OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

The Herald’s Dam-In-Distress-Sell

A quick look at the Sydney dam levels, as illustrated by the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Australia’s Number One Con Artists Are At It Again!

A few months ago, I saw an advertisement for Today Tonight, a controversial Australian tabloid-style current affairs show. Alongside pushing a miracle new weight loss system that doesn’t involve surgery and a in-depth cross-promotionreport into the intrigue and controversy of a reality TV show contestant’s past, the promo warned that “Australia’s number one con man is at it again”.

I was watching the show with interest, until something rather unexpected happened.

I recognised one of the victims!

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Get a Sudo-Clue!

Examines the logic of other Sudoku-consumers.

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Big Questions

The Sydney Morning Herald has a regular column, Big Questions, where they invite readers to submit questions to be published, and other readers to submit answers.

What sort of nagging questions do their readers want – nay, need – to get answered?

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