My wife, after reading my first post asked what the blog title “naughty bits” was all about. “What kind of a name is that for a blog?,” she asked, insinuating an audit of my browser history was imminent.

I pointed out that it was the “naughty bits” in one’s code that made it not work so well. Also, since I grew up with sitcoms like “Three’s Company” and reruns of Monty Python, the phrase “naughty bits” seemed so perfect.

Three’s Company was a comedy about two girls and a guy living in the same apartment. The guy, Jack, had to pretend to be gay so that the landlord would allow him to live in a mixed situation. Silly jokes and misunderstandings ensue. The phrase “double entendre” is introduced into the popular culture. Many years later, Susan Sommers, one of the stars of the show, makes a comeback selling “thighmaster” excercisers on late night T.V (even thigh master is a double entendre).

Here’s what wikipedia has to say about “Three’s Company”.

Naughty Bits, is also, of course, a double entendre.

Anyway, it’s too late to change the title. I don’t want to alienate my (2.3) readers, and I like it too much to change. We’re going to press with Naughty Bits.

I’ve spent a fair deal of time hemming and hawing about writing a blog. As a “member of Generation X,” the idea of blogging is an awkward one. On the other hand, since the average blog has 2.3 readers, I can safely assume that both my brother and mother will forgive me if this blog fails to amuse them (they’ve forgiven so much already).

So here goes. What the heck is this blog about anyway?

I’ve always really enjoyed programming, in spite of the fact that I do an awful lot of it as a professional. A friend and I were talking about writing good code and he mentioned that if I “included good code” in a blog, that people would actually read it. Of course I was intrigued by this incredibly naive sounding idea and had to try it out.

If it turns out to be wrong, all 3.3 of us can have a good laugh and collectively blame Allen.