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Time-Efficient Shuffling
Dan proposes a more complexity-efficient alternative to the Fisher-Yates shuffling algorithm. And it's silly.
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Retro-PESOSing my Reviews
Dan's reviews, future and historical, can now be found here following his work at IndieWebCamp Oxford 2019.
Cheating Hangman
Dan implements "Cheating Hangman", perhaps the cruellest hangman game you'll ever play.
Water Science
Dan and the kids participate in some citizen science, testing the water quality in the Oxford Canal.
Using the Web for Exhibition Interactives
As he writes up notes for his successor, Dan explains how the Bodleian's interactive digital signage uses the power of…
Counting Down
I wasn’t sure that my whiteboard at the Bodleian, which reminds my co-workers exactly how many days I’ve got left…
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Dan Q’s been blogging since the 1990s, mostly about his life, technology, programming, relationships, magic, and games.
He lives in Oxford, UK with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous V-shaped thingy, and their two children. Alongside freelance development, he works for the University of Oxford and volunteers with Three Rings. He sometimes finds time for geo*ing.
On this day in 2011...
Wanted
Ah, Oxford. You are so eccentric. Dan shares a photograph he took.
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Recent notes, reposts, checkins, videos, and reviews
- Shredding eight years of old payslips
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- Text Rendering Hates You
- Using JSLint For Evil - YouTube
- Supply-Chain Security and Trust
- Consume less, create more
- Perpetual Flip Calendar
- HTML Movies
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- Arrived early for @indiewebcamp #oxford at @oxonlibraries. @garrettc still filling up on coffee.
- Rapper's Delight, performed by Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant
- This is your phone on feminism
- The Race to Win Staten Island
- Enter The D&DDJ
- Elf Chalkboard Puzzle
- Motorbiking to Scotland
- Forward #100 - Gamification
- Which Face is Real?
- Impossible Geometry
- I Wrote a Song Using Only Hate Comments
- Proposal to allow specifying a text snippet in a URL fragment
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(found it) - Prior to the invention of nose-picking by Dr. Edwin Snotter in 1893, a variety of less-effective techniques for the removal of dried nasal mucus were widely practised.
- Watch UK's Natural Land Diminish in 100 Seconds
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(write note) - Can we fix it it? Yes we can! Yet more unusual work by the @BodleianLibs web/digital team (featuring @olearyalice).
- When Experienced Women Engineers Look for New Jobs, They Prioritize Trust and Growth
- "One of the best things about working at The Bodleian... Pretending to be a PhD student..."