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Murder in the Library
Our first in-person murder mystery party in a long time was a success, and a great time was had by…
The Page With No Code
View Source shows nothing, but the page has content. The Page With No Code is the kind of puzzle that…
I'd Like to Change my Mother's Maiden Name
LastPass users are having to cycle their passwords in the light of a recent security incident. That might well include…
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No, I won't subscribe to your newsletter... except by using my RSS reader (and a clever feature of OpenTrashMail)!
Why Did Media Players Look Like That?
As MP3s took off, early player software looked... weird and ugly. To this day, I can't understand why.
Announcers and Automation
A friend of mine used to do railway station announcements and was so good that he could do it from…
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Dan Q’s been blogging since the 1990s, mostly about his life, technology, programming, relationships, hacking, and games.
He lives in Oxford, UK with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous V-shaped thingy, and their two children. Until he finds something that rhymes better, he describes himself as a magician Automattician on a geoposition-mission.
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(archive) - Beginning to prepare/test my costume for an upcoming murder mystery party, I glanced into the mirror and briefly didn’t recognise myself. Glasses can do so much to change your face shape!
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- Things The Other Child Did Wrong That Lead To The Fight that I’ve heard so far today: Clapped too loudly Sang too loudly Sang too quietly Sang the wrong words Put their feet too close to the dog Ate the last grape Ate the wrong grape (!?) Finished brushing their teeth first Clapped too loudly, […]
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- Unable to sleep, I found myself wondering whether anybody with a retro-hipster vibe had built a smart pocketwatch. All your smartwatch features, but in pocketwatch format. Then I realised I was describing a mobile phone on a keychain.