OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Buying a Printer

Julian tries to buy a printer. The department store has policies. Hilarity ensues.

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Hunting Intermittent Bugs

Here’s an interesting real world puzzle: After fixing an intermittent bug, how many test runs do you need to do in order to be convinced that it has gone?

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Nobbi Noob

Can anyone recognise a lizard from its description?

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False Positives and the Self-Healing AIDS Case

Review of the book “Reckoning with Risk” and its applicability to the case of Andrew Stimpson

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House Of Ethical Dilemma, Redux

I took the opportunity to ask a real estate agent about the House of Horror.

The answers I got were not exactly what I had in mind.

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Antics of a Swedish Chef

What does moose taste like?

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House Of Ethical Dilemma

Should a real-estate agent be forced to tell prospects about triple-murders?

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Roadworks Explained

The Truth About the Lane Cove Hole

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Whatever happened to RPN?

Whatever happened to Reverse Polish Notation (RPN)? Progress! That’s what!

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Bug Report: Brain dereferences uninitialised pointer

I have been noticing an odd phenomenon when I am in the zone…

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