Month: March 2011
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World Backup Day
Dan encourages you to make backups, or to check that your existing backups are working, as part of your celebration of World Backup Day. Stop procrastinating and go do it.
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Passwords
This repost was published in hindsight, on 11 March 2019.
Fiona wrote:
I have been uneasy for a while about my passwords, but being dyslexic and a bit lazy there was not an obvious solution to make it more secure and not lock me out. The problem that I have is anything that requires memorising a … -
Poly and the Census - Part Two
Still no reply from the Office of National Statistics... but somebody's put in a Freedom of Information request now asking a very similar question.
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Disapora Invites
Dan has spare invitations to the alpha test version of Diaspora, a new distributed social networking service platform. Want one?
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Passwords - The Least You Should Do
If you're reading this, there is at least a 95% chance that your passwords aren't good enough. You should fix them. Today.
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A Punting Story
Dan, Ruth and JTA borrow a punt and go for a picnic. It turns out that driving a punt is a lot harder than it looks. Especially when you're drunk.
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Poly and the Census
Dan engages in a little polyamory activism, writing to the Office of National Statistics to ask for their assurances that the data submitted on the census he shares with the other Earthlings will be correctly recorded and that the fact that his partner has ticked both the "partner" and "husband or wife" boxes (for different people) will not be treated as a mistake. I wonder what they'll have to say about that...
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Wrong Number
Do you know Steve Wilburn? I don't either, but he's the only Wilburn I've ever heard of, so it's likely that it's him that you want. So why are you talking to me?
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Murder... Way Out West
Dan invites you to "Murder... Way Out West", Earth's latest Murder Mystery Night.
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Space Cowboy
Dan recommends that you watch Castle. And he's not just saying that because the last episode he watched was amazing. He's saying that because every episode is amazing. But especially the one with the vampires, werewolves, men in suits and blue latex gloves, and space cowboys.
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IE6 Countdown
Microsoft have finally started telling people NOT to use Internet Explorer 6, an awful outdated browser that's holding the web back. If you're one of the minority that are still using it, then please stop. Please.
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On This Day in 2002 (New Job!)
Dan looks back to 2002, when he began working for SmartData. Now, nine years on, he's planning to move on to his next job, with the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford!
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Jedward and the Aurochs
What a load of bull. Dan compares music by teen pop sensation Jedward with efforts to recreate extinct species of cattle, muses on the philosophy of identification, and pokes fun at Freddie Mercury. Moo!