OddThinking

An analysis of Clock Solitaire – beyond merely “stupid”

Examines the logic of other Sudoku-consumers.

A study of the solvability of a puzzle that growing in popularity

To solve a puzzle from a newspaper is to win a battle. But can you win the war?

A prediction about people and Google-uniqueness

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A short diatribe on information presentation

What unnatural processes! Haven’t the experiences of the Chrysler Corporation taught you anything of the benefits of Extreme Painting?

Do you have what it takes to win the games that is sweeping the world? Could you be a contestant on Close That Window and win big cash prizes?

A lecturer in statistics once explained to me that when you had a large sample of measurements, it is sometimes necessary to identify the “outliers”; values which are either very suspicious (if there is a risk of experimental error) or very interesting because they are so far outside of the normal range of values. There’s […]