IT Administrator song
#stopcispa IT Administrator Song, or A Few Of My Fav'rite Net Things. This is a pretty old video (this version was uploaded in 2008) but check out this prescient verse: When my page stalls, Or they pass laws to invade free net speech I simply remember that it could be worse. At least there're still sites i reach!
The full lyrics:
Route aggregation and increasing payload Multiway peering and net-friendly C code Boxes that filter on source-routed pings These are a few of my fav'rite net things
Multicast native and option-free packets VLANs that don't break and short A.S. path lengths End-to-end measures with meaning to bring These are a few of my fav'rite net things
When my link's toast When the spam grows When my throughput hits ground i simply remember my fav'rite net things and then i don't feeeel sooo down
Far reaching coverage and routing that's stable Aggregate flow stats and mice that are able to back off when shown that the Net's being zinged These are a few of my fav'rite net things
Routers that do red and balanced net loading Video apps with hierarchical coding Raw packet traces to dissect and see all of my absolute fav'rite net things
when DNS freaks when my routes leak when i lose a peer I try to remember my favorite net things and then go buy more net gear
Visualizations of virtual networks Discovering "features" in new IOS quirks Vendor built stacks that respect TCP These are a few of my fav'rite net things
SNMP tools like MRTG Knowing how to unconfig your P.V.C.'s Measurement boxes that sniff OC3 These are a few of my fav'rite net things
When my page stalls Or they pass laws to invade free net speech i simply remember that it could be worse at least there're still sites i reach
Cool network geeks and their company perks Analysis tools in which true insight lurks Stable peer sessions and route symmetry These are a few of my fav'rite net things
Multi-mode fiber with an optical splitter BGP sessions config'd not to litter Reverting from ATM back to IP These are a few of my fav'rite net things
When popups leap when copyrights creep into my browser's cache i simply remember that SDMI will most likely buuurn & crash
Stock trading web sites that haven't yet crashed MP3 players with plenty of flash having my cell phone talk to my PC These are a few of my fav'rite net things
Linux and Open- and FreeBSD Persistence in TCP's HTTP Finally remembering my PGP key All of my abosolute fav'rite net things
When Backhoes sting or TIME_WAITs bring servers to the ground i simply remember my fav'rite net things and then i don't feeeel sooo down
http://youtu.be/95j-Vr7sZec
(None of this is my work, I just copied it from Google+ for posterity and entertainment.)