Year: 2020
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CSS Logical Properties
Andy Bell recommends use of CSS logical properties to help lay out and space content in a language-independent way.
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Geohashing expedition 2020-09-09 51 -1
In an effort to geohash in every district of Oxfordshire, Dan takes a break in the Vale of White Horse.
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Couldn't find GC5XHJG Layby Dash A
This checkin to GC5XHJG Layby Dash A reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Parked my car in this lay-by while on my way to the 2020-09-09 51 -1 geohashpoint. Took a quick look for the cache but the farmer in the adjacent field parked his tractor right alongside me and …
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Firefox Daylight Makes Me Sad
Firefox Daylight broke Dan's mobile web browsing experience badly enough that he switched to Fennec F-Droid.
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Couldn't find GC4RAQ8 Kingston loop N010
This checkin to GC4RAQ8 Kingston loop N010 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A reasonable search didn't find this one, even with help from the hint. Either it's been consumed by the wild undergrowth or else I just couldn't lay an eye on it.
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Found GC140G9 Thames Path: Newbridge (not)
This checkin to GC140G9 Thames Path: Newbridge (not) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Came down to the river to launch my partner's brother on a swimming expedition (pictured putting on his wetsuit) downstream and to triple-check access to my nearby new cache GC8YZKJ. Recent logs about the cache being …
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Holograms on Chocolate
Dan shares a video demonstrating etching of holograms directly onto the surface of chocolate. Mindblowing.
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Run Club Goes for a Swim
Dan takes a quick swim in the river with his partner's brother Robin on a diversion from Run Club.
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Oxford's Long-Lost Zoo
Dan tells the story of the former Oxford Zoo, via marmalade and geocaching.
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To the future occupants of my office at the MIT Media Lab
Ethan Zuckerman writes a note to the next occupant of his office in MIT, outlining the quirks of the room and what he knows of its history.
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Posted a note for GC591VV You Can't Do It Alone!
This checkin to GC591VV You Can't Do It Alone! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Thanks! I wasn't able to find all the bits when I archived it so I assumed it had been muggled; thanks to Oxford Stone for tidying up the bits I failed to!
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Needed new UPS batteries.
Almost bought from @insight_uk but they require registration to checkout.
Purchased from @SourceUPSLtd instead.
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Think Like a Tomato
"To grow a tomato, we have to think like a tomato!"
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Loading CSS Asynchronously Without JS Dependency
Dan proposes a new technique for lazy-loading CSS which doesn't break style for non-JS users.
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Building a Playframe (Timelapse Video)
Dan builds play equipment for the kids and shares a timelapse video of the process.