Year: 2014
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Children's book about a kid and an alien represented by an asterisk (*)
I read a book as a child, probably in the early 1990s, whose story sick with me but which I haven't been able to find since. The plot goes thusly: a child plays a semi text-based video game in which he controls a character (represented by an asterisk), but it later becomes apparent that … -
Surprises, e.g. a Brother-in-Law
While on the way to a stag night in Edinburgh, Dan stops to perform magic in Preston and is surprised to discover that his sister has secretly gotten married.
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@TheGodzillaGirl @bornvulcan #am #i #doing #this #right #hashtag #questionmark
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@mccarthy_liz on computers not doing what she expected: "I wish that computer weren't so inanimate... and could feel shame."
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The Beauty in Mathematics
What is the connection between Moby Dick, accurate clocks, ski-jumps, roller coasters and cog wheels?
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Show me 'your penis'
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Cosmo - Building A Watercooled PC (Part 1)
Mostly-irrationally, Dan decides that it's time to build a new computer, and sets out to make a souped-up, liquid-cooled monster of a machine. This is the first part of that story.
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Behind the Scenes: Weston Library time-lapse
If the different land uses of the UK were divided up into their percentage-ratio blocks, what would a 100-second tour of the country (with each second covering a single percent of the land usage) look like?
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TIL that the "holes" in Swiss cheese were, until recently, seen as a sign of imperfection and something cheesemakers tried to avoid
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Three types of bacteria are used in the production of Emmental: Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus helveticus, and Propionibacterium freudenreichii. Historically, the holes were a sign of imperfection, and until modern times, cheese makers would try to avoid them. Emmental cheese is used in a variety of dishes, particularly in gratins, and fondue, where it is mixed … -
I thought that I was already playing in HD, but now they want to sell me this add-on pack to give me HD vision. What gives?
Alt"HD Vision" glasses
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Geohashing expedition 2014-02-19 51 -0
This checkin to geohash 2014-02-19 51 -0 reflects a geohashing expedition. See more of Dan's hash logs. Location
The edge of a field, south of Buckingham.
Participants
DanQ
Expedition
To commemorate the second anniversary of the death of my father - a keen hiker and cyclist, who was killed during a hiking accident … -
Hi /r/polyamory!
How are you spending your Valentines' Day? With somebody special? With several special people? Boycotting the celebration entirely?
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Geek Week Remake/Homage to the classic series (because nobody's posted anything else in /r/knightmare...)
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Doing a book test twist; does it sound original? Compelling?
I've got a twist on a book test that I'm hoping to work into a performance in a couple of weeks time (cabaret-size), and I was wondering if anybody's got any thoughts about it. Specifically: does it sound compelling?
The effect: I'll be following on from a couple of other mentalist effects and selling this … -
Before we had the Oxford Tube/X90, we had this. It only cost £1, but on the other hand it took eight hours...
Timetables uncovered by Memory Lane reader David Brown show that a stagecoach service was operating between the two cities as late as 1928.
You could take the stagecoach from Oxford to London, then catch a train back to Oxford, or vice versa.
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Oxford Mail