6 Years

Today my blog turns 6, which is 110 years is binary.  To celebrate, I’m going to reveal a couple of Easter Eggs that I’ve slipped in over the years.  Specifically, the titles of some of my apps.  One thing I love about writing my own apps is that I get to pick the name.  An in two cases, I named the app in such a way as to set up a joke.  That’s just the type of guy I am.

 

Project Thunderdome:

Yes, it’s part of a movie title, but the joke goes deeper than that.  It’s probably best explained by this Mystery Science Theater 300 clip.  By the way, I’m a huge MST3K fan.

 

The TTP Project:

This app never achieved the popularity of Thunderdome, which is a shame.  I wanted to unload this joke on more people.  Basically the conversation would go like this.

(me an you chatting about PLM API programming)
Me: … You should check out my sample app, The TTP Project?
You: What does TTP stand for?
Me: The TTP Project

Again, I stole this joke from another source.  Because that’s also the type of guy I am.

-- Doug

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