When geeks and graffiti combine
There is a lot of geeky graffiti out there. Some are just scribbles on a wall (programmer art being as it is), and some definitely qualify as artwork.
It’s no secret that we here at Pingdom are geeks ourselves, and we had a “geek graffiti collection marathon” the other night where we found some really cool pictures from around the world. We have narrowed it down to 13 pictures, all with some relation to IT or the internet, that we thought we would share with you in this post.
PHP coder + too much beer
Picture courtesy of CoffeeBucket
If nothing else, it’s proof that geeks drink other things than just Jolt Cola and Mountain Dew. This was scribbled on a wall in the men’s toilet in a bar in Australia.
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404 – Grate not found
Picture courtesy of Spinfist
This picture was taken on Microsoft’s Redmond campus. A lovely spoof on the HTTP 404 error we all know and hate. (Since Pingdom is a website monitoring service, of course we couldn’t resist including this one. 
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Please wait… and wait, and wait, and wait.
Picture courtesy of Couch media.
Yes, we’re waiting, but the **** thing isn’t moving!
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USB baby
Picture courtesy of Ideacat
Do they also come with Ethernet and Wireless?
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It’s LOVE, in binary
Picture courtesy of Ideacat
Ok, so it doesn’t say LOVE. It says AMOR, Spanish for love.
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SQL runes
Picture courtesy of cjbj
We’re based in Sweden, home of the Vikings, so of course we like runes! Especially when they are as geeky as these. Given the SQL theme, it should come as no big surprise that these carvings were found on the Oracle campus.
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Who would ever need more than 640k?
Picture courtesy of The waving cat
Based on the famous quote by Bill Gates (which apparently never happened).
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Linux on Windows, literally
Picture courtesy of Trevor Attridge
Someone really doesn’t like Windows. Considering how much Windows advertising there exists, this Linux guy has his work cut out for him.
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Techs vs. No-techs
Picture courtesy of Drain
We thought this one was funny. Techs vs. No-techs. The West Side Story of Silicon Valley?
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Zoom in on this wall
Picture courtesy of Skunkadelic
Found in Berlin. Geeks are (luckily enough) found everywhere. Which the following pic clearly shows.
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Political protest, geek style
Picture courtesy of Filippo Minelli
This is the West Bank wall in Palestine. Someone wishes for a reboot.
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Geek poetry
Picture courtesy of Vanz
Isn’t that a thing of beauty? Metaphors all over the place in this geek style poetry.
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Self irony
Picture courtesy of the Wooster Collective
Self irony? Or truth? Who knows. Klingatron at least seems to be a real artist, based in Glasgow, Scotland. He even has a website.
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Hope you liked these pictures as much as we did.
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