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Year: 2016

  • Solar Eclipses

    What's the difference between a total and an annular solar eclipse?

    DataGenetics

    Read more - about 1 minutes (12 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 20 April, 2016
  • Image representing post: Split A Note

    Split A Note



    Trying out a new magic trick. Have you got change for a £30? Can you help me split a note?

    Also available on YouTube.

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    • Video
    • posted 19 April, 2016
  • Eiffel Tower

    Is it true that the air around The Eiffel Tower weighs more than the tower?

    DataGenetics

    Read more - about 1 minutes (16 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 15 April, 2016
  • Image representing post: DevCamp - have we really been doing this for 7 years?

    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.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (787 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 11 April, 2016
  • 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 …

    Read more - about 3 minutes (505 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GLMJ54B9
    • posted 7 April, 2016
  • 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 …

    Read more (336 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GLMJ52FH
    • posted 7 April, 2016
  • 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 …

    Read more (151 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GLMJ5191
    • posted 7 April, 2016
  • 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 …

    Read more (77 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GLMJ5106
    • posted 7 April, 2016
  • 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 …

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    • Checkin
    • to GLMJ50RZ
    • posted 7 April, 2016
  • Found GLMJ50JZ #6 Alice In Wyederland - Mad Hatters Tea Party

    This checkin to GLMJ50JZ #6 Alice In Wyederland - Mad Hatters Tea Party reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Out for another morning adventure, this time with the plan to finish the Alice In Wyederland series (I found 1 through 5 earlier in the week) and collect the bonus, I …

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    • Checkin
    • to GLMJ50JZ
    • posted 7 April, 2016
  • Found GLMJ08ZC Ferryman's Fury

    This checkin to GLMJ08ZC Ferryman's Fury reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The last of my finds for today, during my walk from Tintern to Underhill. The rain stopped in the end and so I didn't have to get soaked while standing out on the bridge (although I did get …

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    • Checkin
    • to GLMJ08ZC
    • posted 6 April, 2016
  • Found GLMJ0816 Tintern Track

    This checkin to GLMJ0816 Tintern Track reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The weather came down and, perhaps in response to it or perhaps just because of the tree cover, my GPSr started playing up. Still: a little pacing up and down to get a fix again made all the …

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    • Checkin
    • to GLMJ0816
    • posted 6 April, 2016
  • Found GLMJ07ER Station Surprise

    This checkin to GLMJ07ER Station Surprise reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A nice easy multicache and a lovely walk besides: thanks for this. Started looking in the wrong place but the hint swiftly set me right.

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    • Checkin
    • to GLMJ07ER
    • posted 6 April, 2016
  • Found GLMJ06WF Tintern Water Station

    This checkin to GLMJ06WF Tintern Water Station reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Like many others, I found myself very-definitely on the wrong path. But I'm a brave (or perhaps stubborn) 'cacher, so I hacked my way through some brambles and hopped a fence in order to reach the right …

    Read more (69 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GLMJ06WF
    • posted 6 April, 2016
  • Found GLMJ06EN Tintern Branch Line

    This checkin to GLMJ06EN Tintern Branch Line reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Not in the first place I looked, but still swiftly found on this, my walk back from Tintern to Underhill. Beautiful location, although I think there's a risk I'll be caught in a rain shower later on!

    Read more (37 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GLMJ06EN
    • posted 6 April, 2016

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