Dom Del Torto is an animator currently living in the UK. Dom Del Torto's laptop is a MacBook Pro currently living 3,000 miles away in Iran. This was not a planned separation.


In fact, Del Torto would desperately like for his laptop (and iPad, at that) to return, but both were stolen in early February after someone broke into his London flat. The iPad is still missing, but the laptop, which Del Torto cleverly loaded with Hidden App, came to life after about a month of not being connected to the internet to let him know exactly where it was. And what its new owners were doing.

So naturally, he decided to create the tumblr Dom's laptop is in Iran to document the hijinks and misadventures of these unassuming Iranian Jenga enthusiasts.


In all likelihood, These are not the people who stole his laptop. Plus, there's little he can actually do, since Iran is out of the police's jurisdiction—but he did, at the very least, get to make a new friend sort of a little bit. The whole tumblr is delightful, and you can check it out in its entirety right over here. [Dom's laptop is in Iran via The Telegraph]

Update: The story has a happy(ish) ending! The new owners of Dom's laptop discovered his site, clarified that they're not the ones who stole it, and asked how best to get it back to him. As Dom explains in his final update:

The innocent new owners of my laptop have been in touch and are mortified about the story and are keen to return the laptop. Given the huge error of judgement on my part in sharing the story and failing to respect their privacy I have asked them to keep it by means of an apology.

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Previously our images took steps to hide the identities of the Iranians in possession of Dom's notebook, but given the circumstances—and the potential for undeserved reprisals—we've removed all but one of them from this post, and hidden any identifying characteristics in the one that remans.