Year: 2019
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Robin Varley is fundraising for Campaign Against Living Miserably
Ruth's brother Robin is running a rental e-bike basically the entire length of England for charity. Here's Dan's take.
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Goodbye Google Analytics, Hello Fathom
Big news! This site is no longer using Google Analytics and I’ve switched to a self-hosted version of brand new analytics product Fathom.
Fathom is very simple. It only tracks 4 things: Unique Visitors, Page Views, Time on Site, and Bounce Rate. It shows me a chart of page views and visitors and then gives me … -
The Four-Handed Condom
Dan provides another take on why the Tulipán Placer Consentido condom is useless, but it's good that it's being talked about.
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Yet Another JavaScript Framework
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It is impossible to answer all of these questions simply. They can, however, be framed by the ideological project of the web itself. The web was built to be open, both technologically as a decentralized network, and philosophically as a democratizing medium. These questions are tricky because the web belongs to no one, … -
Google AMP lowered our page speed, and there's no choice but to use it - unlike kinds
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We here at unlike kinds decided that we had to implement Google AMP. We have to be in the Top Stories section because otherwise we’re punted down the page and away from potential readers. We didn’t really want to; our site is already fast because we made it fast, largely with a combination of clever … -
"You Me Her" Season 4 premiers, and other polyamory on TV
The "polyromantic comedy" series You Me Her opens its fourth season tonight (Tuesday April 9) at 10 on AT&T's Audience Network. There is no other show like it on television.
Season 1 was about a troubled couple who, independently, fell for the same third person by way of comic flukes: a novelty gimmick. But creator/producer John … -
Enable Private DNS with 1.1.1.1 on Android 9 Pie
Recently, Google officially launched Android 9 Pie, which includes a slew of new features around digital well-being, security, and privacy. If you’ve poked around the network settings on your phone while on the beta or after updating, you may have noticed a new Private DNS Mode now supported by Android.
This new feature simplifies the process … -
Word Ladder Solver
It's likely that the first word ladder puzzles were created by none other than Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the talented British mathematician, and author of the Alice's adventures. According to Carroll, he invented them on Christmas Day in 1877.
A word ladder puzzle consists of two end-cap words, and the goal is to derive a … -
nonstophammerti.me
now a #PWA
now available on #dat
now open source (#GPL)
still as pointless as ever
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Non Stop Hammer Ti.me
Dan launches NonStopHammerTi.me, the latest pointless thing he's put on the Web.
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The British-Irish Dialect Quiz
What is your name for the playground game in which one child chases the rest and anyone who is touched becomes the pursuer?
New York Times
Pretty accurate for me, although my answers to some of the questions - representing the diversity of places around Great Britain that I've lived and some of the … -
Review of Exeter Gardens
This review of Exeter Gardens originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Exeter Gardens, 37A Oxford Rd, Kidlington OX5 2BP, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Moderately well-tended but short walk between Oxford Road and Exeter Park, squeezed between Exeter Hall and The Key doctors practice. Nice decking and benches, but otherwise nothing to …
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Review of Grovelands Play Area
This review of Grovelands Play Area originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Grovelands Play Area, Kidlington OX5 1AZ, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Small play area with the bare essentials for keeping a small child distracted: swingset, roundabout, small climbing frame with slide. All metal equipment, so gets cold in the winter! …
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Review of Bowls Club Pavilion
This review of Bowls Club Pavilion originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Bowls Club Pavilion, 27 Crown Rd, Kidlington OX5 1AG, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Just another bowls club; nicely placed with convenient access to the rest of Kidlington. If bowls is your thing, you could do worse.
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Review of Exeter Park Play Area
This review of Exeter Park Play Area originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Exeter Park Play Area, Exeter Close, Kidlington OX5 1AB, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Since the 2018 renovation of the play area and the surrounding park, this has gone from being a good to a great place to take …