OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Why I am not an Electronics Engineer

There’s a very good reason why I am not a fully-qualified Electronics Engineer. The reason is that electricity doesn’t work.

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WordPress and Text Encoding

An Open Letter to the WordPress Architect about an issue that I have found.

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Dealing with Common Blog Usability Problems

OddThinking suffers from a number of typical blog usability issues. I ponder how important they are, and how hard it is to fix them.

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Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Animated GIFs

Let me save the next person some trouble: The Python Imaging Library (PIL 1.1.5) does not support writing animated GIFs.

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Traffic Lights and Pedestrians: An Analysis

I give a theoretical analysis of the time taken for a pedestrian to negotiate diagonally across an intersection, depending on the cycles of the traffic lights… although my name’s not Bamber.

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Categories: Puzzle Solving

magicTrick.origami

What is it? It’s astounding and will amaze your friends and family!

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Categories: Puzzle Solving

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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MarkDown is Dead! Long Live MarkDown!

I have just decommissioned Markdown. Here’s why.

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Big Shift in OddThinking Colours

You may notice some changes to the OddThinking colours

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Nobbi Noob

Can anyone recognise a lizard from its description?

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