Beyond the Paper Humor

Scott Adams is the creator of the Dilbert comic strip. Scott also has a blog. The other day Scott had a post where he lamented the discussion of dropping Pluto as a planet, because it brought out the worst in bloggers who tried to be amateur comedians. Apparently I am guilty. Over the year, I have tried to inject humor into this blog.

Month	Article	Humor	Reference
Aug-06	To CER, with Love	Title is a sound alike pun on the To Sir, with Love movie.	To Sir, with Love
	Area 51? No - Autodesk Area.	Title makes a reference to an area of Nevada where a UFO is said to have crashed.	Area 51
	AutoCAD: set Shaded viewport option to "As displayed" to retain layer information	Referenced "This little piggy..." nursery rhyme.	This Little Piggy
	Autodesk DWG TrueView: fun with words	Demonstrated how "An updated Autodesk DWG TrueView is now available." was mistranslated.	Babel Fish Translation
	Upcoming Autodesk Design Review usability study: Give us your feedback!	"Give us your tired, your poor, your feedback..." refers to words at the foot of the Statue of Liberty.	Give us your huddled masses...
Jul-06	Reprise of Ask Larry Easter Egg Page	Refers to an Easter Egg in an old viewer.	.
	Project Freewheel: Can I view a DWF file on my Blackberry?	"Is viewing your design data predetermined, or do you possess freewheel?" This is a bad pun regarding free will versus predetermination.	.
	Our Week in Maui	There's a funny picture of me wearing a snorkel.	.
	HOOPS Application Framework 14.0 supports DWF for C++ Programmers	"I am not a graphics programmer, but I play one on TV." is a reference to an American TV commercial where an actor says "I am not a doctor, but I play one on TV."	.
	Updated Revit Structure and Revit Building Now Available	Paraphrased the song lyric "All revved up with no place to go." with "All Revit'd Up with Someplace to Go!"	All Revved Up With No Place To Go Lyrics
	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum...	Title is a pun of the movie title A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
May-06	No, not Planet Hollywood, Plan It Autodesk	Pun on sound-alike Plan It Autodesk and Planet Hollywood.	.
	DWF Hyperlink Checker Visual Basic program	Fashioned a software box in the image of the "Hamburger Helper" food product.	Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper
	Fun on a Friday	Fun with the DWF logo.	.
	When HP Printer Drivers Attack...	Title is a pun on the "When Animals Attack!" American TV show.	When Animals Attack!
	DWF Attach - Don't quote me on that	Title is a pun of a common phrase where American politicians request that their remarks not be attributed to them.	.
Apr-06	DWF FAQ available via Beyond the Paper blog	Bad pun of Dragnet TV show character Joe Friday's "Just the facts ma'am." signature line with "Just the FAQs ma'am."	Dragnet
	DWF Writer is NOT for Autodesk Products	Referenced a South Park character to say "GDI is bad." I kid. I kid.	South Park
	Vespa really works :-)	Pretended that Vespa turned a stick figure into the Mona Lisa.	.
	Tips for Measurement from Jason Pratt	Wondered if then-CTO, Carl Bass, would make something of himself one day. (Carl is now CEO of Autodesk.)	.
Mar-06	HP Large Format Printing Academy in Malta	Included a joke from Bertrand Piccard.	.
	A Pene for your thoughts: DWF Google Map Integration	Title is a pun in reference to the phrase "a penny for your thoughts."	.
	Generating a Black & White DWF file from Color Test Plots	Reference to John Belushi's "But nooooo!" catch phrase from Saturday Night Live.	Saturday Night Live
	Why was Autodesk Design Review originally called DWF Composer?	Electronic review processes avoid the "My dog ate my homework." problem.	.
Feb-06	Birth of DWF: "I can have Carol call you."	"...recall that this is 1995, and mime was most well known as a strange and silent type of street performance."	MIME
	Happy President's Day	Made up quotes and attributed them to Brian Mathews - patterned after famous Presidential quotes.	.
	CAD Specific DWF and Generic PDF	Quoted Jonathan Knowles who would "never fly in a plane designed from a PDF."	.
	Improve 3D Geometry in DWF files from AutoCAD 2006	Linked Autodesk customer Paul Mason to wine maker Paul Masson.	No wine before it's time.

The blog entries by Scott Adams are funny every day. I know some of you who read this blog would want to tell me: "I know Scott Adams, and you sir, are no Scott Adams." That's a reference to a Vice Presidential debate where Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen told Republican candidate Dan Quayle: "I knew Jack Kennedy, and you sir, are no Jack Kennedy." Quayle had mistakenly compared himself to the former president based on his age. I guess if I have to explain the jokes, that's a bad sign. Guilty as charged.