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LABS Comic RSS Archive
For the benefit of anybody wanting to read LABS comic from the beginning in their RSS reader, Dan writes a…
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Shifting into Automattic
Dan announces his upcoming departure from the Bodleian Libraries and looks forward to working with Automattic.
DanQ.me Ecosystem
Dan explains how he produces content for the Web, and his blog's place in the ecosystem of the places his…
Anniversary Break
Dan and Ruth celebrate their 12th anniversary by cycling across Scotland.
I Don't Watch YouTube (Like You Watch YouTube)
A recent YouTube video by Veritasium helped Dan understand some of the quirks of YouTube's algorithms. Why hadn't he understood…
BBC News... without the sport
A lightweight Ruby program to republish the BBC News RSS feed... but without the sports articles.
Blogging with semantic insertions and deletions
Adapting your CSS can make semantically-enhanced / modifications to a blog post clearer to readers.
About
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 2014...
Firefighter sucks flames safely into bottle, saves day.
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- 712 checkins: geotagged content, typically resulting from Dan’s GPS gaming, since January 2010
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Recent notes, reposts, checkins, and videos
- Dan's new favourite geocache?
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(didn't find it) - Just accepted @Facebook's new cookie policy. 😋 @USENIXSecurity #usesec19
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(found it) - My last 36 hours: riding, flying, meeting, queuing, driving, drinking, sleeping...
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(write note) - The 5 year-old and the 2 year-old are playing at running a veterinary surgery (the 5 year-old's department) and animal shelter (the 2 year-old's department)...
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(found it) - Geohashing expedition 2019-08-01 51 -1
- 2019-08-01 51 -1 Geohashing expedition (video)