gpThomas

As a first plugin I took an existing one and modified it. The Hello Dolly plugin was the perfect place to start. All of the lyrics have been replaced with EVERY quote from the HAL: 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey. While wandering the admin pages of your wordpress installation you will be accompanied by these sometimes creepy phrases. Most of the time they don’t make sense out of context but it’s still a laugh if you’re familiar with the movie. And if your not, you’re are missing out on a classic.
<h3>Arbitrary section</h3>
// 
// Dear maintainer: 
// 
// Once you are done trying to ‘optimize’ this routine, 
// and have realized what a terrible mistake that was, 
// please increment the following counter as a warning 
// to the next guy: 
// 
// total_hours_wasted_here = 5 
//

hello_dave

Based on Matt Mullenweg's "Hello, Dolly." Instead of the lyrics from Louis Armstrong's Hello, Dolly you get HAL 9000 quotes.

vikingjs

This widget will check in with the central command center and display the appropriate graphic reflecting the current Suicide Squirrel Threat Level. The threat level is based on rigorous scientific research, monitoring squirrel ‘chatter’ in channels generally associated with squirrel activity.
The Suicide Squirrel Advisory System is designed with Science to guide our protective measures when specific information to a particular sector or geographic region is received. It combines threat information with vulnerability assessments and provides communications to public safety officials and the public.
The Color-coded Threat Level System is used to communicate with public safety officials and the public at-large through a threat-based, color-coded system so that protective measures can be implemented to reduce the likelihood or impact of squirrel suicide.
Note: I copied a lot of the above from The Department of Homeland Security. You have to admit it’s a masterpiece of bureaucratic quack-talk.
<h3>Future</h3>
We here at Squirrel Alert Command Center never rest in our quest to make the world a safer place. It’s possible that in the future this widget will become even more sophisticated. Maybe not likely, but possible.
Future enhancements might include:
<ul>
<li>customizable messages for every alert level</li>
<li>option to use smaller versions of the images</li>
<li>anything any clever nutjob out there suggests. (That means you.)</li>
</ul>

Suicide Squirrel Threat Advisory System

Adds a sidebar widget to alert the masses to the current Suicide Squirrel Threat Level.

hello_dave vs Suicide Squirrel Threat Advisory System