Month: January 2011
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Mr. Smith's Robbery
Dan shares a story about a man who's robbed at gunpoint, and then speaks his mind about the recent case of a false accusation of rape by a schoolgirl in Cheltenham.
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Fox News on IPv6
Journalists continue to misrepresent and generally fuck up the public's understanding of the future of the Internet, and Dan simply can't help himself but to try to put them right.
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Puppy Eating Time
Dan puts his foot in his mouth, and makes it sound like he was considering putting his boss's new pet puppy in there, too. But then everything turns out better than expected.
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Argh, It Burns! Night
The Earthlings celebrate Burns Night in their own special way, with readings of the worst fan fiction they could find in a competition to find the worst examples of the genre to exist anywhere.
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Mobile One-Time-Passwords in Ruby
A Ruby-based implementation of the Mobile One-Time-Password system, providing two-factor authentication for Rails applications, among other things.
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Copy-Pasting Passwords into Steam
Valve are running a security theatre by pretending that a "feature" in Steam provides protection, when in actual fact it simply makes things harder for users with good security sense. Here's how to circumvent the feature, as well as some tips on great password safe programs.
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Found GL4ZBARC Rock Edge
This checkin to GL4ZBARC Rock Edge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. AltDan at Rock Edge GZ AltDan at Rock Edge GZ Despite the foul weather I really enjoyed exploring this little nature reserve (and not just because it gave me a break from my cross-town cycle!) Photos attached of …
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Found GL4ZBA6C Son of the The Lonely tree
This checkin to GL4ZBA6C Son of the The Lonely tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Looks like I must have been there JUST before mumzoid970! Following the coordinates, I was standing almost on top of it (well, as close as one can get!) before I thought to look down …
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Found GL4ZB9QK Oxford United FC
This checkin to GL4ZB9QK Oxford United FC reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My favourite cache of the day! A wonderful little adventure!
I'd not noticed when I copied the data to my GPSr that this find was going to involve as much leg-work as it did! Starting in Headington, I … -
Found GL4ZB8WG Rest up
This checkin to GL4ZB8WG Rest up reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found with no difficulty: while cycling down from the main road my GPSr basically pointed right at it! TFTC.
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Found GL4ZB8G2 Testing (R50) 1, 2, 3
This checkin to GL4ZB8G2 Testing (R50) 1, 2, 3 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found this on my way down from Horspath Nature Reserve. Nothing exciting happening on the test track, but I did notice that the signature before mine in the log was that of Fraig2010, who recently …
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Found GL4ZB840 The Hammers
This checkin to GL4ZB840 The Hammers reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Nice "mechanism" to help with the retrieval/hiding of this little cache. Somebody going into the village hall gave me an odd look as I lifted my bike over the gate!
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Found GL4ZB6WK Old SideTracked - Horspath Halt
This checkin to GL4ZB6WK Old SideTracked - Horspath Halt reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. AltBricked-up railway tunnel near a geocache. AltBricked-up railway tunnel near a geocache. During a nice stroll around this lovely nature reserve (including a look at the artificial "bat cave" that's been formed out of the …
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Found GL4ZB6AQ Famous Grouse
This checkin to GL4ZB6AQ Famous Grouse reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. This cache was a primary goal of mine, today, because a travel bug I set off on it's travels (a long while back, and in Wales), "The Oxford Scouting Party", had safely landed here and I wanted to …
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Found GL4ZB5QD All Ducked Up
This checkin to GL4ZB5QD All Ducked Up reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After a hard uphill trek through slippery mud (in inadequate shoes) I got to this easy cache. Lots of stuff in the box, but TNLN. Thanks for giving me an excuse to stop for a break before …