A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Damn Code Hippies

If there’s one thing I like on a programmer more than a scraggly beard, it’s got to be a geeky tattoo. I’ll leave this code tattoo’s function as an in joke, but it was done by Brandon at High Priestess Piercing and Tattoo in Corvallis, Oregon.

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Comments

84 responses to “Damn Code Hippies”

  1. Diego Avatar

    what´s means?

  2. Diego Avatar

    what´s means?

  3. Diego Avatar

    what´s means?

  4. Benjamin Avatar
    Benjamin

    Is there any tattoo geekier than obfuscated C code?
    I had to compile it to work it out! =)

  5. Benjamin Avatar
    Benjamin

    Is there any tattoo geekier than obfuscated C code?
    I had to compile it to work it out! =)

  6. Benjamin Avatar
    Benjamin

    Is there any tattoo geekier than obfuscated C code?
    I had to compile it to work it out! =)

  7. Julie Avatar

    It transforms the phrase “Hate” to “Love”. Use the ASCII values for the original characters and perform the arithmetic, and voila! Had to fudge the letter “a” though, through a last-minute subtraction of 3. But still, awesome tat!

  8. Julie Avatar

    It transforms the phrase “Hate” to “Love”. Use the ASCII values for the original characters and perform the arithmetic, and voila! Had to fudge the letter “a” though, through a last-minute subtraction of 3. But still, awesome tat!

  9. Julie Avatar

    It transforms the phrase “Hate” to “Love”. Use the ASCII values for the original characters and perform the arithmetic, and voila! Had to fudge the letter “a” though, through a last-minute subtraction of 3. But still, awesome tat!

  10. Zac Avatar
    Zac

    I got this: ~åÆe
    Anybody get something different?

  11. Zac Avatar
    Zac

    I got this: ~åÆe
    Anybody get something different?

  12. Zac Avatar
    Zac

    I got this: ~åÆe
    Anybody get something different?

  13. Buddy Avatar

    I typed it out and got just the code…what does it mean!!!??

  14. Buddy Avatar

    I typed it out and got just the code…what does it mean!!!??

  15. Buddy Avatar

    I typed it out and got just the code…what does it mean!!!??

  16. cacheish Avatar
    cacheish

    Hahaha! I love it! Certainly the best code tattoo I’ve ever seen. For those of you who don’t spend hours toiling in front of a computer coding, the output of the program is “love”.

  17. cacheish Avatar
    cacheish

    Hahaha! I love it! Certainly the best code tattoo I’ve ever seen. For those of you who don’t spend hours toiling in front of a computer coding, the output of the program is “love”.

  18. cacheish Avatar
    cacheish

    Hahaha! I love it! Certainly the best code tattoo I’ve ever seen. For those of you who don’t spend hours toiling in front of a computer coding, the output of the program is “love”.

  19. gone Avatar

    Haha! This is so geeky and emo.. I love it.

  20. gone Avatar

    Haha! This is so geeky and emo.. I love it.

  21. gone Avatar

    Haha! This is so geeky and emo.. I love it.

  22. gone Avatar

    @cacheish: It’s better than just “love” but I think that’s most of the fun!

  23. gone Avatar

    @cacheish: It’s better than just “love” but I think that’s most of the fun!

  24. gone Avatar

    @cacheish: It’s better than just “love” but I think that’s most of the fun!

  25. fmark Avatar
    fmark

    The little emoticon heart in the FOR loop… the preprocessor commands… too perfect!

  26. fmark Avatar
    fmark

    The little emoticon heart in the FOR loop… the preprocessor commands… too perfect!

  27. fmark Avatar
    fmark

    The little emoticon heart in the FOR loop… the preprocessor commands… too perfect!

  28. Zac Avatar
    Zac

    Damn my extra parentheses! love makes alot more sense.

  29. Zac Avatar
    Zac

    Damn my extra parentheses! love makes alot more sense.

  30. Zac Avatar
    Zac

    Damn my extra parentheses! love makes alot more sense.

  31. Caitlin Avatar

    Brandon’s awesome, I’m glad to finally see some of his work on here!

  32. Caitlin Avatar

    Brandon’s awesome, I’m glad to finally see some of his work on here!

  33. Caitlin Avatar

    Brandon’s awesome, I’m glad to finally see some of his work on here!

  34. nausea Avatar

    it’s really nice; i was thinking of a way of tattoing on the knuckles… it would be so old skool:)

  35. nausea Avatar

    it’s really nice; i was thinking of a way of tattoing on the knuckles… it would be so old skool:)

  36. nausea Avatar

    it’s really nice; i was thinking of a way of tattoing on the knuckles… it would be so old skool:)

  37. Z Avatar
    Z

    Genius. Super geeky but super cool too.

  38. Z Avatar
    Z

    Genius. Super geeky but super cool too.

  39. Z Avatar
    Z

    Genius. Super geeky but super cool too.

  40. mkb Avatar

    what?! void main()?! Now you have illegal C tattooed on your body, guy!

  41. mkb Avatar

    what?! void main()?! Now you have illegal C tattooed on your body, guy!

  42. mkb Avatar

    what?! void main()?! Now you have illegal C tattooed on your body, guy!

  43. pinhole Avatar

    void main isn’t necessarily illegal, but it does generate a warning.

    I once considered “while(1) { fork(); }”.

  44. pinhole Avatar

    void main isn’t necessarily illegal, but it does generate a warning.

    I once considered “while(1) { fork(); }”.

  45. pinhole Avatar

    void main isn’t necessarily illegal, but it does generate a warning.

    I once considered “while(1) { fork(); }”.

  46. echo Avatar
    echo

    :(){ :|:& };:
    anyone? 😀

  47. echo Avatar
    echo

    :(){ :|:& };:
    anyone? 😀

  48. echo Avatar
    echo

    :(){ :|:& };:
    anyone? 😀

  49. snoogans Avatar
    snoogans

    i tried to get there… havent’ had nearly enough experience with programming to figure it all out.

  50. snoogans Avatar
    snoogans

    i tried to get there… havent’ had nearly enough experience with programming to figure it all out.

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