OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Mail-Merge: A War Story

1500 mouse-clicks at 5 second intervals = over 2 hours of mouse-clicking.

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Editing Own Comments

When one of my readers asked for the ability to edit comments in WordPress, I took that request seriously, and decided to find the solution.

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You can’t always get WYW

Comparing WYSIWYG and Markup

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Lining up the WordPress filters

The more things change, the less happy I am with BASIC line numbers.

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20Q

Examining the insides of a electronic game

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Colouring History

To understand the genius of Camille Jordan, we need to do a little experiment together.

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Chess Software Blues

There’s somethink about chess computers…

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Vitrunicycling Man

Vitruvian Man trying to ride a unicycle, legs akimbo, arms waving backwards and forwards for balance.

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Maintaining the mystery

Deb scorned: “Agatha Christie? All her mysteries follow the exact same formula – you can pick ’em every time!”

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Clearly Erroneous

One short, cryptic error message in our application was causing a lot of confusion. I decided it was time to fix the problem.

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