OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

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

Trackback tricks

I’ve been losing a few skirmishes against Trackback spam recently. More than a few, I guess; they are hammering the site.

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Using Facebook Against Your Will

You need to write a conventional will, but you should bequeath all of your money to Somethinkodd Estate Services.

I am not trying to run a scam, but how could I convince a potential customer of that?

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Mensa Membership

In which Julian challenges the thinking of the Mensa executive.

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Error-Handling and Washing Machines

Do you remember this washing maching user-interface?

Washing Machine UI

Turns out the usability wasn’t the only problem.

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Categories: Observation
Tags: error-handling, whitegoods

Win and Placebo

I was pondering the biochemistry of the placebo effect, when I had the first of two odd thoughts.

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Categories: Thoughts from the Shower
Tags: medicine, scam

Greater than Three Stooges

Last Saturday, I performed a magic trick in front of a crowd of about 75 jugglers at a juggling convention. Now, I am going to reveal to you the secret of this trick!

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