OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Characters with character

Some Unicode characters are just calling for a caption competition. Ṏ “Latin capital letter o with tilde and diaeresis”? Is that the best you can do, Unicode Consortium?

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Can the market protect the moral rights of artists better than the government?

Without performing any research, I solve a problem facing artists, for a cut.

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An Analysis of Hand-In-Cap

An analysis of a traditional bartering game, Hand-In-Cap, as a way to find a fair price.

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New Project Idea: Periodic Wiki

An idea for a science history project you are welcome to do instead of me.

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When the moon hits your eye, like a big-a pizza pie, that’s a medium.

I put it to you that the fact that you cannot simple questions about pizza sizes strongly indicates that self-regulation of the Italian meal industry has failed us, and it is time for the government to impose its own standards.

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Comment Profiling

Can you find interesting web articles by profiling the comments?

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Win and Placebo II

Further study into placebos leads to some surprising findings.

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He Would Have Gotten Away With It, If It Wasn’t For That Damn Kid!

He was soon being groomed for the highest public office in the land… There was however, a fly in the ointment.

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Fuzzy Hangman

Here’s an idea for a Hangman variation, that I am calling Fuzzy Hangman.

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You Suck at Hangman

So, you think you are pretty good at Hangman? You think you have what it takes?

Well, I am here to tell you the truth.

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Categories: Puzzle Solving,Thoughts from the Shower
Tags: dictionary, games, puzzles, words