There is a guy out there who grabbed some tech-media attention out there when he got a Zune tattoo. The clear consensus was that he had serious issues if he (a) was going to tattoo a corporate logo permanently onto his body, and (b) seriously, dude, a Zune?? Headlines like “Area Man Gets More Tattoos, Fewer Dates” started popping up as the guy added a second, and then a third Zune tattoo (“Welcome to the Social,” pictured at right), likely fueled on by the attention.

Back in June, it was reported that Microsoft had found out about the guy and had decided to fly him out to Redmond for the “star treatment.” However, as far as I can tell, the only source of that info was the tattoo guy himself; at the end of the discussion board thread where he announced it, there was a note that the trip had been “delayed,” and no other information that I can find exists about any such event. Which suggests that either Microsoft sent out a feeler but then cancelled when they realized how bad it all looked, or the tattoo guy just made the whole thing up.

Well, apparently he needs more attention (though who wants attention when 99% of it is saying how big a loser you are?), as he now claims that he intends to legally change his name to “Microsoft Zune.”

There really isn’t that much to say beyond, (a) this guy needs attention from professionally trained people, and/or (b) he needs to have his Internet connection disabled before he hurts himself or those around him. There are limits to fanboy-ism. Not to mention bad taste.