Shave of the century
Some of the dramatis personae in the most famous shave of the 21st century... Linus Benedict Torvalds (extreme left) and Ben Powell (extreme right), co-organiser of LCA2009.
Danni "Dex" Prescott and Jared "Flame" Herbohn; she is holding the Queensland GEEK number plate that was used to motivate people to bid at the auction. The plate will be officially transferred to fellow geek Elspeth for one year.
Arjen Lentz (right), who offered to donate his spare locks to raise funds for the Tasmanian devil research project, waits for the process to begin.
First lamb to the slaughter... the barber's cloth descends on Lentz who tries to think of better times.
The master approaches... Linus watches keenly, anxious to avoid the same mistakes he made while clipping his dog.
Linus provides a running commentary as he watches and learns.
Linus gingerly begins the process of shearing Lentz.
Ouch, that hurt a bit.
Ahhh, that is much better
Would the gentleman like his left ear cut off before his right?
Come to think of it, he does resemble a pengiun somewhat.
Bdale Garbee tells the crowd about the emails he exchanged with his wife after he made the pledge to remove his beard in order to raise funds for research into the ills plaguing the Tasmanian devil.
The first of that illuminating series of emails.
Karen's second email.
The natural reaction of a caring wife.
... another reaction from Bdale's spouse.
Consider this... Bdale grew his beard while in college and had not removed it for nearly 27 years.
Karen ponders how Bdale can get a bit of his own back...
... and comes up with a very logical answer.
One down, one more to go... the bearded Bdale smiles before submitting himself to the master barber, Linus.
The die is cast... Linus hammers the last nail in the coffin of Bdale's beard.
This is typical Linus, the playful geek. He cut just one strand of the beard using the shears.
Bdale holds on to Tuz, the mascot for the 2009 LCA, for comfort, as Linus begins to trim one of the most famous beards in the FOSS world.
Grinning and bearing it... Bdale comforts himself with the thought that losing his beard is not nearly so difficult as a Debian release.
Linus adds some finishing touches and concludes that Bdale has no chin.
Grins all around, but for the man in the middle it is more of a grimace.
Getting the left side to match the right... by this stage, Linus felt pretty confident so he used just one hand to de-beard Bdale.
The best razor in the Tasmanian capital finds it difficult going in the thicket of what remains of Bdale's beard.
Ben Powell could only manage to find a broken car mirror for the shave of the century.
Bdale washes off some of the fluff from his face before daring to take a look and see what geeks and dares have wrought.
The baby-faced cherub formerly known as Bdale Garbee looks at a tissue after wiping his face. He did lose a few drops of blood during the ordeal.
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