OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Online Photo DB: Back in the Saddle

Excuses about why I missed my self-imposed deadline for having a new photo database site up and running.

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Progressive JPEG Stunt

A half-baked idea on how to make a web-site appear to be downloading a NSFW image, but at the last minute it turns into a child-friendly picture of a pony galloping across a rainbow.

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A new owner’s review of the Canon EOS 50D

I recently purchased a Canon EOS 50D. Here is a personal review that talks about the stuff that doesn’t appear in the adverts.

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Specs for my new PC

After talking about it for a long time, I upgraded my computer in January.

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BBS Nicknames

One day, Bream LeFish added an evil new feature to his BBS, and then sat back and watched the fun.

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Architecture of the Samsung D600 Synch code

This post describes the internals of my D600 synch application.

I start with a reveal of the how the trick works, for those readers who just want to see how such a miraculous thing could be possible.

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Categories: S/W Dev
Tags: D600, software architecture

Synching my Samsung D600

This month, after another frustrating synching experience with Samsung PC Studio, I decided to write my own D600 phone interfacing software.

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OTTF Solver

OTTF (short for One Two Three Four) is a simple single-person puzzle game.

I re-use my Game Framework to solve it.

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My computer has died.

The title says it all.

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HAL BBS Backdoors

There was a rumour out on the web out there that HAL BBS wasn’t to be trusted – it had two backdoors built into the software. It was compiled BASIC, so it wasn’t easy to view the source, but I had a bash at finding those backdoors.

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Categories: Based On A True Story,Doubleplus Geek
Tags: bbs, commodore 64, hacking, security