Year: 2011
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I'm banned from Facebook for having an unusual name. Any suggestions welcome!
I have an unusual name: I'm pretty sure I'm the only person with my name in the world. It's not the quirkiest name in the world - I have two names, the first one is pretty common, the second one is unusual but isn't a swearword or "Elephanthead" or something, it's all in … -
Found GL73T5N0 The ox-stream caching series - Wytham Stream
This checkin to GL73T5N0 The ox-stream caching series - Wytham Stream reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found with fleeblewidget, pacifist_049, and misterjta (the latter of which spotted it in no time at all despite the low light). TFTC: it's been a while since I've been out on the hunt!
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Every time I see this at work my heart skips a beat.
AltGoogle Analytics tab, truncated to Google Anal
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A Surprise Christmas Gift
A surprise package arrives outside Dan's office door. What's inside? A whole heap of goodness, that's what.
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Making Time
Finally at the end of a mammoth development stretch for the Three Rings project, Dan finally gets a little free time in which to play some video games.
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Banned From Facebook
Dan gets banned from Facebook, for being too awesome. Or something. He wasn't really paying attention to the reason, because he was distracted by all of the adverts and clutter that Facebook's full of, these days.
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TIL that Samwell (of "What What! In The Butt!" fame) did a far less-well-known song promoting condom use
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Live countdown to Minecraft 1.0
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Cold-call scam attempts to trick users into thinking their PC has a fault, sells them a "solution". Here's a recording.
More and more people are facing calls from companies claiming falsely that their computer is infected by a virus.
Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones had one such call and outlines how the scam works and how to avoid it.
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HilaryJC's "Guide to Reddit" - is this for real?
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"Passengers who saw a wheel fall off a plane as it took off did not immediately inform the crew, a report has said."
Passengers who saw a wheel fall off a plane as it took off did not immediately inform the crew, a report has said.
The accident happened in March on a Flybe flight from Exeter to Newcastle.
The captain returned to Exeter and used the emergency brake and "significant amounts of right rudder" … -
Etiquette
Dan and Ruth go to the theatre and perform in a play in which they are also the directors, audience, and scenery. Then things get weird.
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Goodbye Reader
After Google apply an ugly-as-sin new style and break some of his favourite features, Dan finally gives up on Google Reader and sets himself up on Tiny Tiny RSS instead.
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Zip-A-De-Do-Car, Zip-A-De-Day
For the last few months, Dan's been a member of Streetcar (now part of Zipcar), an on-demand car club, primarily as a means of getting to and from his course at Aylesbury College. Here are his thoughts on his experience, for your enjoyment.
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I have multiple GMail accounts. I'd like to see a different notification icon for each. Any suggestions?
The first of the two apps mentioned in this article - "Gmail Notifier" - sounds perfect, but doesn't seem to exist any more.
GMail Notifier + Widgets looks like it might do it (it's designed to do different icons depending on labels). Does anybody have any experience with this?
Or any …