OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

On Blog Categories

I am not entirely happy with the choices of categories on OddThinking, which has lead me to ask the obvious question: “What is the problem that that categories are expected to solve?”

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Buying a Printer

Julian tries to buy a printer. The department store has policies. Hilarity ensues.

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Hunting Intermittent Bugs

Here’s an interesting real world puzzle: After fixing an intermittent bug, how many test runs do you need to do in order to be convinced that it has gone?

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Million Dollar Idea: Google Vote

Here’s my pitch to Google. We will offer a new service to millions of Internet users of voting age – Google Vote!

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MarkDown is Dead! Long Live MarkDown!

I have just decommissioned Markdown. Here’s why.

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What’s the justification?

I don’t get the attitude to full-justification.

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Categories: Observation

Big Shift in OddThinking Colours

You may notice some changes to the OddThinking colours

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Nobbi Noob

Can anyone recognise a lizard from its description?

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Small shift in OddThinking Look & Feel

You may notice some changes to the way OddThinking works.

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Categories: About OddThinking

False Positives and the Self-Healing AIDS Case

Review of the book “Reckoning with Risk” and its applicability to the case of Andrew Stimpson

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