Code Monkey Like Fritos

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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Someone will find a way to complain about this

[Infonaut]

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

[kfg]

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