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Year: 2019

  • New Renault Clio ad

    30 Years in the making | The All-New Renault CLIO

    If Renault had wanted Dan to buy a Clio instead of the new Zoe, they should have shown him THIS ad. All the feels!

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    • Repost
    • 5 comments
    • posted 13 November, 2019
  • GIF with more than 256 colours.

    Evolving Computer Words: "GIF"

    People think of GIFs as animations for the Web, but that's only a fraction of their story.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1065 words)

    • Article
    • posted 12 November, 2019
  • Spreadsheet showing correlation the intersection of two variables.

    That moment when you realise, to your immense surprise, that the research you've spent most of the year on might actually demonstrate the thing you set out to test after all. 😲
    Screw you, null hypothesis.

    Read more (35 words)

    • Note
    • posted 9 November, 2019
  • Should accessibility features be optional?

    Go Make Things talks about the duty of library developers to add on-by-default accessibility features, and Dan summarises the conclusion.

    Read more (278 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 8 November, 2019
  • Image representing post: Note #16045

    Who'd have thought that my onboarding fortnight at @WooCommerce / @Automattic would conclude with a very literal "on-boarding". Hang five! πŸ„πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

    Read more - about 1 minutes (19 words)

    • Note
    • 3 comments
    • posted 7 November, 2019
  • Well, Cape Town, you were a blast. But now it's time to get back to my normal life for a bit.

    πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦βœˆοΈπŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺβœˆοΈπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

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    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 5 November, 2019
  • Telephone-to-heliograph conversion circa 1912.

    Evolving Computer Words: "Broadband"

    Dan continues to examine words whose popular meaning have diverged from their technical definition; today, he looks at "broadband".

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1657 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 5 November, 2019
  • Dan with a pair of African penguins

    Seconds after I took this "penguin selfie", a third penguin snuck up behind me and bit me on the arse. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ§πŸ˜§

    Read more - about 1 minutes (20 words)

    • Note
    • 14 comments
    • posted 3 November, 2019
  • Dan sitting on a rock on Table Mountain, Cape Town, with a sunset in the background

    I now have no doubt that from the summit of Table Mountain is an absolutely unparalleled place from which to watch the sunset. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸŒ…πŸ˜

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    • Note
    • 16 comments
    • posted 3 November, 2019
  • Perfect By K Lynn Smith

    Perfect By K Lynn Smith







    Oh Joy Sex Toy / K Lynn Smith
    Now that's a hot comic. NSFW, so don't click through if you're not in a place where you can do so!

    Also, RIP Flapjack. 😒

    Read more (31 words)

    • Repost
    • 1 comment
    • posted 2 November, 2019
  • Dan with the Table Mountain cable car

    Found GC7B8X0 Into 7th Heaven

    This checkin to GC7B8X0 Into 7th Heaven reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Wonderful location for a virtual: what a view! I'm in Cape Town for a week of work and teambuilding with my new colleagues: a rare occasion as we normally work completely remotely from many different countries. I …

    Read more (73 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC7B8X0
    • posted 1 November, 2019
  • Couldn't find GCMYYZ Table Top Trove

    This checkin to GCMYYZ Table Top Trove reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Despite a thorough search in what seems like all of the likely spots, I couldn't find a trace of this cache.

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    • Checkin
    • to GCMYYZ
    • posted 1 November, 2019
  • Found GC707WR Nobel Square 2.7

    This checkin to GC707WR Nobel Square 2.7 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Quick find (once the coordinates stopped bouncing around) after a delicious lunch nearby with some coworkers. Greetings from Oxford, UK!

    Read more - about 1 minutes (20 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC707WR
    • posted 1 November, 2019
  • Dan in the frame, Table Mountain in the background.

    Found GC7B84E Cape Town / Table Mountain Virtual Reward

    This checkin to GC7B84E Cape Town / Table Mountain Virtual Reward reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An easy find while out for a walk an the waterfront with some of my fellow Team Alpha Automatticians. Beautiful view and we got the best possible weather too. TFTC!

    Read more (30 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC7B84E
    • posted 31 October, 2019
  • Replica Trojan horse.

    Evolving Computer Words: "Virus"

    Of all the computer words that have diverged from their original meaning, "virus" has perhaps diverged the furthest. Dan explains how, and why it matters.

    Read more - about 8 minutes (1899 words)

    • Article
    • posted 31 October, 2019

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