OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Wine-gum/Podcast Selection Algorithm Solution

I want my podcasts carefully sorted so as to maximise the space between podcasts of the same feed.

Here’s my solution.

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Categories: S/W Dev
Tags: algorithm, computational complexity, podcast, software, solution, winegums

Eiffel and Ariane 5 – revisiting the claims

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

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Python 3000 exposes DOS vulnerability in OO Brain

Dynamically choosing base classes considered harmful.

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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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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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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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An Open Letter to the Open Source Lawyers

Here’s what I want in an Open Source license…

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PyGame-Over?

A very brief examination of the PyGame 1.8 car-wreck.

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Categories: S/W Dev
Tags: Python, review, whinge

Efficiency of Banner Pages

One day, I am going to do some original research into a question that has plagued and haunted me – nay, us all – for years – a question that needs to be solved, once and for all, if we are ever to live in a harmonious society.

On a shared office printer, are mandatory banner pages simply a waste of paper?

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