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Year: 2019

  • Chemistry experiments on the banks of the Oxford Canal.

    Water Science

    Dan and the kids participate in some citizen science, testing the water quality in the Oxford Canal.

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    • 7 comments
    • posted 21 September, 2019
  • Image representing post: Enter The D&DDJ

    Enter The D&DDJ

    A new blog by my friend Alec promises an exploration of enhancing tabletop roleplaying with music.

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    • Repost
    • posted 21 September, 2019
  • Elf Chalkboard

    Elf Chalkboard Puzzle

    A puzzle: elves wipe numbers from your chalkboard in a particular pattern. Is the number that's left odd or even?

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    • Repost
    • posted 20 September, 2019
  • Annabel explores the Talking Maps digital interactives.

    Using the Web for Exhibition Interactives

    As he writes up notes for his successor, Dan explains how the Bodleian's interactive digital signage uses the power of the Web.

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1480 words)

    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 20 September, 2019
  • Argyll Forest, as photographed by Beverley Newing

    Motorbiking to Scotland

    My friend Bev wrote about their motorcycling adventure up and down the UK; it's pretty awesome.

    Read more (286 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 19 September, 2019
  • Forward Comic issue 100, frame 1

    Forward #100 - Gamification

    Forward Comic reaches strip #100!

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    • 2 comments
    • posted 19 September, 2019
  • Image representing post: Which Face is Real?

    Which Face is Real?

    Play an online game to learn to differentiate real from "deepfake"-style photos. With comments from Dan.

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    • Repost
    • posted 18 September, 2019
  • Impossible Geometry

    Impossible Geometry

    Rapping about video games is one thing. Rapping about music/beatmatching video games takes this to a whole new level.

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    • Repost
    • posted 18 September, 2019
  • Madilyn Bailey sings a song composed of hate comments she's received on her YouTube channel

    I Wrote a Song Using Only Hate Comments

    Some people fight their haters. Some people ignore their haters. Madilyn Bailey goes one step further and uses hate comments as the lyrics to a song.

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    • Repost
    • posted 17 September, 2019
  • Chrome's experimental fragment text link targetting

    Proposal to allow specifying a text snippet in a URL fragment

    Chrome's implemented an experimental feature to allow deeplinking to arbitrary text content, which is awesome (with Dan's comments).

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    • Repost
    • posted 17 September, 2019
  • Found GC6A0FW Melody Marker 11

    This checkin to GC6A0FW Melody Marker 11 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Quick and easy find while dropping my sister off at the station. TFTC.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (13 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC6A0FW
    • posted 15 September, 2019
  • Found GC5MYFN 01 It's a Bugs Life x2

    This checkin to GC5MYFN 01 It's a Bugs Life x2 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Some fellow volunteers and I are on an "away weekend" in the forest; this morning before our first meeting I lead a quick expedition of both established and first-timer geocachers around a few of โ€ฆ

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    • to GC5MYFN
    • posted 15 September, 2019
  • Found GC840TN Georassic Diplodocus

    This checkin to GC840TN Georassic Diplodocus reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Some fellow volunteers and I are on an "away weekend" in the forest; this morning before our first meeting I lead a quick expedition of both established and first-timer geocachers around a few of the local caches.

    Coordinates didn't โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC840TN
    • posted 15 September, 2019
  • Found GC5MYFW 02 It's a Bugs Life x2

    This checkin to GC5MYFW 02 It's a Bugs Life x2 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Some fellow volunteers and I are on an "away weekend" in the forest; this morning before our first meeting I lead Ga quick expedition of both established and first-timer geocachers around a few of โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC5MYFW
    • posted 15 September, 2019
  • Found GC3JG9P Georassic - Stegosaurus

    This checkin to GC3JG9P Georassic - Stegosaurus reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Some fellow volunteers and I are on an "away weekend" in the forest; this morning before our first meeting I lead a quick expedition of both established and first-timer geocachers around a few of the local caches.

    Our โ€ฆ

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    • to GC3JG9P
    • posted 15 September, 2019

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