OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Five Go Check Their Email

According to my Famous Five reference library, by historian and scholar Enid Blyton, there is a secret code shared by tramps and vagabonds. By placing a careful, inobstrusive mark on your doorway or gate, they can indicate to others “unkind to beggars, ferocious dog, sucker for a scam”, etc. The idea of a giant conspiracy […]

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Can you tell the difference?

An Australian bank has an advertising campaign. Its advertisements have been appearing on billboards and in magazines. Some of their advertising images are available online, for the time being at least. Either the adverts are too poor to hit their mark, or I am not in the targeted demographic, or both.

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Air-Traffic Control – In Space

On two classic computer games from times gone by: Kennedy Approach and Overlord.

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