OddThinking

A blog for odd things and odd thoughts.

20Q

Examining the insides of a electronic game

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Colouring History

To understand the genius of Camille Jordan, we need to do a little experiment together.

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Branding the brands

Bouquets and Brickbats by Brands

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Chess Software Blues

There’s somethink about chess computers…

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Vitrunicycling Man

Vitruvian Man trying to ride a unicycle, legs akimbo, arms waving backwards and forwards for balance.

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Colourful Opinions

Have your say about the colours of this site.

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Maintaining the mystery

Deb scorned: “Agatha Christie? All her mysteries follow the exact same formula – you can pick ’em every time!”

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Clearly Erroneous

One short, cryptic error message in our application was causing a lot of confusion. I decided it was time to fix the problem.

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Contrite and Smarmy

I once found myself supporting a help-desk – handling the support requests that the help-desk agents themselves couldn’t handle. While handling these requests, my motto was “contrite and smarmy”. I would repeat that to myself as I checked over the email responses. I wanted the users to know that I was concerned about them, and […]

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Treating cliches like the plague

Identifying bad movie cliches now may help your children’s future…

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