OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

We’re not nearly finished yet

Whether you believe David Hicks’s guilty plea was honest, co-erced or a pragmatic lie, …
whether you believe the acts he committed were actually a crime, …
whether you believe that the military tribunals can deliver justice, …

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Categories: Influencing Others
Tags: crime, legal, politics, serious

More Theme Changes

You may notice some trivial changes to the menu on the left of the OddThinking theme.

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Soccer versus Television

I explain why I don’t like watching soccer on television.

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Deleted items in Feed Aggregators

Spam comments sometimes get added to my comments feed, and never get removed.

I have understood this problem for a while, and yesterday I set out to patch it.

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Apricot Squares

I wouldn’t call myself a great cook, but I get by. It is important in life to have a few standby killer recipes. One of those recipes is Apricot Squares.

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Astro-il-logical

In 1995, I read a scientific paper in a journal – a real, live, on-the-shelf-in-a-library journal – that was to become the article that I have cited the most, ever.

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The Suck of MySpace

I am starting a Pro/Con list for whether I want a MySpace account.

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iPod Bingo

I came up with a new trivia party game to try: iPod Bingo

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A Hat Trick of Trick Questions

  1. What colour was the Lone Ranger’s white horse?
  2. Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?
  3. Who wrote Gray’s Anatomy?
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An Open Letter to the Open Source Lawyers

Here’s what I want in an Open Source license…

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