OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Sat Nav Lust

My sense of direction is all but non-existent, so I have wanted a working Satellite Navigation system for my car for years.

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Nice Guy in a Photo Finish

I take lots of photos of friends, and I publish the results for free on web-sites. It’s a lot of work, but I am a nice guy.

This week, two discoveries changed that.

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Canon Flash Repair

This is a Bad News/Good News story. I have mainly written it to help people who suffer the same problems with their flash gun.

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Cold-Reading By Proxy

Oh no. How did I end up in another cold-reading situation?

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Whirrrrrrrrrr-Click!

In hindsight, the clock was hideous. Royal blue and white perspex, with a brass pendulum, it was probably the height of fashion when it was purchased in the mid-seventies.

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How much could McDonald’s charge?

Could McDonald’s afford to charge $50 for a hamburger?

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Wayfarer: A Review

Wayfarer is presented as “truly hybrid event, where live and mediated performance, urban choreography, ubiquitous computing, gameplay and site specificity come together in a volatile mix.”

I had no idea what that meant.

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The Sum of… One Million Frickin’ Laser Beams

Just how many laser pointers would it take to fake a red eclipse?

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Social Network Solves Ethical Dilemma

A friend has suffered from mass layoffs at his company. However, it is 2007, and there is a Facebook group for all the ex-employees to join and offer each other support…

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Set Your Lasers To “Fun”!

Okay, shhh! Listen up! Everyone, shush!

Here’s what we are going to do….

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