OddThinking

Here are the lessons I have learned from using my new remote flash configuration at a party (which I used for practice) and a theatre-based circus performance.

I recently purchased some new flashgun-related camera equipment. I am out of my depth. I need to have mastered it in two weeks for an event, and so I have been practising, with rather mixed results. This is a brain-dump to help me think through the issues.

But, today’s story isn’t about audience participation or nudity. It is about the rigger and the t-shirt.

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.

Have you ever considered the strengths and weaknesses of the people you know?

The sign at the butchery advertised “Butterflyed Chicken”.

If you value your sense of humour, or if you value mine, you won’t read this post. It doesn’t end well.

In which Julian grumbles pointlessly about a couple of word puzzles and a kid’s poem, and then is reminded of a better example of a word puzzle, discovers something interesting about a puzzle’s origin, and goes off a little happier.

I have broken the law five times. What I did is a secret.