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Travelling light
Lately, I've taken to "travelling light", and it feels carefree and liberating.
Normal for Children
The natural state of a child is to assume that their upbringing, their family, and thier community is representative and…
Nightmares & Noggins
I had a nightmare last night in which I was underprepared for an upcoming D&D session. Because I am underprepared,…
How a 2002 standard made 2022 bearable
Somewhere, in another timeline, the P3P standard is alive and thriving and saving us from cookie/privacy popovers.
AI is lying to you
Despite how much of DanQ.me is tokenised by ChatGPT, it still outright lies when asked about it. Why is this,…
New Far Side in FreshRSS
In response to a recent comment, I've written a recipe for getting "new" Far Side content into FreshRSS too.
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
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(found it) - Today I learned that the quiet, high-pitched neighing sound horses sometimes make is called "nickering". I learned this from a subtitle which read "[horse nickers]". 🤣
- Max props to the developer of puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth. Saved me a ton of work circumventing Cloudflare's bollocks while I was trying to get my own data as recorded by my smartwatch.
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(found it) - I bought Zach Weinersmith‘s Bea Wolf for my kids (9 and 6, the elder of them already a fan of Beowulf). It arrived today, but neither of them have had a chance to because I wouldn’t put it down.
- Thoughts on Editing Posts
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- Automattic Acquires ActivityPub Plugin for WordPress
- Geohashing expedition 2023-03-10 51 -1
- The tape library robot that served drinks
- Yesterday's Internet Today! (Woo DM 2023)
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(found it) - Kev Quirk: Ten Years of Blogging
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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!