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EGXchange - a digital EGX wallet
Dan launches a digital wallet service for users of the Emma Goldcoin (EGX) digital currency.
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Taking a Jackbox Zoom Party to the Next Level
Dan hosts a lot of Jackbox games over Zoom, and he's got some pro-level tips to share with you.
Tick Tock
Dan reviews Tick Tock, a cooperative puzzle game that he and Ruth played for their Date Night this week, and…
Pronouns in Three Rings
Via a quick linguistics lesson, Dan explains how Three Rings handles volunteers' pronouns, and how it might need to improve…
Email Tracking and Paperless Banking
Dan's paperless baking gets taken away when he doesn't consent to them tracking when and where he reads their emails.
Hot Shots, Part Dream
Dan shares a dream in which he starts a meme about a non-existent 80s kids TV show inspired by a…
Automattic Growth
After only two years at Automattic, Dan's now been there longer than most. Wait, what?
About
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.
On this day in 2009...
Saddlebacking
Saddlebacking. I laughed. Awesome work, Dan.
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- The comprehensive @id3 v2 system for #MP3 metadata doesn't seem to have an "explicit content" flag. I'm using an experimental XRAT frame (with a '1' or '0') for now, but I wonder if anyone's already "solved" this in a better way?
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- Today is "superhero day" for nursery/reception, so I continued my effort to straddle the line between being a fun #parent and an embarassing parent line by dropping the kids off like this...
- Dan overengineers a geocache... so it looks like a sign!
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(found it) - When do I #blog? A breakdown of my top four #indieweb content types - articles, reposts, checkins and notes - by month.
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