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Music to (Not) Code By

Occasionally people will ask me what kind of music I like to code by. I'm not sure I am the right person to ask this question of. Allow me to explain by citing my 2001 Amazon review of a particular album. It all started so innocently. I purchased

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The Windows 95 Startup Sound

Did you know that the Windows 95 startup sound [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/files/Win95-startup-sound.mp3] was composed by avant-garde electronic musician Brian Eno [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eno]? I had no idea until I saw it referenced on music thing [http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/05/

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Guitar Hero: Are You Ready to ROCK?

Although I'm a big fan of rhythm games, I had no idea Guitar Hero [http://www.guitarherogame.com] was coming out until I saw the glowing GameSpot review [http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/puzzle/guitarhero/review.html]: > And here you thought that the rhythm game genre was

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You Think You Hate Mondays?

The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload. And nobody’s gonna go to school today, She’s going to make them stay at home. And daddy doesn’t understand it, He always said she was as good as gold. And he can see no reason ’Cause there

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