OddThinking

I have a great idea for another plugin for WordPress

It detects when people are redirected from Reddit.

Inspired by a post there, I wrote a simple web-crawler that looked at the age, membership length and reputation of the users of StackOverflow.

I describe the method below, for people who like hearing about software. I graph the results below for people who like looking at colourful graphs. At the bottom, I have a quick conclusion for people who just want the summary.

The sign at the butchery advertised “Butterflyed Chicken”.

What is the best cleaning solution for glass in my bathroom? No, seriously!

I take a science geek view.

One of the downsides of not having an salary is that my high-tech gadget purchases have to be heavily curtailed. That doesn’t mean I have to give up on gadget reviews entirely… I just need to adjust my expectations. One of the errands I ran the other day was to visit the company that was […]

Which requirements does SmugMug meet?

Which requirements does Zooomr meet?

Which requirements does BeenUp2.com meet?

M looks grim, in his wood-panelled London office. “Bond, this is serious. SPECTRE have one of our key scientists kidnapped. They want ten of our secret programs mailed to them from around the world. For each program that fails to arrive, they will chop off one of his fingers, before he is released. He needs […]

In which the author reveals his age, and reviews an old electronic game.