, Dinosaurs drove monster trucks and wore business suits to work!
Technovore says,"Wiff one if theeth ith groun?"
"Eat your food dear, just a few more bytes and you can have dessert."
I hate it how whenever I order lilypad salad I always end up with a little bit stuck in my teeth.
I love the taste of chips in the morning. They taste like... victory!
In the year 65,000,000 BC, they didn't have conductive thread. So they had to make do with what was readily available...
Yum! This ain't no Flora!
Young Roy, 65 million years ahead of his time: "Dad, look what I made! And it works, too -- but it says there's an asteroid coming..."
Early prototypes of Mechagodzilla didn't look as badass as expected
Figure 2a: T-Rex Serial Transfer, as many bytes as it wants, no stop bit.
It's round, it's purple, and it tickles the taste buds -- are you SURE this isn't a RaspberryPi?
With the unfortunate extinction of our edible electronics customer base, we converted the popular grape flavor into a wearable electronics platform.
Modern day PIC Users always knew who invented the ATmega chips.
It's the way of evolution: you've got your winners -- and you've got your losers.
Mine! All Mine!
Anyone for a quick game of Lilypad frisbee
Artist's depiction of the recently discovered Duino-Raptor.
TrXing my MegaBytes
Lilypad plays Armageddon soundtrack. Wait, what...
I'm not hungry...just glad to see you.
when dealing with electronics, avoid shorts
Having an insatiable appetite for frogs, Rex employs the use of a highly attractive purple LilyPad to attract his prey. BWAHAHAHA!
Can has lilypad?
Clever girl.
Let play fetch!
My buddy adafruit and raved about how great they are, but this thing tastes more like a LilyPad. I think I'll stick to RaspberryPi.
Here's hoping that's lead free solder, and I hope Dino has good dental. FR4 on the incisors causes cavities!
nom nom nom...lilypad good!!! (in caveman speak)
When snacking on (micro)chips, the evolved Lilysaurus Wrecks prefers LQFPs over DIPs.
Grumpy 1 - Borg 0
Look ma, no hands!
Lillypad. So easy a t-rex can do it.
Arrrrrrrr... Better than rice cakes.
Just because it's lead free, doesn't mean it's calorie free >.
The new Lily Pad MP-REX!
"Dinosaurs can't innovate anymore, my ass!"
Many believe an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, but no! It was the lack of anti-static wrist straps.
Once I figure out how to use this, I will be unstoppable! Muhahah!!!
as seen here, late Cretaceous models of the LilyPad were.... a tad large.
I still don't have ARMs, but now I have ATmega!
If only they had used silver solder, maybe they wouldn't have gone extinct...
What's the matter, kid? You never had Lily Pads?
Before SMT we had three-toed linear voltage regulators, now they're clearly dinosaurs!
Common cause associated with the following error message: avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00. Always ensure your devices are properly connected and free of small prehistoric creatures.
"No T-Rex, That's my Lillypad. You can't have it NOOO"
Why "LizardPad" never made it to the SFE store!
Playing catch and listening to music. Oh frisbee, you're my only friend!
And you thought Photoshop 1.0 (1990) was a dinosaur...
Ha! Look at me! This'll confuse some in a few million years! Ha!
Back to the future...
Hmmm, so that's what makes Buzz work.
Programmer needed !!!
Darn... It really looked like a Frisbee until I caught it.
A spell-check mishap resulted in 500 "are you dino"s for the dings and dents section.
Sexy Rexy shows off the new LizzardPad. Byte marks are at a .1 in spacing.
LillyPad so easy a Dinosaur can do it.
Grrrrrr, I need it for "Electronic Park" !
How in the world am I going to sew this lilypad to my skin?
The new and amazing JurassicPad! Note: T-rex Shield not included
If only I had this lilypad, my blinking T could have warned the others that the sky is falling
Lilli-Raptor, Size doesn't matter.
"I'm going to give you, mp, 3 mega bites."
Rex's food now gets a chase montage.
Why couldn't this short have been a solder bridge?
Welcome to Jurassic Spark
EATDUINO! YUMYUMYUMYUM,
Why might a carnivore be toting a LilyPad you ask? Because it quite attracts the herbivores, especially when you add blinky lights!
Me get lily pad, now where tasty frog?
Enik was not guarding the cystal chamber...again!
Finally, Arduino is going to implement the chomp function.
CRAP!!! missed that frog again....
That lilypad was all that was left of the sparkfun fashionista.
Only, If my tongue could fit in this small jack, maybe I could listen to some mating calls!
Oh, so that is how you get I2C on the Lilly Pad to work.
Wow, that Lilypad looks so real.
"I have no clue what I'm doing"
Some geeks around to play Freesbino with me ?
Finally, some chips I can sink my teeth into.
Wearable technology was a lot more cumbersome 65 million years ago.
Honey, I shrunk the T-Rex.
Mr. Bones thought it was about time to kick things up a notch in the diorama.
Sad Trex can't sew. Please, will you sew for me?
LILLYPAD - Y U NO HAVE PUDDING?
COOOOOKEY !!!!!!!
Blehh! They told me that chips would taste better than this!
Early electronics were much larger than they are today; and tastier.
We now know how dinosaurs got extinct thanks to data recovered from Rex's datalogger proyect.
As Theodore gingerly inserted the last piece into his time machine, he thought about all those delicious humans in 2013, and thanked his lucky stars that someone invented the Super Giant Ultra Arduino Lilypad Mega. Never again would those tiny arms be a hindrance to his electronics projects.
After getting fired from Jurassic Park, Dennis T. Nedry got a job at SFE. He created a mini T-Rex so he could steal the designs for the Lily-pad. I guess he didn't know the LilyPad is opensource!
Datasheet says you may use your mouth while soldering if you only have one arm and one leg.
E-textiles are so user friendly that most anyone can try.
nom nom nom
nom nom... rom
The Lilypad was originally inspired by this 20 foot device currently kept in Area 51 and a favorite play toy of one of the residents.
It turns out that this board has a faulty bite!
Aw man! Noggert said the lilypads tasted awesome. I disagree. If only they came with FTDI
Tyrannosaurus Rex will one day find a murse to carry his LilyPad in. Until then, he hungers for arduino blood.
... Dinosaurs eat LilyPads. SparkFun inherits the earth.
In our next class we were going to teach dinosaurs how to light up their tails, but they eated it.
Extincted? HA! Flux capacitor...fluxing...Geico caveman, back on the menu!
If he can do SMD soldering, then so can I!
Tastes like chicken!
The palaeontology department's recreation artist decided that subtly was the key with less than a month before his birthday.
T-Rex's submission for the protofeather design contest.
What? My boom box is broken.
Using an Arduino with a camera, at long last Emcee finally determines who's been taking his spare parts and missing socks.
Even though Rex was supposed to be a carnivore, he preferred eating lily pads.
T-Rex didn't care what the other dinosaurs thought. Purple is so his colour.
I got a lily pad mp3 I got a lily pad mp3 today hay hay hay
This is a UFO, right? Tasty Extra Terrestrials inside, right?
Geeze, this Lilly Pad isn't as tender as the last one!
Good boy! Now bring it back!
TRex doesn't want to be fed. He wants to hunt.
Wait....this isn't a frisbee???
A confused carnivorous T-Rex eating a LilyPad microcontroller...does this make it an herbivore or a microvore???
Simple guide to living ahead of times in the Jurassic age! Be a Hack-o-saur!
Better Eat your Lilly Pads!
Hmm, the lilypads in the electronic pond have a much different flavor.
Imagine if you will a dinosaur, possibly a TRex or something, who's hunger was only satiated by electronic devices. This is, the Scary Door.
Hey. Look at that weird mirror...
Yup... To scale.... Definitely...