Month: April 2016
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My @htcvive arrived today. And my mind is quite thoroughly blown. It's everything I dreamed it would be and more besides.
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If your website asks for titles:
(a) ask why!
(b) make optional
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Writing CSS with the same level of discipline as we write programs sounds difficult, but I can see why it's... !important. #renderconf
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@addyosmani is on the right and @benjaminbenben is on the left... but their pictures are the other way around. Aaarrgh! #RenderConf
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Good morning, #RenderConf! Thanks for a great quiz last night (shout out to my boys in HTTP 418) and for the subsequent hangover!
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Found GLMPG4GX Swing Lower (Historic Site)
This checkin to GLMPG4GX Swing Lower (Historic Site) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Ignore the naysayers and the cowards: this cache is still firmly in location, and just as accessible as it has been since my first visit to it, several years ago: in fact, thanks to the trimming-back …
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Solar Eclipses
What's the difference between a total and an annular solar eclipse?
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Split A Note
Trying out a new magic trick. Have you got change for a £30? Can you help me split a note?
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Eiffel Tower
Is it true that the air around The Eiffel Tower weighs more than the tower?
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DevCamp - have we really been doing this for 7 years?
For the last seven years, Dan's been attending Three Rings' annual DevCamp, a week-long hackathon especially for volunteers on Three Rings' Dev Team. And he's only now gotten around to writing about how awesome it is.
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Found GLMJ54B9 #Alice In Wyederland - Bonus - Was it all a dream?
This checkin to GLMJ54B9 #Alice In Wyederland - Bonus - Was it all a dream? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. N 51° 43.370 W 002° 41.257
In my previous log entry, I'd gotten to the end of a two-trip expedition to find Alice In Wyederland caches #1 through #10 and … -
Found GLMJ52FH #10 Alice In Wyederland - Who Stole the Tarts?
This checkin to GLMJ52FH #10 Alice In Wyederland - Who Stole the Tarts? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. N 51° 42.902 W 002° 41.262
A bit more of a trek to this cache on this morning's expedition, especially as I needed to divert around a bit of the path that … -
Found GLMJ5191 #9 Alice In Wyederland - The Mock Turtle's Story
This checkin to GLMJ5191 #9 Alice In Wyederland - The Mock Turtle's Story reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Disturbed a herd of deer (who were having their breakfast) on my way up to this cache: must have been 10 or 11 of them: I've never seen so many deer …
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Found GLMJ5106 #8 Alice In Wyederland - Tweedledum & Tweedledee
This checkin to GLMJ5106 #8 Alice In Wyederland - Tweedledum & Tweedledee reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Somehow ended up way off course in my search for this cache and spent about a quarter of an hour looking in entirely the wrong place. The hint didn't help, so I …
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Found GLMJ50RZ #7 Alice In Wyederland - The Queen of Hearts
This checkin to GLMJ50RZ #7 Alice In Wyederland - The Queen of Hearts reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Continuing my morning adventure, I quickly discovered that my OpenStreetMap plans of this hillside were woefully inaccurate as regards the locations of the paths! Still, my GPSr was playing nicely and …