[Benjo]

Yes, Joel is very funny, but not in an overbearing, obvious way.

In an old essay on software specs [1] he states: one of the easiest ways to be funny is to be specific when it's not called for

I've noticed that he does this a lot. All the time. Sometimes too much, like in hginit.com, which I did not find that amusing. But most of the time he is spot on.

[1] http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000033.html