OddThinking

I once found myself supporting a help-desk – handling the support requests that the help-desk agents themselves couldn’t handle. While handling these requests, my motto was “contrite and smarmy”. I would repeat that to myself as I checked over the email responses. I wanted the users to know that I was concerned about them, and […]

Identifying bad movie cliches now may help your children’s future…

Last weekend, at a small sports carnival, a local politician was brought in to give a short speech and present the awards.

I didn’t notice how much impact his demeanour had made on me, until I started processing the photographs I had taken that day.

An assortment of images inspired by Territory Day fireworks in Darwin.

An anecdote about Church Numerals, Miranda and the way language designers make their opinions known.

IT undergraduates have lecturers they like and lecturers they hate. They hate the lecturers who first teach them C.

Julian finds a surprising optimisation for Klondike

A consideration for hobbyists and their place in the world.

A new word for me.

Pictures of my desk phone