Mr. Bunny
Historical article · Originally published July 18, 2003; technical details may be outdated.
Ok. These are two of the funniest books I've seen in a while, and they both deal with programming. I'm not sure how well known they are, but I just found out about them.
Click the "Look inside" links.
Mr. Bunny's Big Cup o' Java(TM) 
Thanks to Anon for the link to the activeX one(you should have posted you name...)