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XPath Scraping with FreshRSS
The latest version of FreshRSS's killer feature is XPath scraping. Dan demonstrates how to use it.
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Covid Brain
After keeping it at bay for years, Dan finally catches Covid and it makes his brain go wonky.
.well-known/links in WordPress
Dan implements a WordPress plugin to support Jim Nielsen's proposal for .well-known/links.
Beating Children at Mastermind
Sick of losing Mastermind to his kids, Dan cheats by implementing a brute-force solver he can run on his phone.
Dog; Person
He's not a "dog person", but Dan's learned to love one dog in particular.
Milk and Mail Notifications with Flic 2 Buttons
Dan deploys Flic 2 "smart buttons" to remind him to read his post and bring the milk in.
Bash+Batch In One File
A single file that can be executed in Bash, Zsh, Windows Command Prompt, and MS-DOS? Yup, and it's disgusting.
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.
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Recent notes, reposts, checkins, videos, and reviews
- Was a 10th century speaker of Old Saxon a "Saxophone"? 🤔
- All the game descriptions from the sale
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GC33BAJ
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GC9Z37K
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GC9EXXC
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GC9Z37H
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GC9Z37G
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GC8W7QW
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GC5PPFT
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GC8V4TA
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GC8VQ92
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GC8V4T3
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GC8V4RN
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GC90RH3
(write note) - Beating Children at Mastermind [Video]
- Dog; Person [Video]
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GC9H105
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GC9EXX4
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GC8MZ4G
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GC3WYMN
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GC9GKJA
(owner maintenance) - After talking about impulse control, our "puppy school" OABT half-jokingly issued homework to photograph our dogs waiting patiently next to their initial, written in treats. #holdmybeer
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GC8W7QW
(owner maintenance) - Bree-Yark!
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GC7RN72
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GC1EGCZ
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GC9Q4JG
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