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Year: 2020

  • Image representing post: Four of those people will die

    Four of those people will die

    Andrew shares an excellent ultra-short video that illustrates how you can kill four people in a month, and how you can avoid doing so.

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    • 4 comments
    • posted 24 March, 2020
  • Pineapple on pizza?! What is wrong with you?!

    Pineapple

    Channelate "gets" Dan and his love of pineapple on pizza.

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    • Repost
    • posted 24 March, 2020
  • Image representing post: Homeschooling While Working From Home During a Global Pandemic Bingo

    Homeschooling While Working From Home During a Global Pandemic Bingo

    McSweeney's Internet Tendency provides a bingo card for those of us suddenly and unexpectedly homeschooling.

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    • Repost
    • posted 24 March, 2020
  • Local

    Jeremy shares some great tips on seeing the best in humanity and in the world as we work through the COVID-19 crisis.

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    • Repost
    • posted 23 March, 2020
  • Image representing post: "Down A Bit From Tromsø"

    "Down A Bit From Tromsø"

    The season's final episode of Two of These People are Lying ends with a brilliant and unintentional twist.

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    • Repost
    • posted 22 March, 2020
  • Postcard depicting Lüneburg Town Hall, Lower Saxony, Germany

    Hashcard

    Dan receives an unexpected mid-expedition postcard from a fellow geohasher.

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    • Article
    • posted 17 March, 2020
  • Handwashing poster to the tune of Paul Johnson's Get Get Down.

    In these complicated times, this is how I get my groove on.

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    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 16 March, 2020
  • Image representing post: Here’s What a Googol-to-One Gear Ratio Looks Like

    Here’s What a Googol-to-One Gear Ratio Looks Like

    Jason Kottke reports that Daniel Bruin has built a machine that demonstrates a truly absurd gear ratio, and Dan does some silly back-of-napkin maths.

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    • Repost
    • posted 15 March, 2020
  • Group picture from IndieWebCamp London 2020

    IndieWebCamp London "Group Photo"

    IndieWebCamp London got cancelled on account of Covid-19 but Dan and others were still able to attend "virtually".

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    • Repost
    • posted 14 March, 2020
  • Dan remotely attends IndieWebCamp London 2020

    Remotely attending #indiewebcamp London 2020 (after Covid-19 kept us from meeting in person) and hacking on some note/checkin-posting tools.

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    • 4 comments
    • posted 14 March, 2020
  • Image representing post: Uplifting Diverse Genders: Beyond "Women and Non-Binary"

    Uplifting Diverse Genders: Beyond "Women and Non-Binary"

    Quinn Crossley says that adding "and non-binary" to the target audience of your (probably previously "women") group doesn't go far enough, and they've got some suggestions to shift your outlook.

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    • posted 14 March, 2020
  • Image representing post: Note #16856

    1. @indiewebcamp London - which I'd planned to attend - is cancelled for #COVID19 😢
    2. I'm left with a hotel room I can't cancel 😠
    3. Overhear my brother-in-law planning to book a hotel in London 🤔
    4. EverythingWentBetterThanExpected.jpg 🤜🤛

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 13 March, 2020
  • Android number pad

    Why the GOV.UK Design System team changed the input type for numbers

    GOV.UK is changing the way they use "numeric" fields on websites, and the research that backs their decision is, as usual, excellent.

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    • Repost
    • posted 13 March, 2020
  • Edge Canary showing an "Always allow [this website] to open links of this type..." checkbox

    Bypassing AppProtocol Prompts

    The MS Edge team are working on a security feature relating to websites launching applications, and it's a great move.

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    • posted 12 March, 2020
  • Image representing post: Dutch PM Mark Rutte Tells Public Not to Shake Hands Over Coronavirus and Then Shakes With Colleague

    Dutch PM Mark Rutte Tells Public Not to Shake Hands Over Coronavirus and Then Shakes With Colleague

    Remember not to shake hands with anybody! Umm... starting NOW, that one didn't count.

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    • posted 11 March, 2020

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