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Year: 2019

  • Image representing post: Berlin 8:00 a.m.

    Berlin 8:00 a.m.

    A great (interactive) demonstration of how and why phantom traffic jams occur: why some people wanting to drive faster can result in EVERYBODY having to drive slower!

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    • Repost
    • 2 comments
    • posted 7 June, 2019
  • Image representing post: How to Draw a Horse

    How to Draw a Horse

    Dan reshares a comic about... drawing horses? Is that it? Really?

    Read more - about 1 minutes (12 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 7 June, 2019
  • Alexander Mokletsov/Sputnik

    The last Soviet citizen: The cosmonaut who was left behind in space - Russia Beyond

    Repost of the story of Sergei Krikalev, who was aboard Mir when the Soviet Union collapsed and found himself both stateless and weightless.

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    • Repost
    • posted 7 June, 2019
  • Image representing post: Reducing motion with the picture element

    Reducing motion with the picture element

    A simple, elegant way to use an inline CSS media query to provide "prefers-reduced-motion" support on animated content.

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    • Repost
    • posted 7 June, 2019
  • Image representing post: Goat LARP

    Goat LARP

    Oh, I thought: it's LARPing but with goats: well, whatever floats your goat... but no, I was wrong.

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    • Repost
    • posted 2 June, 2019
  • Annabel making elderflower cordial

    Elderflower season is here once again and the eldest and I are kicking off our elderflower cordial production line!

    Read more - about 1 minutes (19 words)

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    • 6 comments
    • posted 2 June, 2019
  • Image representing post: Found GC6102Y Minecrafty 3 - Zombie

    Found GC6102Y Minecrafty 3 - Zombie

    Found via quick diversion from my expedition to the 2019-05-27 51 -1 geohashpoint.

    Read more (63 words)

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    • to GC6102Y
    • 1 comment
    • posted 27 May, 2019
  • Silly grin

    Geohashing expedition 2019-05-27 51 -1

    Dan takes a break from studying to cycle out to a hashpoint in South East Oxford.

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    • to 2019-05-27 51 -1
    • 1 comment
    • posted 27 May, 2019
  • Dungeons & Dragons (80s TV show)

    Caverna Do DragΓ£o

    Remember that 80s TV show Dungeons & Dragons? It turns out that Renault's target customer base in Brazil do, too.

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    • Repost
    • posted 26 May, 2019
  • Image representing post: The man who made Einstein world-famous

    The man who made Einstein world-famous

    A fascinating BBC News story about how astronomer Arthur Stanley Eddington helped the world "discover" the genius of Albert Einstein.

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    • Repost
    • posted 25 May, 2019
  • Veritasium explains the YouTube "frontpage" algorithm.

    I Don't Watch YouTube (Like You Watch YouTube)

    A recent YouTube video by Veritasium helped Dan understand some of the quirks of YouTube's algorithms. Why hadn't he understood them before? Because he uses YouTube in an unusual way...

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1152 words)

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    • 3 comments
    • posted 25 May, 2019
  • Image representing post: Going Critical

    Going Critical

    A fabulous and interactive exploration of network interactions. Treat as a longread (with some opportunities to play as you go along).

    Read more - about 3 minutes (485 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 24 May, 2019
  • Image representing post: Danny Daycare

    Danny Daycare

    This isn't how I behave when I'm out cycling with one of our little 'uns in tow. But sometimes, just sometimes, when I see a solid-looking jump...

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    • Repost
    • posted 24 May, 2019
  • Image representing post: Cat Salesman (Sioux Falls Area Humane Society)

    Cat Salesman (Sioux Falls Area Humane Society)

    Our cats are ready to walk off the lot. Adopt! Adopt! Adopt!

    Read more - about 1 minutes (14 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 22 May, 2019
  • Image representing post: Accessibility Resources

    Accessibility Resources

    Beverley Newing shares their hotlist of their favourite accessibility resources.

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    • Repost
    • posted 22 May, 2019

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