OddThinking

Do you remember the opening scenes of The Matrix, when Carrie-Ann Moss acts like an android; running and fighting almost robotically, while her face remained calm and completeless emotionless?

Were you distracted by some guy in the cinema laughing riotously during this dramatic opening?

I’m sorry, that was me.

I listened to a lecture by Bertrand Meyer on the subject of Ariane 5 about eleven years ago. It made me mad.

John explained that he had a novel way of looking at the problem of climate change, and that no-one he had showed it to had been able to find a flaw.

Let me have a go.

My sense of direction is all but non-existent, so I have wanted a working Satellite Navigation system for my car for years.

I take lots of photos of friends, and I publish the results for free on web-sites. It’s a lot of work, but I am a nice guy.

This week, two discoveries changed that.

This is a Bad News/Good News story. I have mainly written it to help people who suffer the same problems with their flash gun.

During an interminable math lecture I realised the solution that was going to make me my second million dollars.

As further evidence that I am a sad, sad nerd, I proffer a story from a long, long, long time ago, that I really should have let go by now.

Dear developers of my next email client,

Let me tell you about all the names of my friend.

What quality fantasy novels should I recommend to an adult who enjoys Harry Potter?