Month: May 2015
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Off into surgery: wish me luck!
Apparently when I had wisdom teeth removed, ooh, a little over 25 years ago, the dentist who did so fucked up and managed to leave fragments of tooth embedded in my gum, which might have been harmless except that they've lately become infected with something and are may ultimately threaten my jawbone.
So, yeah. In … -
I'm "doing an avapoet" again - I'm upgilding EVERYONE in /r/MegaLoungeOpal!
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Woke up this morning to a pleasant surprise in my bank account. ALL OF THE GOLD!
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People who should REALLY be using MegaMegaMonitor
You know how I love to play with statistics and data mining. Well, I've been doing so, and I thought I'd share with you uber-elites some fun-but-pointless data I've been extracting: the names of the Redditors who'd probably most-benefit from MegaMegaMonitor, but who aren't using it (based on how many tracked private subs they're … -
For the first time, I'm thinking that there might be such a thing as too many icons...
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MegaMegaMonitor now supports the noble Ninjas! (and the filthy pirates, I suppose)
As of MegaMegaMonitor v120, the browser plugin now supports /r/NinjaLounge! What does this mean - well, if you install MegaMegaMonitor into your browser:
You'll be able to see your ninja brethren everywhere on Reddit: they'll have a "ninja" icon after their name, so you can't miss them!
You'll be able to write … -
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v114 released - performance improvements
I've just released version 114 of MegaMegaMonitor. You'll get the upgrade automatically within the next day or so, or you can force it to upgrade manually by clicking here. If you're not using it yet, install it here. Changes in this release are:
Performance improvements - many users, and particularly those on slower … -
Minutes away from completing my first hitchhiker mission, playing for the first time since 1.x, this happened. Nooooo!
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[meta] Suggestion: weekly "themes"
I think this sub has huge potential and I'd have made it myself if you hadn't beaten me to it! Anyway: this kind of comedy sometimes benefits from constraints, so how about every e.g. Monday we have an official 'theme' post, stickied, where submitters are encouraged to drift towards our be inspired by the … -
The "Oxford University Experience" infographic [x-post /r/oxforduni]
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Cleaning up after suicide bomber attack [N*S*F*W]
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This morning my partner's daughter chained two words together for the first time :-)
She's 16 months old and while she's gotten the hang of a few words (notably "cat" - she's very interested in cats), this morning she surprised and delighted us all as I took her off to nursery by turning to her mother, waving, and saying "buh-bye mum-muh." Totally adorable.
The little tyke herself.
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Oxford University fundraising reaches £2bn [x-post /r/unitedkingdom]
A University of Oxford campaign to raise funds for teaching and research has raised £2bn, it has been announced.
The institution began raising money towards new scholarships, academic posts, programmes, buildings and facilities in August 2004.
The sum stands at £2,012,571,521 but the university has now set itself a new target of £3bn.
Vice-chancellor Professor Andrew Hamilton called … -
Solar Power, part 2
Last year, Dan had solar panels installed on his roof. Four months on, he takes a look at how much money they're saving (and generating) for him and his tribe.