OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

iTunes and I

I hadn’t used iTunes for a while, so I decide to give it another go and use it to play a couple of tracks.

The result involves some swearing.

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Shuffling and Ownage

In which Jeff Atwood dismisses my experience as “naïve”…

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Categories: Doubleplus Geek,Insufficiently Advanced Technology,S/W Dev
Tags: cards, Coding Horror, randomness, security, shuffling

Why are different drinks packaged differently?

If we stare at this long enough, will a reason become apparent?

Glass Bottle Plastic Bottle Classic Cardboard Carton (Gable Top) Brick Tetra Pak
Juice Available Available Available Available
Plain Milk No longer available Available Available Available, in some countries
Flavoured Milk Available Available
Long-Life Milk Available
Water Available Available

Any ideas? Is it very country-specific?

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Swedish Sales Pitches

A two Swedish anecdotes, inspired by the Danish WeDoNotUse.com.

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Lack of respect and the major political parties

I won’t be voting for Labor.
I won’t be voting for Liberal.
I won’t be voting for the Christian Democratic Party.
I won’t be voting for The Greens.

Let me explain why.

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On Hovercraft

I owned a toy hovercraft as a boy.

Later, as a young teen, I made my own working toy hovercraft.

Is it any surprise that I had a desire to travel on a real-life hovercraft?

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Categories: Based On A True Story,Story-Telling
Tags: anecdote, hovercraft, travel

The Lambing Paddock

The awkward shape in the foreground is what you see first. It clearly isn’t a sheep, despite the title. It is black and white, and appears to be floating very slightly off the ground.

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Categories: My Father, Joe
Tags: art, dogs, father, painting

Worst. Psychic. Ever.

My psychic connection was almost spot on… and yet my psychic senses detect that some people are skeptical of my skills… they are thinking… wait, the message is coming through: WORST… PSYCHIC… EVER!

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An Almost Modern Linguistic Phenomenon

I wanted to point out a new linguistic phenomenon out to the world.

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Wine-gum/Podcast Selection Algorithm Solution

I want my podcasts carefully sorted so as to maximise the space between podcasts of the same feed.

Here’s my solution.

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Categories: S/W Dev
Tags: algorithm, computational complexity, podcast, software, solution, winegums