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Year: 2021

  • Image representing post: Mow-Rio Kart

    Mow-Rio Kart

    Dan's ride-on lawnmower is less cool the one in this video, which plays Mario Kart.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (19 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 13 May, 2021
  • Text message: "Follow this link to download your free Lloyds Bank Mobile Banking app. http://www.lloydsbank.com/mobileapp"

    Hey @LloydsBank! 2009 called and asked if you're done sending your customers links to unencrypted HTTP endpoints yet. How do you feel about switching this to a HTTPS link rather than relying on an interceptable/injectable HTTP request?

    Read more (37 words)

    • Note
    • 5 comments
    • posted 11 May, 2021
  • Two clocks, both showing the same time. One has a sign reading "LONDON", the other "DUBLIN, I GUESS?"

    Ireland and the UK Aren't In The Same Timezone!

    Dan is surprised to find that Ireland isn't actually in the same timezone as the UK, and looks into how any why this is.

    Read more - about 6 minutes (1364 words)

    • Article
    • 109 comments
    • posted 11 May, 2021
  • Geocacher with a selfie-stick

    Performed maintenance for GC8W7QW Forgotten Bridge

    This checkin to GC8W7QW Forgotten Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The rain finally stopped this afternoon so I figured I'd take my next Zoom meeting outdoors with me and stretch my legs while I talked to work colleagues. And so I went, selfie-stick ahead of me and chatting …

    Read more (105 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC8W7QW
    • posted 5 May, 2021
  • Image representing post: Couldn't find GC1VQ7G Pooh Sticks Bridge

    Couldn't find GC1VQ7G Pooh Sticks Bridge

    This checkin to GC1VQ7G Pooh Sticks Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Coordinates brought me exactly to a tree that would match the hint... except for the fact that it's been recently felled! (Picture attached.) No sign of cache, and anything else nearby that would fit the hint is …

    Read more (70 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC1VQ7G
    • posted 3 May, 2021
  • Image representing post: Found GC5J6JR Would you believe another Almost Motorway Mayhem?

    Found GC5J6JR Would you believe another Almost Motorway Mayhem?

    This checkin to GC5J6JR Would you believe another Almost Motorway Mayhem? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Stopped at the nearby services on a long journey from dropping my partner's brother and his boat off Lands End (I can just about see my car from near the GZ: photo attached) …

    Read more (68 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC5J6JR
    • posted 3 May, 2021
  • Found GC4NTRC Motorway Mayhem M5 Michaelwood Northbound

    This checkin to GC4NTRC Motorway Mayhem M5 Michaelwood Northbound reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Stopped at the services on my way back to Oxford from Lands End, where I was dropping my partner's brother and his skiff into the sea to begin his attempt to row the length of …

    Read more (112 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC4NTRC
    • posted 3 May, 2021
  • Found GCYK2M Got A Light Boy ? Longships Lighthouse

    This checkin to GCYK2M Got A Light Boy ? Longships Lighthouse reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I just launched my partner's brother - shown in free attached picture - out in his rowboat to begin his attempt to row from Land's End to John O' Groats. Naturally this first …

    Read more (75 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GCYK2M
    • posted 1 May, 2021
  • Dan, on a country lane in Cornwall, in front of a bright blue sky, waves to the camera.

    Found GC6VG1N "BOSISTOW FARM"

    This checkin to GC6VG1N "BOSISTOW FARM" reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I arrived yesterday at nearby Raftra Farm for a weekend, mostly to launch my partner's brother into the sea to begin his attempt to row from Land's End to John O' Groats (making use of inland waterways as …

    Read more (137 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC6VG1N
    • posted 1 May, 2021
  • Arthur (red car) and Lucy (rowboat in tow) parked at a service station alongside caravans and HGVs

    Found GC5VXQ3 Motorway Mayhem - M5 - Gloucester Services (South)

    This checkin to GC5VXQ3 Motorway Mayhem - M5 - Gloucester Services (South) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick and easy find (though I was glad of the hint when I approached the obstacle at the GZ) while travelling from Oxford to Cornwall to dump my partner's brother in …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC5VXQ3
    • posted 30 April, 2021
  • Invitation reading: The Last Supper - 29/04/21 8pm in ze dining room. Dress German (Liberal or Fascist). Mystery game night @ ze grΓΌnn. 8pm onwards / bring your own beer. There will be takeaway.

    The Last Supper

    Dan receives an invitation to 'the last supper' before Robin begins his rowing expedition.

    Read more (30 words)

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 28 April, 2021
  • Posted a note for GC90RH3 Tiny Log Book

    Dan checks on a geocache that was marked as not-found yesterday, but sees that it's right where it ought to be.

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    • Checkin
    • to GC90RH3
    • posted 28 April, 2021
  • Image representing post: Using every car parking space in a supermarket car park

    Using every car parking space in a supermarket car park

    Dan shares Gareth Wild's achievement of using every bay in his local supermarket's car park.

    Read more (280 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 28 April, 2021
  • Image representing post: Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective

    Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective

    Moxie Marlinspike "acquires" a Cellebrite UFED and hacks it, with all the delight and sarcasm you'd expect. Dan partially-translates.

    Read more (448 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • 4 comments
    • posted 27 April, 2021
  • Image representing post: Tips for Text-based Interviews

    Tips for Text-based Interviews

    Dan shares a post by a coworker on making text-chat-based recruitment interviews work.

    Read more (144 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 23 April, 2021

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