OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

The 2008 Big Clean-Off

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

I take a science geek view.

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Is Google Search sexist?

Is Google objectifying women, by suggesting the most important thing about them is photos of their bodies?

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Categories: Geek,Observation
Tags: experiment, Google, names, sexism, statistics, web

Common Phrase Experiment

Did you ever notice that some people (all people?) have certain phrases that they use a disproportionately high percentage of the time?

You may find in infuriating or endearing – probably depending on what you think of the person anyway.

I was wondering what my commonly-repeated phrases might be.

Then I realised I had a large corpus of my writing on this blog, and I may be able to do an experiment to find out.

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