OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Samsung PC Studio 3 versus Microsoft Outlook

In which I continue to bitch about the Samsung D600 – but particularly about the PC calendar synching software that is bundled with it.

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Spam Season

Data point for the spam-trackers: There has been a big hike in detected spam comments recently over the past couple of weeks.

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The Nesting Instinct in the 21st Century

Short excerpt from a conversation with a pregnant friend.

(Hey, other bloggers can put conversation excerpts in their blogs, so why can’t I?)

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Let The Red Nose Reign, Dear.

I am scared of people who wear clown noses.

Please understand why I would rather just give a donation than buy a nose on Red Nose Day. It is in support of a worthy charity, but leaves me shuddering slightly all day.

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Where Do Baby Photos Come From?

I am working on a new lossy compression system for photos that takes advantage of a key fact about babies.

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Telegram for Mr Houdini!

No matter how morally you behave in life, a significant population think you are going to Hell. However, I realised there was a way of turning this depressing thought into an opportunity.

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Julian’s First Law of Intra-Organizational Spam Detection

An essential guide to getting through your email faster.

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Categories: Humour,Observation

Surprises from the Traffic Logs

In which I discover that this sentence fragment is the most important part of the article, and other surprises.

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