Windows 7 party with seven 7×7 In-N-Out burgers
SmugMug’s Craig Meakin downs a 7×7 for Windows 7 by Chris MacAskill
First, let me preface this by saying this is a great way to kill yourself, and that I rarely eat meat or cheese, let alone 7 patties and 7 slices. Please go read this book and this one if you’d like to know how I stay skinny, healthy, cancer- and heart-disease free. Except when Windows 7 isn’t driving our company mentally insane.
So our Windows 7 copies arrived today, and some moron (my brother) decided that SmugMug needed to have a Windows 7 launch party like everyone else in the world. Except unlike everyone else in the world, we needed to eat 7×7s at In-N-Out Burger. (Yes, that’s 7 beef patties and 7 slices of cheese on each burger). And we needed 7 of them, which meant seven Smuggies.
So with the Birthday Boy (a copy of Windows 7) in hand, off we went to In-N-Out. Dude taking our order explained they no longer make 7×7s (we’ve ordered larger in the past, I’ve seen photos of 100×100s), and that 4×4s were as large as they could go. We begged and pleaded, then called In-N-Out corporate HQ for special dispensation. No such luck – 4×4s are the max from on-high.
SmugMug builds their own 7×7 burgers at In-N-Out by Chris MacAskill
That’s ok, we can do math. 7 4×4s + 7 3×3s, plus a little manual dexterity, and we had accomplished our unholy feat: Windows 7 with seven 7×7 burgers. Better yet, 5 of us actually managed to eat the whole thing. (I even ate all 4 buns, alone among our triumphant victors).
Seven SmugMugs eat seven 7×7 burgers at In-N-Out for Windows 7 by Chris MacAskill
Whew.
The seven 7×7s race is on! by Chris MacAskill
Welcome to the world, Windows 7!
SmugMug’s Craig Meakin is in it to win it! by Chris MacAskill
Now, O Wondrous Wizard of Windows, can you please tell Internet Explorer 8 to get with the program? It *really* needs a speed boost, support for rounded corners plus gradients, and by all means, JPEG/GIF/PNG favicons! Thanks!
See all the SmugMug Windows 7 party photos.
Tags: 7x7, burger, in-n-out, launch party, party, smugmug, windows 7
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:57 am
As gross as it sounds, those photos have me craving a 4×4 (or even a 7×7).
I haven't eaten at an In-and-Out in 9 years (last I lived in the US).
October 25th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
No human being should consume that much meat in one seating.
October 25th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Smugmug is a Windows shop?
I thought you guys would be a Mac / Linux shop especially based on the 'alternative' (open source, Sun, etc) OS's you use to run to your servers. I feel a bit disappointed to hear that..
(Not trying to start an OS flame war here – just was surprised to see "Windows" and "Smugmug" in the same line pop up in my RSS reader)
October 25th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
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October 26th, 2009 at 2:28 am
Just moved to Minnesota last week… No more In-n-Out… ><
What was I thinking?
October 26th, 2009 at 2:51 am
You are a PC…
October 26th, 2009 at 2:54 am
Reminds me of my 18th birthday. Took down an 18×18 with a knife and fork, then went into a beef coma. God, a 4×4 animal style sounds good.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:18 am
What? Did my last comment get pulled? I merely stated that from what I've read on SmugMug forums, there's plenty of healthy eaters (if not devoutly vegetarian/vegan) at SmugMug, due to the president of the company getting everyone to read The China Study. There's a long forum thread about it. Maybe they didn't like me linking directly to it?
October 26th, 2009 at 4:21 am
Also, re: Windows vs. Macs. You Mac people need to lighten-up. 85% of the world (or U.S.?) uses Windows. So as a company that serves up a *LOT* of images and webpages to Windows users, you'd better hope that they have some Windows machines in their shop. (At least as a customer that's what I hope.)
Not to worry about their loyalties — I remember hearing that more than a few of their engineers run Windows inside of VM sessions running on their Macs. Is that ok with you Mac-heads? Yeesh.
October 26th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
@Davis – we're all on Macs, but we use Windows every day also, since our customers use it, too
So we use both!
October 27th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Good work fella's. The pics are great.
October 28th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
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November 15th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Your party made it to the official In-n-Out Burger fan page on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/pages/In-N-Out-Burger/291...
November 15th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Wow… amazing. Almost enough to get a nikon user to switch over.
November 16th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I wonder what is available for the Vegan at In N Out. Only thing I came up with was French Fries. These photos crack me up, thanks for sharing.