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Year: 2020

  • Popcorn

    A 13-second short film/art project about making just one piece of popcorn.

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    • Repost
    • posted 7 January, 2020
  • Nice simple design, @typehut, but with no RSS, Atom, nor h-feed you've made a blog platform to which readers can only subscribe by email. 😒

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    • 2 comments
    • posted 6 January, 2020
  • Graph showing that recent events matter a lot, but rapidly tail off for a while before levelling out again as they become long-ago events.

    It's 2020 and you're in the future

    Wait But Why produces another one of those lists of things that are now closer to some-other-event than today, and Dan passes comment on their process.

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    • Repost
    • posted 6 January, 2020
  • Image representing post: Fix your PC with a crystal pendulum

    Fix your PC with a crystal pendulum

    Uploaded to YouTube 11 years ago, in what now feels like an earlier era, this old classic still makes me smile every time.

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    • Repost
    • posted 5 January, 2020
  • Dan sitting on a rock on Table Mountain, Cape Town, with a sunset in the background

    Automattic Transition (days -50 to 78)

    A nice round 256 days since he applied to Automattic, Dan reflects on the whirlwind that has been his first two months working there.

    Read more - about 10 minutes (2149 words)

    • Article
    • 17 comments
    • posted 5 January, 2020
  • Image representing post: The Legend of the Homicidal Fire-Proof Salamander

    The Legend of the Homicidal Fire-Proof Salamander

    Wired wrote an article about the mythology surrounding salamanders, and it reminds Dan of other animal myths.

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 4 January, 2020
  • This Page is Designed to Last: A Manifesto for Preserving Content on the Web

    Dan looks at what Jeff Huang's manifesto means for him individually as a blogger.

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    • Repost
    • 2 comments
    • posted 3 January, 2020
  • Image representing post: I ignored warnings from friends and family not to marry my husband

    I ignored warnings from friends and family not to marry my husband

    A surprisingly uplifting story from the Washington Post.

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    • Repost
    • posted 2 January, 2020
  • Film : Star Wars IX : The Rise of Skywalker

    Andrew Stephens' opinion of The Rise of Skywalker very-closely echoes Dan's.

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    • Repost
    • posted 1 January, 2020
  • Found GC2VT9P Giants Graves

    This checkin to GC2VT9P Giants Graves reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Walked over from Pendragon Castle in spite of the muddy conditions, although our party was reduced from 7 to just 3 by the time we got to the GZ as the kids gave up and turned back. Not …

    Read more (61 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC2VT9P
    • posted 1 January, 2020
  • Pendragon Castle

    Found GC1YHN9 Lady Anne’s Highway: Pendragon

    This checkin to GC1YHN9 Lady Anne’s Highway: Pendragon reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. First find of 2020. Came out for a New Year's Day walk with extended family whom we're visiting and decided to visit the ruin. Checked for nearby caches and spotted this one. Took some finding as …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC1YHN9
    • posted 1 January, 2020

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