Geek Music
Now maybe I’m not hip anymore and maybe we geeks just aren’t very “cool” but darn it, we can sing! I’ve been meaning to mention Roumen’s NetBeans song for some time now. First of all, the lyrics are fantastic but you really need to listen to him sing it! If you don’t think NetBeans is worth checking out yet, the song should convince you 
When I first stumbled on the NetBeans Song, I certainly didn’t realize that this was a trend! Today I was catching up on some of my podcasts when I gave Michael Mahemoff’s Basics of Ajax podcast a listen. Ajax Patterns is a great resource (I’m very interested in the book!) and I also enjoy Software As She’s Developed. What really stood out in this particular podcast though was the very end where he included OK-Cancel’s first-rate HCI Rap “We Got It.” Now, you really have to be a geek to fully appreciate it but trust me, you have to give this a listen! I’m a closet HCI guy and I was really jamming along, but, apparently I still can’t dance… Are there other examples of geek music out there?
May 2nd, 2006 at 10:22 pm
One of my favorites was the song about the DeCSS code - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/DeCSS/Gallery/css_descramble_joe_wecker.mp3
I also recall a song about CARP from the BSD guys, and now discover there is a whole heap of songs with mp3 and ogg recording at http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html.
Then there was a recording of Stallman singing the free software song, and various remixes - http://www.gnu.org/music/free-software-song.html
Lastly the recording at http://rathergood.com, although mybe not geeky, may appeal to geeks (they appeal to me, especially “we Like the Moon” http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/)
July 25th, 2006 at 7:08 pm
[…] I’ve posted about geek music before (and in case you missed it, my cubicle is dead on) so when I ran into Tim Bray’s The DOM Song, I just had to put up a link to it! As someone that has done his fair share of hand to hand combat with the DOM, I found this quite amusing […]
October 9th, 2006 at 8:29 pm
[…] I have a real thing for “Geek Music” (see My Cubicle and The DOM Song too) so when I ran into Code Monkey Like You over on Crazy Bob’s site I just had to post a link. Based on this song I’ve subscribed to Jonathan Coulton podcast and I hope the RIAA and MPAA get what can happen when people are allowed the freedom given under innovative licenses like those of the Creative Commons. Of course with the recent Google and YouTube news, we might see a lot more of this kind of work… […]