Month: November 2018
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Harlot's Web
Perry Bible Fellowship
Funny throughout, and a fabulous final twist that could only be described as perhaps seasonally-too-soon. -
Performed maintenance for GC7Q96B Oxford's Long-Lost Zoo
This checkin to GC7Q96B Oxford's Long-Lost Zoo reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Checked-in following recent report of "broken hinge". Hinge is fine, but this kind of container is designed so that the hinge can be easily detached and the lid removed completely - so long as you come at …
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Why the pencil is perfect
Caroline Weaver (TED)
I love to discover people who are hugely and deeply passionate about things that seem inconsequential to the rest of the world. Especially when they're especially able to express that passion and how exciting their special-thing is, to them. This video (and to a lesser extent the others in the Small … -
Reported GC2ZPK9 Fining Wood needs maintenance
This checkin to GC2ZPK9 Fining Wood reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.
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Found GC2ZPK9 Fining Wood
This checkin to GC2ZPK9 Fining Wood reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A challenging find this morning, and not in the good way! After an extended search the cache was eventually found on the other side of some fallen (spiky) bushes from the published coordinates. From the logs it looks …
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Found GC7Q7FN Church Micro 11881...Lane End
This checkin to GC7Q7FN Church Micro 11881...Lane End reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Staying at the conference centre down the road I got up early this morning to come out and find this cache before breakfast. After a little while struggling to make out the letters on the gravestone …
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The International Flag of Planet Earth
The International Flag of Planet Earth
Inspirational, well thought-out proposal for a flag for unified, "for Earth" projects. The website is terrible, but the artwork's great, and it's always nice to see an artist focus on the idea of "uniting humanity" in spite of our politically-fractured world. -
The CSS Working Group At TPAC: What's New In CSS?
Last week, I attended W3C TPAC as well as the CSS Working Group meeting there. Various changes were made to specifications, and discussions had which I feel are of interest to web designers and developers. In this article, I’ll explain a little bit about what happens at TPAC, and show some examples and demos of …
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Why didn't humanity save the planet? Perhaps they were busy
First Dog on the Moon (The Guardian)
Turns out that Al Gore was right about the ManBearPig, or something. -
How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book
When October Books, a small radical bookshop in Southampton, England, was moving to a new location down the street, it faced a problem. How could it move its entire stock to the new spot, without spending a lot of money or closing down for long?
The shop came up with a clever solution: They put out … -
Stranger Danger: Still the right message for children?
Many parents remember the "Stranger Danger" message given to children during the 1970s and 80s. Government videos warned children not to talk to people they didn't know. But a new message is being trialled in the UK, which its creators think is better at keeping children safe.
"I tried to get the [old] Stranger …