Don’t get me wrong. I talk geek. It’s an unfortunate side-effect of a year-and-a-half working in IT, plus all the time I spend in application support, on Web stuff and podcasting.
But sometimes, geek talk is just too much.
Susan and I ate lunch at one of our favorite restaurants today. We were placed in a booth next to a couple of guys who must have arrived just before us. When we sat down, one was jabbering away about an iPod. Susan and I both smiled at each other.
Well, as we listened more closely, it turned out that they weren’t discussing musical interests or the latest family photos. One of the guys was talking about using his iPod in his backup strategy.
Then it got worse.
We spent most of lunch with dazed, glassy-eyed looks as those guys talked ghost imaging, server mirroring, clustering, cumulative incremental backup, etc., etc., etc. And the one doing most of the talking was so loud and obnoxious, he couldn’t be ignored.
When we left the restaurant, Susan and I looked at each other. She managed to get the words out of her mouth first: uber geek.
Uber geek. Super freak. So with apologies to my man Rick James, here’s to you Super Studly Computer Geek Guy:
He’s a very geeky boy
The kind you must trust with yo’ computer
He will never let your hard drive drown
Once it’s full and not at peak, ow boy
He likes to wardrive in his van
Breakin’ networks is his hobby
When he’s got a signal it’s the right time
He’s off to surf for sleaze
(Refrain)
That boy is pretty wild now
The boy’s an uber-geek
The kind of boy you read about
In hacker magazines
That boy is pretty kinky
The boy’s an uber-geek
I really love to watch him
Surfin’ on the street
He’s all right, he’s all right
That boy’s all right with me, yeah
He’s an uber-geek, uber-geek
He’s super-geeky, yow
Uber-geek, uber-geek
Now, shut up and go back to the server room.
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These uber-geeks sometimes make me feel utterly stupid but most of the time, I think they are from another planet. Love the song!
Herb, you are just a pod cast away from a hit single…
Culmulative intermittent backup… hmm.. sounds like a personal problem to me! Thanks for the musical entertainment
Miss you guys!
For this guy, the words of Buzz Lightyear are most apropos:
“You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity.”
Haha!!! That was great. I agree with Buzz. He also said “Years of academy and training wasted!!!”, which I think could apply here as well.