OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Christmas Threats

If – and only if – I don’t see you before then, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Striking Back against Domain Squatters

Could we stage a cheap Denial of Service against nasty people?

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Counting Windows

Once I dreamt that someone told me a very funny riddle. […] “Cool,” I thought, “Independent verification! It really is funny!”

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Ice-Cream Flavours and Personal Bests

As I sat on my living room floor, a strange woman with bedraggled hair came up to the glass back door. She simply opened it without knocking and started striding in.

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How Do You Use A Digital Camera?

“I want a digital camera!” Mel exclaimed, “Tell me what type should I get?” It was mid-2001, and digital camera were just starting to boom.

I was doubtful. “I don’t think they are any good yet. Maybe in a couple of years…”

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Why I am not an Electronics Engineer

There’s a very good reason why I am not a fully-qualified Electronics Engineer. The reason is that electricity doesn’t work.

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WordPress and Text Encoding

An Open Letter to the WordPress Architect about an issue that I have found.

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An Adder to our Learnings

I don’t mind the English language evolving; I just wish we could focus our attention…

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Why No Author Photo?

I don’t have an author photo here for a several reasons.

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International Signals

I identify the need for a new international organisation – one that manages a definitive library of hand signals and the like.

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