OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

Reducing Traffic Noise

As President of Australia, I will obliterate the casual use of the car horn to indicate “Good bye”, “Nice legs” and “Excuse me, I was in this lane first! Please find your own lane!”

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Efficiency of Banner Pages

One day, I am going to do some original research into a question that has plagued and haunted me – nay, us all – for years – a question that needs to be solved, once and for all, if we are ever to live in a harmonious society.

On a shared office printer, are mandatory banner pages simply a waste of paper?

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What do I think of the SVG standard?

I discovered Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) – a method of representing graphics primitives in an XML format, and have them be represented in your browser.

Cool! A new technology to learn, perfectly suited to my needs… or was it?

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If this wasn’t a hypothetical question, would it raise interest rates?

I’ve never had much respect when I hear the claim from politicians (and at least once, from a singer) that they don’t answer hypothetical questions. I give an recent extreme example from Australian politics.

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An Economist Looks at CAPTCHA and Porn

When you look at free porn like an economist does, you can see this is truly the best way to prevent comment spam.

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The Dirtiest Prank

Lister really didn’t like Craig much, but that was no excuse for the dirtiest prank I have ever heard.

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Plumbing – the Male Psyche

In which Julian re-discovers his masculinity – it was in the wrong place all along

… and then he loses it again

… and proves he can turn the most mundane act into a story.

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Amateurs Versus Professionals

I have an inconsistency in my thinking about how I see the relationship between professionals and amateurs in various fields.

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Rainwater Tanks: Payback Time

Can I work out the payback time for a rainwater tank?

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Categories: Geek,Observation

How Accurate Is Gaydar?

If someone tells you a guy is gay, what are the chances they are right?

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