Month: February 2011
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Too Ruby
If the Ruby programming language were a chef, it would make the best tie dyed cakes in the world. Sadly, it isn't, but it still makes for some mighty "readable" code.
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Found GL541R7D Spies Like Us - The Dead Drop
This checkin to GL541R7D Spies Like Us - The Dead Drop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found the numbers, and they lead us straight to the "drop". Nice location, and a great idea for a cache: we'll certainly be looking out for Spies Like Us - Honeypot sometime soon!
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Found GL541QWX Muggles on bikes (everywhere!)
This checkin to GL541QWX Muggles on bikes (everywhere!) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Quite a bit of pacing up and down the area, even after we looked at the hint, before we found this well-covered cache. TFTC.
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A New Way to Be Creepy on Facebook
Breakup Notifier is a useful - no, wait, that other thing: creepy - new service that lets you know when the relationship status of somebody you have a crush on changes, maximising your chance to exploit the window of opportunity in their romantic availability. Feel dirty yet? Wait until you read Dan's suggestions to improve the tool's profitability.
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Polyamory as an Identity
Many people in polyamorous relationships identify as "being" polyamorous, but Dan doesn't. In this blog post, he tries to understand how polyamory is an identity for some, but not for others, and explains why it isn't one for him.
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Massage
Dan and Ruth go to a couples-massage class and meet a sadist, a Spaniard, and his wife. Then the oil comes out... Wait, are we in the right place?
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Found GL53DQ7Z Holland Park #2
This checkin to GL53DQ7Z Holland Park #2 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Another pleasant walk to a great little cache: slightly more well-hidden than Holland Park #1, but still posing little problem to find it. TFTC!
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Found GL53DQ5A Holland Park #1
This checkin to GL53DQ5A Holland Park #1 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Lovely little park: had never been here before. TFTC.
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Couldn't find GC1R2BV Kensington Town Hall Ghost
This checkin to GC1R2BV Kensington Town Hall Ghost reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. We were only able to spend about 20 minutes searching for this, but didn't manage to find it, even after looking at the clue. We found what we think must have been its hiding place and …
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Remember Go Ape?
When we went to Go Ape at the tail end of Ruth & JTA's Stag/Hen Weekend party, we had no idea that we'd have such an impact on one little girl as we evidently did. Maybe we should dress as superheroes when we go to Go Ape next time (in March!), too...
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The Week of Balls
Dan says the word "balls" a lot, statistically speaking, as he deals with a broken boiler (at home) and a disfunctional server (at work).
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Finding my Geographic Centre
What do you get if you take the average location between all of the places you've ever lived? Dan tried this, and it turns out that his geographical centre point is only a quarter hour's drive away from where his parents live, even without weighting. How will it be affected by his house move, later this year?
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Roadspotters
Dan learns about the way that road numbers are organised around the UK and speculates about the existence of a new kind of nerd, the "roadspotter". And then, a short Internet search later, realises that this unusually hobby actually exists...
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Free Deed Poll Generator
Generate yourself a legally-valid UK deed poll to change your name... completely free! A new, open-source project by Dan makes and a web site that anybody can use makes it easy to change your legal name.