The satellite dish, being one of the most recognizable symbols of technological progress, gets various funny and artistic treatments from creative individuals around the world. A plain vanilla white dish seems to be just as offensive to the senses as the dumb beige of the standard PC hardware. No wonder people bring out the colors and make that "telecommunication flower" bloom all over the place.

Whole city blocks seem to have joined the "psychedelic dish" movement:

Happy Satellite Dish - an obvious idea?

Some of the more standard designs you can order from this site.

Another painted face, found in the neighborhood:

Dishes, hand-painted by artist Julien Celdran:

Pierre Marcel's TV snail design:

"A CIA tracking station during the Cold War; they were fairly certain that the Soviets knew about it and were taking satellite images of it. So, they painted a big smiley face on one of the dishes specifically for the Soviets amusement."