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Year: 2012

  • Image representing post: Toggling

    Toggling

    When he's on autopilot, Dan's been known to "toggle" things when he means to "set" them. And he can't even blame it on being sleepy or concussed, it turns out...

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    • 4 comments
    • posted 30 January, 2012
  • Image representing post: New Computer #2 - Dana

    New Computer #2 - Dana

    Dana is the second of the two new computers Dan's acquired this month. She's tiny, reasonably-powerful, and uses almost no electricity.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (819 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 27 January, 2012
  • Image representing post: The Nontheist Glossary

    The Nontheist Glossary

    Dan talks about what the word "nontheism" means to him, as an umbrella term for a whole heap of other exciting words. He then goes on to criticise how he sees the word "nontheist" used today, in what he sees as further misuse of an already-confusing word.

    Read more - about 8 minutes (1725 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 24 January, 2012
  • Image representing post: Marks & Spensive

    Marks & Spensive

    Dan trolls shoppers in the queue behind him at Marks & Spencer.

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    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 21 January, 2012
  • Looking for Wikipedia?

    Dan explains how to get around the Wikipedia anti-SOPA/PIPA blackout, should you need to.

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    • Article
    • posted 18 January, 2012
  • linked_list - every comment posted is actually the comment to the next post (s)he'll comment on

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    • Repost
    • posted 17 January, 2012
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    Northern Radio

    While standing in the shower and listening to a local radio station, in Lancashire, Dan considers the impact of moving around the country on his perception of different dialects.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (557 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 17 January, 2012
  • Gummy-bear citizens gather around a candle lamp-post in the gingerbread village. Little do they know of the horror that approaches...

    Village Of The Bunnies

    To celebrate his birthday, Dan is joined by Ruth in an effort to construct a diorama of a gingerbread village under assault from enormous gelatinous bunny rabbits. Alcohol may have been involved.

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    • Article
    • 2 comments
    • posted 14 January, 2012
  • Image representing post: Coming out to a dad who understand sociological statistics [comic]

    Coming out to a dad who understand sociological statistics [comic]

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    • posted 11 January, 2012
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    My Very Excellent Liz Just Brought Us Sixteen Pizzas

    Dan saw in the New Year, highly intoxicated, in Macclesfield at the house of his friends Liz and Simon. There's a video and everything.

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    • Article
    • posted 11 January, 2012
  • Image representing post: New Computer #1 - Tiffany2

    New Computer #1 - Tiffany2

    This weekend, Dan built a new computer - Tiffany2 - to replace his aging media centre box.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (566 words)

    • Article
    • 8 comments
    • posted 9 January, 2012
  • Image representing post: Five Beds

    Five Beds

    During his Christmas and New Year tour of the UK, Dan is offered the chance to sleep on no fewer than five separate beds. He's not been quite so crass as to rank the crash spaces he was so-kindly offered in order of comfort, but he might as well have.

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    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 4 January, 2012
  • Image representing post: Marmite

    Marmite

    This blog post is about Marmite.

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    • 14 comments
    • posted 1 January, 2012

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