A miserable little pile of secrets. But enough talk! Have at those stickers! is what Dracula would say when encountering my now completely screwed up laptop. In fact, his image—including the iconic quip—is placed prominently in the middle. What started with just four stickers, mostly Emacs (Lisp) related quickly spiralled out of control after the arrival of my Redbubble order. I’m sorry, I tried neatly arranging them, I really did. But the end result is, as my wife called it, chaotic1. But in D&D, chaotic alignments can be good as well, right? Minsc is chaotic good? Sarevok can turn into being chaotic good if you treat him well in Throne of Bhaal? So here’s my chaotic good laptop: The 2020 MacBook Air covered in gloriously weird stickers. Now it’s just a matter of time before a conversation is sparked. It will depend on the sticker they choose to discuss whether they’ll become besties. While Ton chooses not to apply stickers to avoid a conversation about their meaning, I am actively trying to provoke it. Dear students, if you’re reading this: surprise me! Why don’t you try to guess which is which? I’ll hand out a few hints for each sticker and reveal their true nature in a spoiler tag below. From the top left to the bottom right: Big black cloudy square: FSF. Pixelated weirdo in long darkblue coat: an old pirate. Mini round foil sticker: a certain Paw that needs to be Patrolled. Big green skull: think old French adventure game. What is a man: I think I already spoiled that one; but which game? Next level round one: fantasy console Pixelated kid dressed in green clothers holding up a sword: does this really need a hint? Warning: this product may contain trace amounts of Lisp: an alien! Feeling Extra Fine: a fine writing implement A shocked skeleton: what’s the opposite of Mario? A towering purple tentacle: travel in time to find out Green pixelated asparagus: just food A round white E: the logo of an editor I’m using right now Mini round foil sticker: has a little brother called George A sink overflowing: GNU Emacs is literally on it We Rise At Dawn frog: what’s inside the jar? Small pixelated bug: involving grid-based tactical manoeuvring An old wizard with long beard sitting on a chair: related to the green skull Small pixelated bug: see 17 Menacing looking black bearded fellow with hat: looking for that pirate (The true meaning of the stickers) Big black cloudy square: The Free Software Foundation. Pixelated weirdo in long darkblue coat: Guybrush Threepwood in Monkey Island 2. Mini round foil sticker: A Paw Patrol sticker representing my youngest kid. Big green skull: The main antagonist, Amoniak, in Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon. What is a man: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Next level round one: UFO 50 Pixelated kid dressed in green clothers holding up a sword: The Legend of Zelda: a Link to the Past Warning: this product may contain trace amounts of Lisp: The Lisp Alien Feeling Extra Fine: just a silly Extra Fine nib representing my love for fountain pens. A shocked skeleton: Wario in a shocked state after touching electricity in Wario Land 3 A towering purple tentacle: Day of the Tentacle Green pixelated asparagus: really, just food! I love green asparagus! A round white E: Emacs Mini round foil sticker: Peppa Pig representing my eldest kid. A sink overflowing: GNU Emacs We Rise At Dawn frog: the frog is holding a baked loaf of sourdough bread and in another hand a jar of sourdough starter. Small pixelated bug: Into the Breach An old wizard with long beard sitting on a chair: the wizard Tazaar that guides you in Gobliins 2. Small pixelated bug: Into the Breach Menacing looking black bearded fellow with hat: LeChuck in Monkey Island 2 Perhaps I went a bit overboard with the (retro) gaming-related stickers. I had more but ran out of space. I realised too late that I was missing a music-related one. The biggest challenge was fixing a few overlapping edges that looked bad, where I had to rip off and redo a part of some stickers. The extra fine nib tip is already getting loose… I think she called it messy but since I’m not a big fan of football I decided to use the word chaotic instead. Get it? Messi? No? ↩︎ Related topics: / stickers / By Wouter Groeneveld on 16 October 2026.  Reply via email.