OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

EmailShroud 2.2 Beta Testing

I am “eating my own dog-food” by testing Emailshroud 2.2, live on OddThinking.

If you notice any problems you can email me at emailshroud.

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Recent Down-Times, An Exploration

Recently (since the move to a new server a few months ago), Somethinkodd.com has been down for a couple of minutes, many many times.

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The Real Answer to Everything

It was in the early 1980s. My brother and I were working on our homework. My father, Joe, decided to have a little fun.

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Password Security and Fish: Best Practice

Julian: “I’ve had an idea. I am going to name my next pet `v7qo!rt’, so then I can use my pet’s name as a password, and yet still be secure.”

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Transitioning + CISRA Puzzles

I’ve been quiet lately, because I have been working hard on transitioning to a new web host provider. I am sure there will be a few posts about that once the dust has settled. Hopefully any down time during the transition will be kept to a minimum. If I did have spare time, I wouldn’t […]

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Installing in Unison

I installed Unison a few days ago. It is a very useful application – it keeps folders on different machines synchronised. I have been using it to edit files locally, and have them hosted by my web-server when I am ready.

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Sign Copy-Editing

We at OddThinking are pleased to announce a new copy-editing service. We’ll edit your signs for legibility and clarity for a low, low price.

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What are the correct DTD incantations?

In the EmailShroud 2.0 plugin, I use a couple of non-standard attributes on the anchor tag.

Now, I am looking at cleaning it up and ensure it exhibits nothing but pure validation goodness…

I just don’t know how.

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Deleted items in Feed Aggregators

Spam comments sometimes get added to my comments feed, and never get removed.

I have understood this problem for a while, and yesterday I set out to patch it.

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Astro-il-logical

In 1995, I read a scientific paper in a journal – a real, live, on-the-shelf-in-a-library journal – that was to become the article that I have cited the most, ever.

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