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Code Monkey Like Fritos

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sun Apr 23, 2006 12:24 PM
from the catchy-songs-in-your-head dept.
Media Music It's funny. Laugh.
Greyjack writes "Jonathan Coulton's latest song in his thing-a-week series, Code Monkey, is an anthem for under-appreciated developers everywhere. From the song: 'Code Monkey get up get coffee / Code Monkey go to job / Code monkey have boring meeting, with boring manager Rob / Rob say Code Monkey very diligent / But his output stink / His code not functional or elegant / What do Code Monkey think?' Like virtually everything he does, he's released it under a Creative Commons license -- go forth, download, and share the goodness!" Update: 04/23 19:23 GMT by SM: Several users have also provided a torrent.
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  • Back to work tomorrow after nice long Easter break - thanx for posting this Scuttle.
    Its going on my playlist in the morning ;)

  • And then... (Score:5, Funny)

    by pope1 (40057) on Sunday April 23 2006, @12:27PM (#15185372) Homepage
    CodeMonkey insert RootKit into corporate software installer.. give credit to Rob.
  • Robert Frost (though you're dead), watch out. This guy knows how to rhyme.

    • Re:Wow! (Score:3, Informative)

      by tiluki (74844)
      Reminds me of another little ditty a guy I used to work with was prone to hum...

      I'm a code monkey, baby.

      Climb up my binary tree.

      Ten thousand lines to debug.

      So don't fling shit at me.

  • Login Page :( (Score:5, Funny)

    by cyranoVR (518628) * <cyranoVR@nOspAm.gmail.com> on Sunday April 23 2006, @12:29PM (#15185381) Homepage Journal
    Rob say Code Monkey very diligent
    but his output stink
    his code not functional or elegant
    what do Code Monkey think
    Code Monkey think maybe manager oughta write goddamn login page himself

    I listened to this song just as I was reviewing my login page code for a project that's behind schedule :(

    At least now I have a cool song to rock out to while I check my project into cvs :D
    • Coulton is great. The first track of his I ever heard was "Mandelbrot Set". Gotta love a song that includes the lyrics "badass f'in fractal"

  • code monkey server (Score:5, Funny)

    by sl4shd0rk (755837) on Sunday April 23 2006, @12:32PM (#15185392)
    get slashdotted

  • mirror (Score:3, Funny)

    by PenguinX (18932) on Sunday April 23 2006, @12:33PM (#15185397) Homepage
    I think the slashdot monkey poo has killed the server

  • Here's a tip code monkey (Score:4, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 23 2006, @12:45PM (#15185448)
    Girls and frito breath aren't fond of each other.

  • Guy creates song and distributes it for free. Slashdot picks it up. People post their reactions. Many will be happy, but some will invariably complain about some aspect of the song or about the Creative Commons license or about singing in general.

    I think how you react to a work of art that someone has made available for free is a good litmus test of your outlook on life.

    • Re:Someone will find a way to complain about this (Score:5, Insightful)

      by kfg (145172) on Sunday April 23 2006, @01:07PM (#15185564)
      I think how you react to a work of art that someone has made available for free is a good litmus test of your outlook on life.

      Either that or it really does just plain suck.

      I have no idea where people get the idea that displaying a work of art for free is supposed to give it immunity to criticism.

      I suspect that most of the people who believe this are themselves the tortured artiste type who cannot seperate criticism of their work from criticism of their soul.

      For these type of people I can only say this:

      Dude, get a grip and think about this to brighten your day - Maybe your soul really does just plain suck.

      KFG

      • I suspect that most of the people who believe this are themselves the tortured artiste type who cannot seperate criticism of their work from criticism of their soul.

        Well, you are spot-on about me being a tortured artiste type. I'm glad you were able to quickly identify my classification and get to the heart of the matter.

        Actually I wasn't referring to criticism of the music itself. I should have more specifically stated that there will almost always be people ready to complain because the server is Slashdotted, or because the editors even posted the story in the first place, or because of something else. Something in the nature of threaded discussion like Slashdot brings out adversarial comments. That's a good thing, because it leads to thoughtful analysis. But it can also lead to criticism for its own sake, imho.

        Dude, get a grip and think about this to brighten your day - Maybe your soul really does just plain suck.

        Always a possibility, though I'm not sure how it'll brighten my day. Then again, something tells me you didn't really mean for it to brighten my day anyway.

    • Guy creates reaction to free song and distributes it on slashdot for free. Slashdot readers read it. People post their counter-reactions. Many will be happy, but some will invariably complain about some aspect of the reaction or about the poster's sig or about the slashdot community in general.

      I think how you react to people posting their opinions on slashdot is a good litmust test of your outlook on life.

    • I hate how your post over-generalizes about the characters on Slashdot. I think we should petition to have you removed, Mr. "Infonaut", if that's even your real name. I mean, you are complaning about complaining. How am I supposed to complain if you already complained about complaining? You are depriving me of my pleasure, and the sole reason I would LTFA. I mean, what's the point of listening to pop culture if not to complain about how much it sucks? Hell, what's the point of participating in pop culture i

      • So far your the only one upset about something.

        I've simply noticed lately that despite the abundance of free information and valuable tools that people give away for free, a surprising number of people snipe at the giftgivers for one reason or another. I wanted to see if my theory would be borne out with this story, because it is so clearly a case of someone simply giving something away.

        My guess is that a few of the sharpshooters will show up for this one.

        Did you get a login page to write as well?

  • For the love of god (Score:3, Insightful)

    by I Like Pudding (323363) on Sunday April 23 2006, @12:48PM (#15185462) Journal
    PUT UP A TORRENT! Linking to an mp3 off slashdot is a surefire way to kill a man's hosting.

  • Mirror of Mp3 (Score:5, Informative)

    by coolnicks (865625) on Sunday April 23 2006, @12:59PM (#15185525)
    Download here

    http://data.coolnicks.co.uk/Code Monkey.mp3 [coolnicks.co.uk]

  • Surprisingly good (Score:5, Informative)

    by Henry V .009 (518000) on Sunday April 23 2006, @01:01PM (#15185535) Journal
    My God, a Creative Commons song that's actually good. And makes fun of a fat computer programmer. I love it.

    Slashdot has obviously been replaced by bizaro-Slashdot. I won't be able to relax until this story has been duped three times.
  • I work for Tub Monkey as a Tech Monkey [tubmonkey.com] so this song is perfect for me. :)
  • I've been a fan of Jonathan Coulton for a while now. He's got dozens of songs freely available on his web site, but here are a few of the ones that I think /.ers might particularly like: "Better" "Skullcrusher Mountain" "Gambler's Prayer" "Re Your Brains" Enjoy.
  • then laugh.

    Code monkey isn't only one who like Fritos.
    Puggy from Big Trouble like Fritos too. People who have seen the movie will know who I'm talkin' about.
  • Maybe a torrent should have been included in the summary...

  • White Collar Holler by Nigel Russell (Score:5, Interesting)

    by DrJimbo (594231) on Sunday April 23 2006, @01:28PM (#15185651)
    Well, I rise up every morning at a quarter to eight
    Some woman who's my wife tells me not to be late
    I kiss the kids goodbye, I can't remember their names
    And week after week, it's always the same

    And it's Ho, boys, can't you code it, and program it right
    Nothing ever happens in the life of mine
    I'm hauling up the data on the Xerox line

    Then it's code in the data, give the keyboard a punch
    Then cross-correlate and break for some lunch
    Correlate, tabulate, process and screen
    Program, printout, regress to the mean

    Then it's home again, eat again, watch some TV
    Make love to my woman at ten-fifty-three
    I dream the same dream when I'm sleeping at night
    I'm soaring over hills like an eagle in flight

    Someday I'm gonna give up all the buttons and things
    I'll punch that time clock till it can't ring
    Burn up my necktie and set myself free
    Cause no one's gonna fold, bend or mutilate me.

  • i'll have my own lyrics (Score:4, Funny)

    by hihihihi (940800) on Sunday April 23 2006, @01:28PM (#15185653)
    ScuttleMonkey get up get coffee
    ScuttleMonkey go to slashdot
    ScuttleMonkey have boring meeting, with boring Cowboy Neal
    Neal say ScuttleMonkey very diligent
    But his link stink
    His link not functional or elegant
    as the link have been slashdott (ed)?

  • Thing a week (Score:3, Informative)

    by isny (681711) on Sunday April 23 2006, @01:43PM (#15185716) Homepage
    If you like this, be sure to check out his thing-a-week podcast. More of the same type stuff. If you're already into podcasting, odds are that you've heard several of his songs already.
  • Attention all employees, especially those in sandels, tee-shirts, and shorts.

    Due to proposed laybacks by our funding venture canabalists, all software engineer positions above the rank of "obsequious toadie" will be eliminated. This includes all over-paid, under-producing, slashdotter "code monkey" positions in the north-40 cube-farm, whose jobs will be outsourced to S-E Asian simian coders, all of whom have doctorates in object-oriented poo-flinging, and work for coconuts. Don't be mad, you brought it on yourselves -- all those "Ludicrous" mp3 files on the server. You know how much it took to settle that lawsuit? Sheesh, I coulda lost my Saleen S7.

    We, the upper management, almost sincerely regret the necessity of having to announce this decision, but our personal assistant was out today, so we got stuck doing it. Well, no time to chat -- my four-some is up, so get packing. Oh, by the way, all network access has been cut off, and security is on their way with some backup bouncers from my party last night! Whew, I'm glad the shareholders are picking up the tab for that. Have fun, and if you see me on the street, let's just pretend we don't know each other.

  • Code Monkey Lyrics (Score:5, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 23 2006, @02:08PM (#15185815)
    Code Monkey
    by Jonathan Coulton

    Code Monkey get up, get coffee
    Code Monkey go to job
    Code Monkey have boring meeting
    With boring manager Rob

    Rob say Code Monkey very diligent
    But his output stink
    His code not functional or elegant
    What do Code Monkey think?

    Code Monkey think maybe manager want to write goddamn login page himself
    Code Monkey not say it out loud
    Code Monkey not crazy, just proud

    Code Monkey like Fritos
    Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
    Code Monkey very simple man
    Big, warm, fuzzy, secret heart
    Code Monkey like you
    Code Monkey like you

    Code Monkey hang around at front desk
    Tell you sweater look nice
    Code Monkey offer buy you soda
    Bring you cup, bring you ice

    You say no thank you for the soda, cuz
    Soda make you fat
    Anyway you busy with the telephone
    No time for chat

    Code Monkey have long walk back to cubicle
    He sit down pretend to work
    Code Monkey not thinking so straight
    Code Monkey not feeling so great

    Code Monkey like Fritos
    Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
    Code Monkey very simple man
    Big, warm, fuzzy, secret heart
    Code Monkey like you
    Code Monkey like you... a lot

    Code Monkey have every reason
    To get out this place
    Code Monkey just keep on working
    See a soft pretty face

    Much rather wake up eat a coffee cake
    Take bath, take nap
    This job fulfilling in creative way
    Such a load of crap

    Code Monkey think some day he have everything, even pretty girl like you
    Code Monkey just waiting for now
    Code Monkey say someday, somehow...

    Code Monkey like Fritos
    Code Monkey like Tab and Mountain Dew
    Code Monkey very simple man
    Big, warm, fuzzy, secret heart
    Code Monkey like you
    Code Monkey like you

    • Re:Code Monkey Lyrics (Score:5, Funny)

      by NitsujTPU (19263) on Sunday April 23 2006, @06:03PM (#15186768)
      Soo...

      Code Monkey puts up with crap at work (that's pretty much par for the course). He tries to socialize with the receptionist, who turns him down. Ok. Then, he sits there and ponders the moment like some kind of weird stalker.

      Glad I'm not Code Monkey then :-)

      Code Monkey look at your picture
      Code Monkey concentrate
      When nobody is looking
      Code Monkey (it starts with "m")

      Rob see Code Monkey's cube
      Rob see Code Monkey's piece
      Rob open up his cell phone
      Rob call up the police!

      Code Monkey sit in cell
      Until the day he die
      Rob ("f" rhymes with duck) the girl at front desk
      Code Monkey only cry

      I kind of dislike this song.

  • So Jealous (Score:3)

    by Wannabe Code Monkey (638617) on Sunday April 23 2006, @02:09PM (#15185816)

    Jonathan Coulton's latest song in his thing-a-week series, Code Monkey...

    Oh man, I wanna be this guy so bad...

  • Code monkey like. (Score:3, Funny)

    by MooUK (905450) on Sunday April 23 2006, @02:28PM (#15185905)
    Code monkey like code monkey song. As do I.
  • See here [popsci.com] I like "Better" and "I Feel Fantastic"; "Todd the T1000" ain't bad either.
  • You put a legal torrent on thepiratebay. Isn't mixing creative commons stuff with copyright infringing stuff like mixing matter with antimatter? And given the amount of copyright infringement going on at the pirate bay, this could start a chain reaction big enough to ignite the atmosphere.

    • Re:ho hum. (Score:4, Funny)

      by Eideewt (603267) on Sunday April 23 2006, @06:21PM (#15186829)
      Did you think you made sense? Geeks do not have a president. There is no country called "Geek". Maybe you were thinking of Greece? I don't know much about their politics, so I can't comment on that. Regardless, I'm not sure what politics have to do with funny songs about programmers.

      P.S. I had to re-read your post several times and make sure there was no parent post whose context would bring it all into focus. That's how incoherent you are.
    • You know.. I once saw this Ali G show with an arrogant man who refused to speak to Ali G cause his grammar was "incorrect", and you remind me of him because you are just as arrogant.

      Do you know how new words in English turn up? Ever ponder why we don't speak English like in the 17th century? Yeah think about it. Standards are a great thing. Thankfully, English don't have none.

    • I'm not referring to people who speak English as a second language, either.

      How do you know? Do you go through their post histories, meticulously reconstructing the details of their sordid past? Because that's just...creepy.

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