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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Daniel
February 28th, 2008 at 10:44 am
those just made my day, can’t wait to make my own
Twila Marie
February 29th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Geekfitti!!!!! Awesome!!!!
Moad
March 1st, 2008 at 2:22 am
the one on the Palestinian side is about 2 kilometers away from my home , just fantastic !
Tokay
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Found some wet cement, I couldn’t resist!
http://tinyurl.com/24qn79
Memiux
March 4th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
I’m only popular on the Internet, it’s fit with me xD
Vier
March 5th, 2008 at 5:27 am
Great collection, it made me smile
Boyce
March 5th, 2008 at 10:04 am
I love the ‘404′ message on a grate. I used to work for a start-up that went into a death spiral and left a smoking crater. On the way down, the employees found out that our 401(k) contributions were being kept by the company. In the angry meeting that ensued, some of the technies started referring to their “404(k) accounts”. The CFO never really did get the joke.
wanttoberich.wordpress.com
March 10th, 2008 at 3:45 am
nice set of pics
Rono
March 11th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
ctrl+alt+delete is the winner!
if u like graffiti come to visit my blog.. http://www.connectdastyle.altervista.org
byE!
nitos
March 13th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
wow great compilation!
MiramarDesign
March 13th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I either want an infinite loop on my gravestone or a date() function output of the dates or some function of both combined somehow. I feel like I need to write it soon b/c I have a bad cold today
Alexis
March 14th, 2008 at 6:50 am
lol nice funny.
sheeptag
Laura
March 17th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Excellent
Pac
March 19th, 2008 at 11:30 am
The CTRL+ALT+DELETE one is Banksy.
http://www.banksy.co.uk
tony montana
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 am
no it’s filippo minelli an italian dude
http://www.filippominelli.com
Nicole
April 7th, 2008 at 4:56 am
The ’spencer’ one is Banksy, I doubt he’d go to palestine just to paint on a fence! He uses spray paint anyway!
Nestor
April 12th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Geeks leaving the house… unprecedented!
ek 5
May 10th, 2008 at 5:43 am
thanks nice text
dantel
May 25th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I still think he looks like Chris Collinsworth. He’s a former Cincinnati Bungals (yes, I spelled it right) WR and does commmentary on HBO’s Inside the NFL and Commentates on NFL Network. The resemblance (might have spelled that wrong though) is uncanny.
sağlık
June 12th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
awesome pictures
Ben
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I think you misunderstood the 404 one — the grate is there, it’s the GRASS that is missing. A rectangular plot of dirt in a the middle of a lawn obviously implies that that grass tile has failed to download.
James Kurtz III
June 25th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Love the PHP that says, “I’m Drunk” Haha!!
Geeky Girl =D
July 26th, 2008 at 9:27 am
x3 awesome! the Loading screen picture was uber cool!
Guest
July 31st, 2008 at 4:45 pm
They are like me except im not painting on walls. =)
LickaFoot
August 4th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Saw this one in Astorga on the way to Santiago, the old C:\RUN\DOS\RUN gag in paint : http://tinyurl.com/5djlp7
Fun Forum
October 24th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
All are good but I find the USB baby very nice