Computer geeks are often tagged as people are are unbelievably dull and have no lives. I’d like to think of myself as having a life but I have met several people that fit the stereotype of a geek. Textbooks, however, are often the last place that I thought a joke could be found but it looks like some computer geek authors have a sense of humor that is just itching to be unleashed.
This site has a great compilation of jokes that can be found throughout several textbooks and I’ll list of my 10 favorite entries:
- In the index: “pitfalls, see traps†and “traps, see pitfalls.†[Link]
- In the index: Scooby Doo, pronouncing “Windex†166
It is supposed to be the rindex function but we all know Scooby Doo has a hard time pronouncing his r’s. [Link]
- In the index: pun, really bad 152
On page 152 talks about Bird and Penguin classes and says “Yet we’re not finished with these fowl matters.†[Link]
- In the index, which is on page 269 it has: recursion 86, 139, 141, 182, 202, 269 [Link]
- At the bottom of the last page: Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been prepared with the help of a computer. [Link]
- In the index: recursive loop See recursive loop [Link]
- A dedication at the beginning of the book:
To Joanna,
My brilliant and beautiful wife without whom I would be nothing. She always comforts and consoles, never complains or interferes, asks nothing and endures all, and writes my dedications. [Link]
- In the index of a Fourier Analysis bok it says: fractals: not mentioned, 112
Sure enough there is no mention of fractals on that page. [Link]
- In the index: Fibonacci numbers, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610
and then it goes on to give a “prime numbers” entry that lists every prime number from 1 to 826 (takes up 20 lines) which is how many pages there are in the book.[Link]
- In the index: IndexOutOfBoundsException: 30, 196, 210, 596
The book only has 595 pages. [Link]
You can see which book any of those entries came from by clicking on their respective links. If you are into programming then I’m sure you’ll get most of those jokes and if you don’t understand them that is why they are called “in-jokes.” 
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I’ve never heard of computer geeks being boring. We are the most excitedly interesting creatures.
I see myself as having a life, as well as having a sense of humor. I’m glad to see that even the geekiest in the technology community do, too (even if the jokes are incredibly nerdy).