OddThinking

A story about a time I was evaluated like a piece of meat.

A mystery story about a hat, a scarf, Canberra and a party.

I learnt a new Cheapass card game recently. It was an interesting and thought-provoking game, but I am not going to talk about the game-play today. I am going to talk about the initial set-up, and an unsolved puzzle it brings up.

The radio-play script called for the sound of a glass smashing. There was only one thing for it.

If you are ever told to trust your instincts or to avoid making assumptions, ignore that advice.

Another story about insulting co-workers.

This story contains swear words. If you find common swear words offensive, I recommend that you do read this article. You clearly need toughening up.

My recent entry condemning unresponsive applications took me a long time to write. I knew I was frustrated with unexpected software slowness, but I couldn’t put my finger on why.

I realise now that I was confounding three separate problems: Unresponsiveness, Unexpected CPU Hogs and Outstaying Their Welcome.

“Buttered-side up!” my father exclaimed with joy, “It landed buttered-side up! What are the chances of that? It never lands buttered-side up!”

For the good of others, and for my own personal safety, I am thinking of becoming a mime.

Over the past 12 months, I have been getting more and more frustrated at how slow my machine sometimes gets. It has taken me a while to pin-point what my objection is.

Today I found the words.

I am as mad as hell about having a machine using only 10% CPU and 10% RAM being too busy to refresh its windows, and I’m not going to take it any more!